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The190IQ_Equalizer commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

When I wrote to Glenn Gabe, that the old classifier will not be removed and said that the new on is the same on steroids, he didn't even respond. Look what's he writing now: <blockquote>*I feel terrible for site owners heavily impacted by the September HCU(X). Not one has recovered and most are down more. Some are down over 95%. Like the screenshot below of a site down 97%. Yes, 97%. *There is no way IMO that the HCU classifier was removed. Or it was, it was replaced by the next generation HCU classifier which is on steroids. </blockquote> The irony. So, when are you people going to take me seriously!

Comment ID #6445615072 04/27/2024 05:04 am

The190IQ_Equalizer commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Remember when I told you MULTIPLE times that the update was already done? I was laughed at. Computing power..this that. I said the truth. I did my research on the dark net and know more than most people on here. All updates don't need a technical reason to run for more than 3 days.

Comment ID #6445612604 04/27/2024 05:04 am

Moto Gsprx commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

What will their AI learn from when there's no new/up to date content? Will it just make shit up like it does from time to time now?

Comment ID #6445604333 04/27/2024 05:04 am

Gabriel commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Same here. I'm in Germany as well

Comment ID #6445603557 04/27/2024 05:04 am

Nirthak commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Mine too. And I"m still losing impressions. There is no change to compete against big brands in the German / Austrian market even there is no reddit in my search queries.

Comment ID #6445598726 04/27/2024 05:04 am

MrSEO commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Serps are worse than ever and Google is making more money than ever, remember when they said buckle up? It meant you're gonna get screwed some more. This is an ideal time for yahoo to launch their new search and bing to really push hard on the quality of their results vs Google. That speech Google made about adapting, lawsuits etc. We all know why right? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d2ae5f83f2c31e7bae4f7af4589c203aa0e3938e2953170ef71a17c199de405e.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8badc3557e152aded1341a52ceefe38452a37578273630f55ff5e11cd1ecdd78.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32932e6e9114e775d46bf592b7d927121e76134f5a295d4c3ff3f082bde852c2.jpg

Comment ID #6445597729 04/27/2024 04:04 am

Irregular Nation commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

My website's traffic is up 10% after the update, hell yeah. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4a52d433664ab59ab0b924165d5587c08eb6808d38658e94e1aa45a12a646dfb.png

Comment ID #6445594225 04/27/2024 04:04 am

Saiki commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Extremely low traffic. It's time to quit

Comment ID #6445592708 04/27/2024 04:04 am

Stop the Grift commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

We are an industrial e-commerce site and metric-wise, we pretty much flat-lined during this update, but our conversions are at levels similar to ten+ years ago, when our site was just starting out. It's a morgue. We'll be laying off employees soon. A really tough pill to swallow.

Comment ID #6445591128 04/27/2024 04:04 am

Jes commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

My site is a marketplace similar to Etsy, and now users' profiles aren't even showing in search even with our brand name in the term.

Comment ID #6445583637 04/27/2024 04:04 am

Racefan22 commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

These idiots kicked my site out of Google Discovery on the very last day of the update (April 19). Now I see only articles from Ghat GPT and auto translations in Discovery. Brilliant update Google!

Comment ID #6445575377 04/27/2024 03:04 am

Racefan22 commented on Google March Core Update Still Rolling Out & Heated Fluctuations Continue

These shit eaters first tortured our sites for almost 2 months, and then killed them on the last day of the update (April 19). And they didn’t even say that it was over – cowards. From today I will write texts through Ghat GPT, because most of those who did this are still on Google Discovery.

Comment ID #6445572432 04/27/2024 03:04 am

Nikolai Legio commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Any idea on reliable traffic source that is worth investing time and resources in?

Comment ID #6445570530 04/27/2024 03:04 am

Wayne commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Small publishers are dead, and when the majority starts to give up, SEO will die too. However, our content isn't dead; it's being used by Google to train AI.

Comment ID #6445569661 04/27/2024 03:04 am

Hernawan Id commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

lol, so many spam in the first page

Comment ID #6445566753 04/27/2024 03:04 am

Sayani96 commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Same... JUST BY FOLLOWING THE RULES GOOGLE HAS MADE PREVIOUSLY

Comment ID #6445560210 04/27/2024 03:04 am

GoogleHatesMe commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

What’s happening is they’ve added a lot of serp clutter, including Reddit/quora. Whatever organic position you are in, double it, and that’s your actual serp position. For example, if you rank #7, you’re actually the 14-15+ pos. Top 3 organic positions, which have the only chance of driving traffic are reserved for big media now.

