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Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

this is unbelievable. Was talking to a collegue of mine and a good friend one of his sites about tech news that is inactive since 2019 and not posting content, today has more views than my site and his site combined. These two sites are fully active for more than 14 years and the past days we are posting around 30 pieces each. How can a tech website with outdated articles from 7 years ago has more views?

Comment ID #6833847926 02/05/2026 06:08 am

Sam commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

I literally cried when I saw the results, I just kept thinking of everyone on here who can't buy food for their children. Honestly, the karma is so bad. $185 billion is insane amount of spending, I wonder how they plan to turn AI into profit.

Comment ID #6833844576 02/05/2026 05:54 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

imagine, with big getting 60 clicks a day, but only 150 with google organic, that says something. i mean I think this is nice for bing, the main challenge I see is running out of topics fast and what to cover then? I don't want to write about bullshit with zero search volume

Comment ID #6833840439 02/05/2026 05:37 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

could there be such a thing as optimizing for bing? maybe like 3x of content or 10x? but maybe worth it at the end? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3af19fc33519e177622caf65f1c600fd0cd8499602cfe43be63414d84dc3f0c0.png

Comment ID #6833840226 02/05/2026 05:36 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Join the club... This is insane

Comment ID #6833823888 02/05/2026 04:19 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

i can check his videos and it screams scam

Comment ID #6833821845 02/05/2026 04:09 am

Rowan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

You see that crazy divergence there? Huge impressions but clicks are going the other way instead? That’s the result of AI Overviews and AI mode. And it will get worse. Google just reported such stellar earnings and they will have to keep it up and find even crazier (unethical) ways to milk for more ad revenue. Like 290_IQ_Equaliser here once said, “GG no RE”.

Comment ID #6833818427 02/05/2026 03:52 am

Rowan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

As I’ve said in the past… We lost. Google won. No matter what anyone else says, Google has won. I still can’t help but shake my head when people still go, “Google is going to crash. How can they survive without us? They’re going to collapse!” We’ve been saying this for years and they just kept growing stronger and stronger. The evil has triumphed, while the victims are still in denial. In another news, look at Google's new "bug": <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-bug-no-links-40885.html">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-bug-no-links-40885.html</a>

Comment ID #6833818014 02/05/2026 03:50 am

Rowan commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

The truth is, people are spooked by Google’s plan to spend another $125+ billions on AI. It is one of the main reasons for the selloff initially. However, if you look at the price now, it has stabilised. The moment of truth is when the stock market opens later… But something tells me investors will ‘buy the dip’ and it will push Google’s stock price higher. It can also be “buy the rumour, sell the news” approach. People already knew the good outcome so they’re taking profit. This entire week has been pretty negative for tech stocks because of AI concerns. Yesterday there were concerns of softwares getting killed by AI and it caused a stock rout. But no matter how we rationalise it, Google has won and continues to win. Every financial news and analysts are hyping and saying the good stuff about Google and how Pichai is a wonderful CEO who took Google to the front in the AI race. Many are questioning OpenAI’s growth and have they lost to Google…

Comment ID #6833817398 02/05/2026 03:47 am

Nure Alam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

The most concerning part of this Feb 2nd spike isn't just the ranking shifts, but the reports of RPM and traffic quality dropping by 50% even when keyword positions hold steady. It feels like Google is 'fixing' the SERPs by serving more low-intent or Discover-style traffic that doesn't convert. Has anyone else noticed their rankings 'recovering' but their actual revenue continuing to slide?

Comment ID #6833817380 02/05/2026 03:46 am

Rowan commented on Google Fixing Bug With AI Overviews Not Showing Links

Remember, folks… Whenever Google claims it is a “bug”, it often isn’t. They’re just experimenting and collecting data. You can never trust them.

Comment ID #6833816598 02/05/2026 03:42 am

Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Yeah, I'm at a loss anymore, haven't had a good sleep in nearly two months. Hoping for a miracle but everyday that seems further away yet I still plug and spend 12-16 hours a day on this crap for less than a dollar.

