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JMH commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

This is bleak, literally every channel has come to a standstill for me, paid search, organic, paid social. I've come to the conclusion that Google actually don't understand how organic algorithm changes impact other channels, including Google Ads. The algorithm has been built and continuously developed by so many different people for decades, that they have simply lost track of how interconnected it all is. There is a clear correlation with all other channel performance coming to a halt when there is organic movement. I see this across industry leaders and across fresh new websites.

Comment ID #6842138055 02/24/2026 12:04 pm

FokGoogle commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

I've been having Gemini write EATT SHIT articles (I edit them) and Bing loves them. Most of them easily rank 1, 2 or 3 in Bing. Since Bing has about 4% market share in search, I just need to create 25x as much content. Works great so far! I'm sure to be attacked in the comments for this. However, Google SEO is dead (especially for blogs) and taking the moral high ground doesn't pay the bills. If you can't beat them, join them!

Comment ID #6842126467 02/24/2026 11:40 am

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

This is delusional. You can't expect to build a business off a search engine with a 7% market share lol. If you don't have a plan to get Google traffic, you don't have a viable plan for a website.

Comment ID #6842124197 02/24/2026 11:35 am

GoogleHatesMe commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

agree. unfortunately.

Comment ID #6842105905 02/24/2026 10:55 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

<blockquote>these people can't make up their mind</blockquote>Google's mind was made up once they launched AIO. At the end of this road will be AI Mode and likely no organic results unless deemed absolutely necessary (medical advice, financial advice, etc.). I see the gradual destruction in organic traffic continuing until it's gone. IMO everything you said regarding "it will never change, it will never get better, etc." will hold true.

Comment ID #6842101279 02/24/2026 10:45 am

Atoz Stanf commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

agreed

Comment ID #6842097113 02/24/2026 10:36 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

the only viable optino to me in a ultra long run is this - assuming bing will treat sites the same way and rank them as it ranks now, we can build websites for 10+ years and get it to the point where it actually makes decent money for a living, so we could get it to like 50K visits, and be good, all bing, no google

Comment ID #6842087073 02/24/2026 10:13 am

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

<blockquote>I don't know why anyone here would use Google after getting repeatedly knifed in the back by them, gaslighted and lied to repeatedly. No way will I give them my searches</blockquote> My income relies on being able to game Google results.... it makes sense for me to use Google products personally as I see random things that work or don't work in relation to my day job. It's info I don't have at all if I'm going to use Duckduckgo. None of my customers use anything but Google.

Comment ID #6842085121 02/24/2026 10:08 am

GoogleHatesMe commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

as suspected, traffic back down to crap. these people can't make up their mind. shuffle shuffle shuffle. they clearly have ai running show and it's doing a horrible job. no business can operate with this volatility and inconsistency. it will never change. it will never get better. google will never get it right. google will never make it right. the entire ecosystem is rapidly dying. F the SEOs who will say "you must be doing something wrong" bunch of grifters at this point trying to justify their existence. they'll be gone soon too.

Comment ID #6842080663 02/24/2026 09:58 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

I don't know why anyone here would use Google after getting repeatedly knifed in the back by them, gaslighted and lied to repeatedly. No way will I give them my searches, analytics data from our site, money for their ripoff ads, etc. I wouldn't even give Google the sweat off my armpits. Just like we are dead to Google, then Google should be dead to us.

Comment ID #6842076870 02/24/2026 09:48 am

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

for us, it's always shuffling. Google is just unusable in general. I use Bing/chat for search. Some use Perplexity, some use Grok. I am not saying people should. But I can't find jack on Google. Forget my own site. I can't find ANYTHING that I search for. haha. You are better off typing random characters in your browser's address bar and see where it lands. I feel terrible for people who relied on Google to keep their business afloat.

Comment ID #6842070882 02/24/2026 09:34 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

that shitty X website, you cannot even SIGN UP there coz giving error

Comment ID #6842066527 02/24/2026 09:24 am

Mr Bob commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

Yea bitcoin got hit hard by this update

Comment ID #6841989794 02/24/2026 05:03 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend

hope reddit will have 0 value soon

Comment ID #6841983706 02/24/2026 04:31 am

Naveen Srikantaiah commented on Google Search Console Page Indexing Report Missing Data Prior To December 15th

Great find—thank you for sharing this valuable insight with the community!

