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Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
My rankings have improved, traffic is the lowest it's been in 18 years. lol. It's so over. I have 20k pinterest followers, Facebook with 60k, YouTube with 20k, Twitter with 5k, I am pushing my content everywhere and traffic just ain't there. I wonder if people are just tuning out due to AI. I don't use AI but everyone is getting buried with it
Comment ID #6839493879 02/18/2026 10:12 am
Jantje commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Helga, your doctor called me, he asked me to say to you it is time to quit working.
Comment ID #6839482037 02/18/2026 09:45 am
Jantje commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
That's stil 10.000 visitors a day!
Comment ID #6839481442 02/18/2026 09:43 am
MrSEO commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
feels like the typical rumble before a big core update.
Comment ID #6839457143 02/18/2026 08:43 am
Bender G commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
I'm still alive. When is this earthquake going to end? https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTg5OGZmOWM5dXJ6ZGZudHp4YmM0NTV0d2huY2htOHkyZHB6dHlpMDdxd3JuNDlhZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/LaGOwdK8WQFKmvYyFd/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
Comment ID #6839439308 02/18/2026 07:52 am
Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
It went missing like my friend Nancy.
Comment ID #6839434489 02/18/2026 07:36 am
Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
It says "This comment has been deleted by the user and can't be changed."
Comment ID #6839405412 02/18/2026 05:45 am
Stefan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Damn it, what was the initial comment? "This comment was deleted." :))
Comment ID #6839402570 02/18/2026 05:33 am
Andrew Martin commented on Google Says Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project
Am i supposed to feel sorry for Google because it's a "huge engineering project"? Maybe if they'd built it better then it would be easier for them to achieve. I guess they couldn't imagine that they'd be wrong about their AI slop. Maybe more legal interest would help make it easier to fix?
Comment ID #6839385011 02/18/2026 04:08 am
Lance Kuan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Some of my pages improved their rankings one day and tanked the next. It's all a big mess. Not sure what Google is up to nowadays.
Comment ID #6839347663 02/18/2026 12:02 am
Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Traffic has been the lowest it has ever been. haha. The rankings having actually improved but traffic is down another 30%. It's kind of crazy.
Comment ID #6839270909 02/17/2026 08:09 pm
Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
You may be right sir. I still remember back in the good old days, when at least Mr. Mueller would have the courtesy to give publishers his trademark quality help with such classics as "maybe you had a good run."
Comment ID #6839249781 02/17/2026 06:53 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Interesting how normal people are shifting to different search engines, do they realise the more people can't find stuff the more the user base will shift? I still stick to my March 31st timeline that something is coming.
Comment ID #6839249018 02/17/2026 06:50 pm
Pedro commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
When the fluctuation lasts for more than 45 consecutive days, it ceases to be an update and officially confirms the idea that they are more lost than a son of a b 1tch on Father's Day.
Comment ID #6839247272 02/17/2026 06:44 pm
Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Oh dear...you mean Google used to care about us before? I'm so confused. Maybe it's just my dementia getting worse.
Comment ID #6839246462 02/17/2026 06:41 pm
CM Puck commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Something really weird happening today. A branded search term for a client's name that is very unique no longer shows any of their socials or portfolio sites and now a bunch of unrelated TikTok videos and foreign websites in the SERP.
Comment ID #6839232455 02/17/2026 05:56 pm
DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
<blockquote>more expectation of hits to come</blockquote>I pray they do, because nothing will happen here in the USA.
Comment ID #6839230968 02/17/2026 05:51 pm
DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Fair enough. It&#x27;s that up to 10% where the catch is. Doesn&#x27;t matter, I&#x27;ll be here in the USA cheering the EU on and pushing back against the tariff tantrum threats that follow.
Comment ID #6839230346 02/17/2026 05:50 pm
Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Sadly this seems to be the truth
Comment ID #6839210856 02/17/2026 04:59 pm
Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
This means that they have lost touch and that they don&#x27;t care anymore.
Comment ID #6839210383 02/17/2026 04:58 pm
Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Looks like you got a canned answer ... I guess there&#x27;s nothing left to say to publishers anymore.
Comment ID #6839191094 02/17/2026 04:13 pm
Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
that is funny
Comment ID #6839179010 02/17/2026 03:47 pm
Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
This profile is innactive since May and in August he posted that the account is innactive. This is an official answer from Google... They don&#x27;t have a clue anymore. @rustybrick:disqus your thoughts? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/47679fcd7282324566ac5c97986b652c90c65d2bcffce406ae317f0f125cd606.jpg
Comment ID #6839178272 02/17/2026 03:45 pm
John A. User commented on Google Says Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project
I don&#x27;t care how huge it is, you need to have a mechanism of allowing to opt out of AI Overviews. Applies to all Answer Engines. Yes, you can use robots.txt for Claude and CHatGPT but they use proxies where they don&#x27;t identify themselves. Just because something is difficult or huge to do doesn&#x27;t mean you don&#x27;t have to do it...
Comment ID #6839169494 02/17/2026 03:27 pm
Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Hopefully it is fixed soon.
Comment ID #6839138748 02/17/2026 02:23 pm
Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
@rustybrick:disqus Google Analytics show wrong traffic. I think it&#x27;s issue, error
Comment ID #6839138215 02/17/2026 02:22 pm
Zolux commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Legendary post
Comment ID #6839126707 02/17/2026 01:57 pm
Quetzal commented on Google Says Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project
Sure didn&#x27;t seem like it was too much of a problem for them to set up the system to steal all that content. Odd that it&#x27;s too hard for them to <i>not</i> steal the content.
Comment ID #6839111709 02/17/2026 01:22 pm
Ted Kubaitis commented on Google Says Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project
&quot;Allowing Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project&quot; ... its almost as hard as showing all the citations.
Comment ID #6839088998 02/17/2026 12:32 pm
Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
thank you I guess.
Comment ID #6839066429 02/17/2026 11:45 am

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