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Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Then how the hell do they show growth? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ffbb195cf0e43803cfd828c09591fe8e86c882dac07b09e0e4c94cb76473087e.jpg
Comment ID #6826440014 01/20/2026 03:03 pm
Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
I think we all know that's not happening, and the car crash will continue. I am fortunate to have a few months to wait this out, but if there's no improvement, I'll lose everything, including the roof above my head.
Comment ID #6826426062 01/20/2026 02:36 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Google's AI sucid@e
Comment ID #6826424893 01/20/2026 02:33 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Wait until March. That is the deadline. If they don't pull AIO then they are heading into a car crash.
Comment ID #6826424287 01/20/2026 02:32 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
It's all completely fu@ck@ed guys, the whole internet. Google are flooding the market with ads (impressions) to compensate the decline in CPC, they have gone from premium to spammy, cheap, low-quality clicks and impressions in just 9 months. So I don't think they are managing growth right now they are instead managing massive decline, I read that Anu on her article: Youtube -38% CPC than last year. Guys, they can only do this for so long because advertisors are leaving like Amazon. AI Overviews on informational queries broke the internet, and were watching the decline of a 300B ad business in front of our eyes and they are bringing us down with it.
Comment ID #6826423868 01/20/2026 02:31 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
WOW WOW: Anu - This report is PR spin "19-quarter high in clicks" while burying the real story: Google's CPC growth says it went from 13% to 2% in nine months. That's an 85% drop WTF. How are Google maintaining revenue? Impression inflation for now. They're flooding ads with volume to help manage declining quality. It's the same as YouTube's - impressions up 38%, CPMs down 18%. This is managed decline with good PR Anu. The question isn't IF they pull AI Overviews, it's WHEN the impression inflation strategy annoys advertisors. Be good to plot ROI for advertisors in this article.
Comment ID #6826423274 01/20/2026 02:30 pm
Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
This is exactly what happened to me. Disaster across the board, axed from News, axed from Discover, axed from Images, axed from literally everything as a news site. Can't afford to host the site now let alone keep a roof above my head.
Comment ID #6826420358 01/20/2026 02:24 pm
Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Dead, down 90%+, as @dimitrisabrazis:disqus has said. Absolutely no recovery here. Every day is getting worse. The moment you think it's surging back, it's all bots from the United States or China. Feels also like this is the end here. Panic stations are in full force. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/75a26e09ca5a55579d173164b58ce7f13d7f3a4b5fd891df6234981fe7c709ed.png
Comment ID #6826419546 01/20/2026 02:23 pm
Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Here here, past month down 90+% as well. No recovery.
Comment ID #6826418526 01/20/2026 02:21 pm
Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Sir don't be racist.
Comment ID #6826398304 01/20/2026 01:41 pm
Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
He said six seven nga, dear.
Comment ID #6826397741 01/20/2026 01:40 pm
Ben Pfeiffer commented on Google Does Not Endorse LLMs.txt Files
I have tested it on a limited basis on client sites in a variety of setups and think it causes some AI citation issues for Google specifically. Mainly only for sites that carry a lot of authority though, the rest its a waste of time. John's comment and Google's stance is very self-serving in this instance. They can't even provide a reason why. They want people to use it less because it causes problems or don't want people to see it as some avenue to game the system. When in reality it's causing problems that they don't know how to fix. It's like asking Gemini if they use eBay listings as sources for it's answers on historical topics. They say no. But some searches show answers that are almost word for word from some eBay listing, that is an subjective opinion and not fact. It likes to make stuff up. So LLMS content is just another source, the AI will use when it can't find a sufficient answer. So have one, Barry is right. It likely doesn't hurt to have one.
Comment ID #6826397651 01/20/2026 01:40 pm
John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
6 7 means nothing.... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme</a>
Comment ID #6826397489 01/20/2026 01:39 pm
Zolux commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Hostinger is a scam with their litespeed hosting... Get a cheap VPS from OVH or Hetzner and install CloudPanel on it...
Comment ID #6826379613 01/20/2026 01:04 pm
Nicole Grodesky commented on Google Does Not Endorse LLMs.txt Files
How about SEOs? Does anyone have any insight on this?
Comment ID #6826372642 01/20/2026 12:50 pm
Ekees SEO commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Absolute carnage.
Comment ID #6826361368 01/20/2026 12:29 pm
Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Dead for me too... for the past 10+ days it is 90+% down. Seems like the end
Comment ID #6826356553 01/20/2026 12:20 pm
Ekees SEO commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Yes, some issues. But this was due to maintenance and the one time cloudflare was down. I am happy with Hostinger overall. Got a VPS. Well it just not really got my focus, to be honest. Traffic decline after decline. So new business or new strategy is more important,.
Comment ID #6826330165 01/20/2026 11:30 am
Bender G commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Today everything seems dead, with no traffic. And with a huge number of bots from 3:00 to 10:50am
Comment ID #6826330087 01/20/2026 11:29 am
SpXmtdd commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
At this point I dont care if my sites are up or down 😵‍💫
Comment ID #6826306006 01/20/2026 10:41 am
UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Probably for the best because I don&#x27;t see Adsense revenue rebounding. If anything, Google will come back with another &quot;update&quot; to grab the 15% they left you with. Did you see the story <a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ad-clicks-hit-five-year-high-as-q4-spend-rises-13-report-467660">https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ad-clicks-hit-five-year-high-as-q4-spend-rises-13-report-467660</a> on SEL about YoY Google Q4 ad spend increasing 13%? I know you (all of us really) were hoping to see it go down, but being a monopoly Google can defy gravity.
Comment ID #6826303922 01/20/2026 10:37 am
googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
wat
Comment ID #6826299967 01/20/2026 10:29 am
Dark OG commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
6 7 nga.
Comment ID #6826290300 01/20/2026 10:09 am
googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
hey guys anyone having hostinger issues? i start to hating them, my sites are more and more down, and now I checked dashboard and it said &quot;domain not connected&quot; wtf?? I use cloud hosting. there is a support guy that reply like once per 20 minutes, and I go crazy in the meantime.. I owuld love to go for siteground but their prices seems crazy for cloud?
Comment ID #6826276910 01/20/2026 09:40 am
Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
AdSense earnings gone... December was 40-50 EUR per day, now is 15-20 EUR per day. Awesome.
Comment ID #6826245866 01/20/2026 08:28 am
John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
I think Sam is Samantha not Samuel so that might not work.... She gave it away some months ago.
Comment ID #6826230980 01/20/2026 07:46 am
Mr Bob commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Get ur mrs some flowers feb before closing down else you will lose both, women remember these things 4ever and one day it will come back to haunt you!
Comment ID #6826226748 01/20/2026 07:34 am
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
This Feb I am closing my business and winding up the company - due to the 85% of loss via adsense. Very sad.
Comment ID #6826219426 01/20/2026 07:10 am
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Bet no-one clicks on those ads, and advertisors won&#x27;t be interested if not ROI
Comment ID #6826196487 01/20/2026 05:45 am
TheFlighter commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16
Agreed. They just want 100% of the ad revenue, and they figure Search / News / Discover all lead back to 3rd party websites, which they have to split revenue with, while AI overviews / Gemini lets them keep all. I mean, when I use the Gemini app and ask about certain topics (sports, even stocks, etc.), ads now show up.
Comment ID #6826143382 01/20/2026 01:05 am

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