Comment ID #6841958889 02/24/2026 02:07 am

Dhruv Sagar commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

When a big fire breaks out and then gets extinguished, smoke continues to rise from it. In the same way, this “smoke” causes small changes in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page).

Comment ID #6841952795 02/24/2026 01:22 am

kowabundant commented on Google Won't Use Your Sitemap File If Its Not Convinced Of New/Important Content

Blusky is the new Twitter cause X ain't even a thang and I wholeheartedly agree to that. Love that blusky was used here and great connecting with all of them until more people join. I'm sure in a few years I'll say, back when Blusky was cool which is RN. 🔥

Comment ID #6841923851 02/23/2026 10:12 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

I just saw an AI stick that has trained on our data that users can buy and have the entire internet offline. I will watch it on bbc catch up. I am actually loosing the will guys. Why was this ever released in the first place without regulation.

Comment ID #6841897979 02/23/2026 08:35 pm

Dark OG commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

I looked her up and wouldn't mind if I catch her on my BBC anytime nga.

Comment ID #6841858839 02/23/2026 06:15 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend

Do you have the CMA AI link again please and I'll send them something, I know I only have until Wednesday.

Comment ID #6841849979 02/23/2026 05:46 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

For those in the UK, you might be interested in "AI Confidential" with Dr. Hannah Fry on BB2 9pm on Mondays. For those in the US, you might catch on BBC America.

Comment ID #6841824085 02/23/2026 04:38 pm

Ted Kubaitis commented on Google Won't Use Your Sitemap File If Its Not Convinced Of New/Important Content

translation: anything less than priority one is giving google a reason to ignore it.

Comment ID #6841781457 02/23/2026 03:04 pm

Ted Kubaitis commented on Google Says A Spike In Impressions Doesn't Cause Problems For Search

It can be a google problem if they are for the wrong keyword. I have had google try to rank me for competitors terms because of one mention. Had to remove them to rank for my target term instead... so check if the impression keywords still make sense. Its kind of rare though... Only see it about once a year.

Comment ID #6841774459 02/23/2026 02:49 pm

David Dennison commented on Google Won't Use Your Sitemap File If Its Not Convinced Of New/Important Content

Then why does it crawl it every day? Lol

Comment ID #6841731893 02/23/2026 01:20 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

Anyone know or seen anything regarding Judge Leonie Brinkeman's remedies or decisions? I thought she was a Rocket Docket...

Comment ID #6841707732 02/23/2026 12:31 pm

GoogleHatesMe commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

horrid past few weeks. yesterday up 14% WOW. today seems to be trending up WOW. who knows at this point. we have seized site operations.

Comment ID #6841685814 02/23/2026 11:46 am

Rowan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

Oh my fucking G...

Comment ID #6841680795 02/23/2026 11:36 am

snuffy commented on Matching Clothing With Google Office Room Walls

I don't think that I would buy clothes to match the office paint job and decorations. I might do that if I was a newly hired pup who hadn't seen the stuff that happens at the office... but after seeing decades of office stuff, I would know the location of every tree house in the Plex and randomly move my nest from one of 'em to another.

Comment ID #6841650843 02/23/2026 10:33 am

Mr Bob commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

If they would earn more per quarter by removing AIO from informational queries and sending users to sites loaded with AdSense spam why didn't the reported quarters before AIO was injected reflect this? Clearly we had decades of no AIO for information queries and their profits weren't touching the levels since introducing AIO so AIO clearly earns them more! I want no AIO as much as the next webmaster, however the numbers speak louder to google than a couple of angry webmasters on a tiny SEO forum ever will. Its sad for us but great for them and any change that inflates the next quarter isn't going anywhere, we have to come to terms with that!

Comment ID #6841603149 02/23/2026 08:47 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

They're quite willing to let areas slip or be ignored so the main figure can increase. If they paid more attention to their SERPS for informational requests, they'd earn a heck of a lot more. For informational requests, they show AI and no adverts, but the sites on the sites where the information is stolen, Google Adverts...

Comment ID #6841593505 02/23/2026 08:20 am

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