Recent Comments on Search Engine Roundtable

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

it's totally phucking viable, for example, my mom became a real estate agent at 40/41 and worked it for 25 years - had a GREAT Career and you talk like you have a phucking choice, unless you are sittting on millions you don't this business is phucking dead and u've been saying this lame chit since 2023 - like you haven't moved an inch

Comment ID #6837486350 02/13/2026 12:22 pm

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

dude, u been here 3 years with that bullshit,

Comment ID #6837485319 02/13/2026 12:19 pm

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

i had to check the date, just to make sure if i see right there are still accounts here that I remember from 2023 - at this point approaching 3 years and dose are still coping i mean if it takes 2+ years to finally get it, I can't help - seriously THIS BUSINESS is mega dead I don't know what you are expecting. all people I know closed doors nothing saved them - no sEO, DJs, pinterest, YOUTUBE, authority or other bullshit ITLS ALL OVER " and when I say it I mean it in a polite way people here still saying "what job could I get" - same people saying it for 2 years or more I don't know what job but literally anything is a plus compared to this bullshido as much as I hate to admit it - this business is as dead as small retailers in many areas due to big stores the golden rush is over the explanation is really simple let's say it's 2004 - the internet is still inda new - it needs contet - articles , videos...etc. know it's 20 years later all the topics - beaten to death + AI that while being shit it's still pretty good at using other people's info - better than some janitor getting paid at a content mill or for those that are low IQ - your "service" is simply not that valuable anymore + you got the greed of big tech why rank YOU (the normie) when it can rank it's AI advice: don't waste your time anymore I sincerely meant it

Comment ID #6837484731 02/13/2026 12:18 pm

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

it's almost like - they keep ranking it well so they gather data for their AI, once they have enough data, they don't need the site!! :D

Comment ID #6837447505 02/13/2026 10:53 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

and here is my answer to google - biiiig fuck you, since bing will grow over time, still 120 articles scheduled. I have time, I'm not in rush. site will be sold, then build another one, and repeat. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6d4535c4acd637154bf41981ed60305547983af9629f2c101c8afd562b167a83.png

Comment ID #6837447117 02/13/2026 10:52 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bde865857b3e8b4fb925b68e5a8b2d65314fd52dcdf891046aa3ef76a7ca23ec.png

Comment ID #6837446392 02/13/2026 10:50 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

It may go deeper. Trump Media's $6 billion merger with TAE Technologies had to raise some red flags. What does Trump Media, a social media business, have to do with nuclear fusion? That merger has the appearance of political influence being sold. There also is Trump's son in law's investment firm trying to buy Warner Brothers.

Comment ID #6837441282 02/13/2026 10:39 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

That's definitely a question for regulators in your country. Just like here in the USA we questioned why the DOJ, in landing a historic win against Google, had no fines at all in their remedies. If I ever get an answer to that, I'll post it. Regardless, I don't think fines alone will force systemic change from Google.

Comment ID #6837433777 02/13/2026 10:22 am

davidquaid commented on Google Recommends You Focus On Visible Anchor Text For Links

Absolutely - this is where relevance, context comes in!

Comment ID #6837423581 02/13/2026 09:59 am

PMB Brent commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I'm still getting some traffic and clicks, but conversions are worse than they've ever been. Just horrible... worse than last year, which was also bad. I mainly target the US market and I suspect much of it has to do with the you-know-what going on there. Looks like hard times ahead.

Comment ID #6837405097 02/13/2026 09:16 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Looks like the common great decoupling graph to me. Ranks/impressions improve but clicks go down because AI theft overviews is above to steal all the traffic.

Comment ID #6837372364 02/13/2026 07:48 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Why is the maximum fine capped at just 10% of revenue? Shouldn't the fine be much higher and increase dramatically for repeat offenses due to Google's continued pattern of criminal conduct? The EU is much better then the USA in terms of dealing with Google, but I think they also use these fines to inflate their own budgets to profit from Google's crimes. That's why the maximum fine is capped low enough to be a tolerable business expense for Google instead of a high percentage that is punitive to promote positive change for markets. Like the USA, some fine money may make it back to the advertisers but only after the EU takes a very large cut. Even if all the fine money went back to the advertisers, the underlying problem remains. The EU should push for a breakup of Google. Since Google is protected by the USA government, the EU should also go after the USA for providing safe harbor to a global financial criminal corporation.

