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Below are the most recent 30 comments. I try to keep it clean of comment spam, but some times things get through and it takes me several hours to get to it. So please excuse any of that comment spam.
Ted (or Big T) commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Yes, today traffic is very low.
Comment ID #6795155812
11/11/2025 09:17 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
oh Disqus - I have no idea, that is a third party embed thing...
Comment ID #6795153242
11/11/2025 09:11 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Business Profile New Report Negative Review Extortion Scams
works for me, maybe not available in all regions?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/54602d9efcdad0a1b387676e51bab5d1a8f2bb8a5e45defba7a36a5dbe412fbf.jpg
Comment ID #6795150644
11/11/2025 09:05 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Business Profile New Report Negative Review Extortion Scams
works for me, maybe not available in all regions?
Comment ID #6795150531
11/11/2025 09:04 am
Praharsh Tripathi commented on
Google Business Profile New Report Negative Review Extortion Scams
page don't exist , kindly update url for Report negative review extortion scams on your Business Profile.
while the direct link for it is : <a href="https://support.google.com/business/answer/4596773?hl=en">https://support.google.com/business/answer/4596773?hl=en</a>
Comment ID #6795149272
11/11/2025 09:01 am
DataDonkey commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Should have taken a screenshot but it said "seroundtable requires you to verify your email." No wonder regular commenters are absent.
Disqus email says:
<blockquote>### Why verify?
Many sites using Disqus require a verified email for commenting to prevent spam. Verifying lets you join discussions quickly and easily</blockquote>
Comment ID #6795149210
11/11/2025 09:01 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
What do you mean, verify your email? Where do you do that?
Comment ID #6795147371
11/11/2025 08:57 am
Mumuu commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Interesting as per ahrefs drop is not that visible (if any really) I'd say on the opposite slight increase given the top 100 change by Google months ago which impacted trackers. I think is not an algo penalty, if anything just 1 max 2 spots drops on limited 1st page kws due to PPA, AIO shuffle and so fourth. My 2 cents is wait for a bit as might not be as drastic as appears now when settles down ... no choice really.
In anyway, slight reminder to everyone here, lets keep on giving out back some clicks every now and again when you see an ad. I myself do this every now and again when I read this blog for the time Barry has invested into this blog for years! Just try spend some time there too, browse a few pages, mimic some interest so he can cash out as well for all this time whilst AI is taking over! Keep it up!
Comment ID #6795147150
11/11/2025 08:57 am
DataDonkey commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Google took 80-90% of many sites traffic and are coming for what remains.
@Barry - Why you have me verify my email two days in a row?
Comment ID #6795146163
11/11/2025 08:54 am
MrSEO commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Usually Wed or Thursday when they call it, just in time to clean up for black Friday
Comment ID #6795142891
11/11/2025 08:46 am
MrSEO commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Traffic has dropped but keywords strong still, so it feels like the beginning of a tidal wave where everything gets dry and calm before the chaos
Comment ID #6795142280
11/11/2025 08:45 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
it was something more sudden, but yea, I am sure all of that.
Comment ID #6795137558
11/11/2025 08:33 am
Golden Phoenix commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
could be AI taking your traffic? To be honest, SEO is not that interesting anymore. People are delusional if they think adding tags or writing content is going to change what is happening in the industry with AI
Comment ID #6795137094
11/11/2025 08:32 am
Dimitris Abrazis commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Today traffic is down the drain. I seemed to be recovering slowly the past days and not it is crap again. Something is happening again and as usual it will not be good.
Comment ID #6795118121
11/11/2025 07:39 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
I mean, week over week - so feels more like a Google update impact versus slowly losing audience.
Comment ID #6795106814
11/11/2025 07:03 am
Mark commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
It looks like 90%+ of your readers are failing seo's from the comments, it's no surprise your traffic is dropping. These guys are all becoming ex-seos and working on building sites or Starbucks, they don't need industry news.
Comment ID #6795106506
11/11/2025 07:02 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
I do see a drop in traffic to this site maybe related to this... Interesting...
Comment ID #6795093815
11/11/2025 06:16 am
Martin Jeffrey commented on
Google Opal Tool Encourages Creating Optimized Content In Scalable Way
The irony writes itself. Google tells marketers that scaled, optimised AI content risks violating spam policy, while another team promotes a tool that promises exactly that.
If Opal really encourages “optimised blog posts at scale,” then it underlines a bigger issue. Search quality is no longer about what we create, but how systems interpret value.
Comment ID #6795093134
11/11/2025 06:13 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Screenshot? why? probably a bug? maybe the date of the article is in the future?
Comment ID #6795092392
11/11/2025 06:09 am
Sam commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
It's just awful to watch this slop, the sooner it is banned the better. Who in there right mind thinks society needs this function to make videos of disabled people being laughed at. It makes me mad. I am going to keep that link as it is offensive and violent. That Sam has allot to answer for.
Comment ID #6795092295
11/11/2025 06:09 am
Martin Jeffrey commented on
Google Says Links, Site Moves & Technical SEO Don't Fix Quality Issues
At this point, Google is saying: fix your intent and integrity before you fix your indexing.
Comment ID #6795092290
11/11/2025 06:09 am
Ted (or Big T) commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
@rustybrick:disqus I see bug:
I publish some article (today date 2025-11-11), I see this article (by keyword) in AI search, but date is 2025-11-10 (one day before). Why?
Schema dates and other dates are OK - 2025-11-11. Html loaded correctly.
Comment ID #6795092125
11/11/2025 06:08 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
I explained why in the second paragraph "And why not name it the Movember - only because this weekend I saw a nice moustache, coinciding with this volatility.”
More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember
Comment ID #6795091027
11/11/2025 06:03 am
DramaShout143 commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
why movember? do we need to 'move on' from google's mess? is that it?
Comment ID #6795090737
11/11/2025 06:02 am
Ted (or Big T) commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
It's like pre-update. Wait 1-2 days. Google will post about November update :)
Comment ID #6795090490
11/11/2025 06:01 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Yes it is
Comment ID #6795079279
11/11/2025 05:09 am
racefan01 commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Traffic is dead. New articles aren't getting any impressions in Search or Discover. Google is brilliant.
Comment ID #6795070936
11/11/2025 04:23 am
DramaShout143 commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
sir @barry is the movember in the title intentional?
Comment ID #6795068229
11/11/2025 04:08 am
2025 commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
Same - China traffic out of nowhere
Comment ID #6795003486
11/10/2025 09:48 pm
Lance Kuan commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)
I have been getting quite a lot of traffic from China and Brazil.
i too, wonder if they are not traffic.
Comment ID #6794979403
11/10/2025 08:29 pm
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