Comment ID #6833814827 02/05/2026 03:32 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Same situation here. We keep posting 25-30 news per day and still no recovery. The past 4 days were the worst in the past 5-6 years... And we got many backlinks 3-4 days ago from an exclusive article.

Comment ID #6833808799 02/05/2026 02:56 am

John A. User commented on Google Fixing Bug With AI Overviews Not Showing Links

By design, copying what ChatGPT does. When you ask ChatGPT why it does it, the answers are laughable.

Comment ID #6833808269 02/05/2026 02:52 am

John A. User commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

Its good its going down but if you look at the long term picture, it jumped massively since May last year. People are realising its over-valued.

Comment ID #6833800089 02/05/2026 01:55 am

racefan01 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Same. From feb 2nd i lost almost all traffic from discover. it's just terrible

Comment ID #6833795111 02/05/2026 01:17 am

Daniel commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

This morning RPM is at its lowest level in the last 6 months, at least in my country. I see on Ahrefs a repositioning of keywords (right to positions 50-90), and a removal of many current keywords

Comment ID #6833791574 02/05/2026 12:52 am

clone21 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Better flip just 1 hour burger, and maybe even get some charges, and a girlfriend.

Comment ID #6833790847 02/05/2026 12:46 am

Sam commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

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Comment ID #6833756743 02/04/2026 09:42 pm

Ziko commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

not saying u should do this, but here’s what i did: i deleted all my old articles, switched the domain from non-www to www, and just kept posting new stuff after like 20 days, i was back on discover and front page of google news. it’s one of those tricks we use to speed up the penalty recovery on google news but if ur site is super old and u have a big archive, i wouldn’t recommend it tbh. too risky

Comment ID #6833752304 02/04/2026 09:25 pm

Surfer Boy Pizza commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

did the same brotha. non-stop for years hopeful it'd turnaround. saw growth the last two core updates. then what ever is happening with this update rolling now i've lost big time. we do nothing wrong. i'm done with it. first time in 14 years i don't care about my site anymore. hate to say it but it's time to move on man. get a job or do something else with your life. it is over. this will never be profitable again for publishers.

Comment ID #6833739930 02/04/2026 08:40 pm

Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Bang on, I lost news and discover for 10 months from Dec 2023 through to like September 2024, then enjoyed my best year ever across 2025, now I'm experiencing the same but this time around I've taken keywords, my search has been destroyed and everything else. So I'm hopeful it'll maybe fix a bit but I just can't see it, search is a mess and there's no security anywhere

Comment ID #6833737356 02/04/2026 08:31 pm

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Yeah. I see a few websites that appears in Top Stories but not at all/the lowest position on the News Tab in Search. My website was in that situation itself a few weeks in the beginning of last year. Google Search is really a mess :/

Comment ID #6833734943 02/04/2026 08:22 pm

Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Thought I'd ask the same. Seems like the penalty was overnight after months if not years of steady growth

Comment ID #6833732982 02/04/2026 08:15 pm

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Hi! im in the same situation as @Dan. I'm curious: how long time did it took from that your website was appearing last in the News Tab until it was coming back on the top again? Did you did any technical changes?

Comment ID #6833732839 02/04/2026 08:14 pm

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

Hi! When you copy + paste a headline from your website, does is appear in #1 result then or more far down? (Kinda every article from my website appears on like position 5-6 when I copy paste the exact headline...)

Comment ID #6833732294 02/04/2026 08:12 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

I think you will be right. It seems they are going full AI mode now and measuring it on how many queries they make. I don't know what they will train on going forward when were not around.

Comment ID #6833723138 02/04/2026 07:39 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated February 2

I'm more concerned with what Google is doing with their browser as it has 70% market share and their AI subscriptions are growing fast. I'm thinking Google will try to make Chrome into a walled prison just like search, insert in-browser ads, etc.

Comment ID #6833715227 02/04/2026 07:12 pm

Sam commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

All of our ad revenue did - where did it go?

Comment ID #6833713780 02/04/2026 07:07 pm

Sam commented on Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 14%

Exactly, this is a short-win strategy long-term it is doomed to fail

Comment ID #6833713483 02/04/2026 07:06 pm

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