Comment ID #6837371270 02/13/2026 07:44 am

Jantje commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Louis Rossmann chooses Google above self respect. In the end $$$ is only what counts. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uKZ84zwJI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uKZ84zwJI0</a>

Comment ID #6837362230 02/13/2026 07:15 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

The accumulative fines, lawsuits Google has lost and pending litigation leave only one conclusion - Google is a criminal corporation. There is no redemption for this company and its repeated criminal conduct. Fines haven't stopped Google, but one could say fines have accelerated the pace of Google's criminal conduct. Pulling the plug on Google would be good for the EU because American tech is corrupted from CEOs down to the code level. Some in the EU are pushing for tech sovereignty, and I read some stories about Google warning them not to do so (as we would expect). I'm not in the EU so maybe some here follow this closer, but the EU is expected to have the framework for tech independence available for discussion in a few months. <b>Europe Worries Trump Poses Threat to Its Financial and Tech Sovereignty</b> - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/economy/trump-europe-sovereignty.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/economy/trump-europe-sovereignty.html</a> <blockquote>European leaders have stepped up their push to reduce reliance on big American tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft for cloud computing, and on financial services titans like Mastercard and Visa for payment systems. The move to secure what are being labeled monetary sovereignty and digital sovereignty is part of a broader effort to reduce Europe’s dependence on American weapons, trade, technology and more.</blockquote>

Comment ID #6837360840 02/13/2026 07:09 am

Zolux commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

This means new keywords are making it to the index but are not well ranked...

Comment ID #6837355405 02/13/2026 06:50 am

BushyTop commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Are you US based, or UK?

Comment ID #6837335864 02/13/2026 05:26 am

FF222 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I'm seeing similar trends - although not with so sharply diverging rates - on my pages in the last few days

Comment ID #6837324803 02/13/2026 04:32 am

Piece of Bread commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

No, I can't see that on my end. Maybe one of your pages got "popular" all of a sudden?

Comment ID #6837321663 02/13/2026 04:16 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I'd say its more not ranking at all and then ranking at position 100, position 100 probably counts as an impression. Only but a few click on position 100.

Comment ID #6837318381 02/13/2026 04:00 am

COGNITION commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

seeing massive increase in impressions but it's not correlating with increase in clicks - seems to be a bug anyone else seeing this on their account? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/26e718922c62b8d8d9c04b71de9577dc11d69b37f6525aeb037252698846f52b.png

Comment ID #6837309618 02/13/2026 03:12 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

You are incredibly skilled, mark...we all are. if you've made a living online for over 20 years like me, you're superior to anyone in the corporate world. End of, No one gave us a salary, a team, or a budget. We ARE the team. We ARE the budget. I have always said this ... If you're good enough to make your own money online, you're good enough for anything. It was the hardest thing to do. The people earning six figures in corporate digital have ONE skill set (as I started my life there and was earning that at 21 then left to do my old thing). We have all of these skills: strategy, content, UX, analytics, monetisation, servers, audience development, because we had to. We have had to learn this stuff from real life experience...and you know what I think back to Asmondgold's crash out. We show up everyday. Everyday fuc@king day. The only reason we're struggling right now isn't because we're not good enough. It's because AI is stealing our work to replace us. That's not a skills problem. You are worth £200k to any company because the only people that are REALLY REALLY good online are those that have made a living from it. If the worse come to the worse were all have to come together and do something as a collective. Imagine that skill-set.

Comment ID #6837306631 02/13/2026 02:55 am

racefan01 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Same here. Looks like they've been deliberately blocking Discover traffic!

Comment ID #6837277904 02/12/2026 11:37 pm

gpzcabling290 commented on Google Falls Back To Featured Snippets When AI Overviews Do Not Generate

Awesome

Comment ID #6837261097 02/12/2026 10:06 pm

clone21 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Maybe its google rewrite those titles, using Ai.

Comment ID #6837246108 02/12/2026 09:05 pm

Barry Schwartz commented on Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2026

Ooops, thanks.

Comment ID #6837236423 02/12/2026 08:26 pm

DramaShout143 commented on Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2026

Hi sir Barry, the vignette in the first paragraph is spelled wrong.

Comment ID #6837232230 02/12/2026 08:09 pm

DramaShout143 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

@rustybrick:disqus and the community, I just observed some weird happening in Google serp. At first, sometime around last week, I just ignored but I cant help because this bug keep coming back till now. Titles of articles with dates (that are updated for 2026) are reverting to 2025 dates, but their meta dates show 2026. Just so weird. Just like from this example. Several times, the dates in their titles keep fluctuating, from Feb 2026 to Nov 2025, but their meta dates are intact to Feb 2026. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/971262aad5adb331af26fa6a57631d60cb5ec4ef71d0ed8bf80d3f789bbb92d4.jpg

Comment ID #6837231109 02/12/2026 08:05 pm

Shawn Powrie commented on OpenAI Wants Advertisers To Prompt To Create Ads

LOL. Sure. You can trust AI to run your ads. What could go wrong?

Comment ID #6837211274 02/12/2026 06:51 pm

actualart commented on Google AdSense Adds Additional Triggers For Vignette Ads

Looks like they are treating web as a throwaway abandonware and trying to squeeze out last few bucks from it from completely ruining whats left of user experience.

Comment ID #6837193726 02/12/2026 05:59 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Why is the money from these fines not going back to the advertisors or the publishers?

Comment ID #6837174411 02/12/2026 05:09 pm

Recent Comments

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

Most Recent Articles

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 13, 2026

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Bing AI Performance Reports, New AI Mode Retail Ads, UCP Checkout & ChatGPT Ads Go Live

Where Are Those New Google Search Console Features?

Google Ads Product Eligibility View Across Campaigns

Google Still Recommends You Focus On Visible Anchor Text For Links

Google Ads Recommended Experiments