Comment ID #6445537210 04/27/2024 02:04 am

Todd commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

The sheer distress and mental health issues caused by Google to likely 10s of thousands of people just seems to be of little consequence to most in the industry. We all likely have writers, programmes, tools we use etc etc, all now being cut back or in a lot of cases, stopped. If you have been replaced or lost out to a better site that does things well, I think we could all accept that, and it even drives us on to be better, but to claim a reduction in spam and to have great search results is an insult, and we all know it's complete nonsense. Let's get real though. There is nobody (including so called SEO's) who really stand up to Google or liasions and demand an answer, and to be honest, they don't have to give one, do they. After all, they are answerable to nobody and continue to gaslight at every opportunity. Finally, though, getting back to the start of this post and the bigger picture, I really wonder how much damage the lies have done and how much people have lost. Yes, you could argue G owes us nothing, but if you knew you were screwed rather than just being fed lies, you could have at least prepared or made some kind of contingency. As the rules have clearly been stated in the past, names may not be mentioned, and I'm sure a healthy six-figure or more salary for those people is a great pleasure, but I'm not sure if that was me, I could continue to post on X or even speak to the community at all knowing I was partly responsible for the downfall of families and livelihoods. I mean, really, the liaisons should resign on the back of this complete shambles. Just to end, what's even more comical when you think about it, is G and the unmentionables use this platform to gaslight and get a free pass as they can't be questioned or slated. So as well as being protected, they spread their lies or know their lies will be spread on platforms such as this. Embarrassing all around, isn't it? Make sure you take care of your mental health people where possible, and shame on the unmentionables for their part in this. I wonder how many lives have been decimated or god forbid lost due to your lies.

Comment ID #6445522632 04/27/2024 01:04 am

Gabriel commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

It's crazy. My Site got hit 80% on September due to HCU and now another 50% loss. And that's just by following the rules Google has made previously

Comment ID #6445502463 04/27/2024 01:04 am

Bill Scott commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

A wise man once said if you think you are getting jerked around you probably are.

Comment ID #6445491060 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

There's a reason why this lady did this, ya know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting note: not advocating nor hinting/instigating violence. Just pointing out why it 'happened'. Especially when someone who relies on online income loses it all, gets silenced and not taken seriously. There's a saying, "corner a dog in a dead-end street, and it will turn and bite."

Comment ID #6445485169 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Exactly. Fuck them. Like I've said in my Wall of Text comment in the previous post, the Q1 earnings report and what Pichai said after his earnings report are huge red flags and definite evidence on why it is time to leave. Their big earnings report means whatever sh!t that has happened so far till this date will stay and will only keep getting worse from now on.

Comment ID #6445484140 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

One more thing... It also confirms what we all have been saying all these while - it is BS for a core update to take THIS long to roll out. Whatever happened on 17-18th April was the actual core update rollout and it only took a few days. It completed on the 20th or so and they kept mum until today. The other best part: "be patient", they said.

Comment ID #6445482298 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Wow. Just wow. The best part is they didn't announce that it was all done until a week later, <b>and</b> only a day after their earnings report release and Pichai had the nerve to lie to investors and brag that they are leading the AI innovation and that Google Search, Youtube, and Cloud are still in demand or whatever. Wow. Honestly speaking, at this point, I feel Pichai, Raghavan, and the Search Team have been reading the complaints at X, and SEO forums and even here and probably think to themselves, "Hehe, let's troll these fuckers!" and they decide to do this while sipping champagne as they read our unfortunate comments while pleasuring each other. The best part? Some people were tweeting them at X asking is the update done but they either refused to answer or said "soon" when they already knew it was long done. You know what, folks? Please remember my previous comment on why we should leave this line, especially when relying on Google for traffic. This is obvious they have no respect for us and just another evidence they are just gaslighting and stringing us forever. And if many of us reported zero sales to more horrible traffic since 19 April, it is an apparent sign things will not improve and all the sh!t will stay. I can expect my 9 days of no sale to drag on forever now. Forget about "5th May Update" or whatever. If there's one thing I learn after all these turmoil and unfortunate times that would be "never expect" (anything good) especially from big corporations like Google. Seriously, at this stage, it is like catching our spouse or significant other with their pants off with a stranger in bed. That's irrefutable proof they're cheating and whatever they say now is BS and we should not even listen to any 'explanations' of theirs at this point. GG. Adios and fuck you Google.

Comment ID #6445476591 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Gabriel commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

This alone should be punished by law enforcement

Comment ID #6445474803 04/27/2024 12:04 am

Gabriel commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Lol reduced spam by 45%. I see more spam Articles than ever before and that's not even a lie

Comment ID #6445466252 04/26/2024 11:04 pm

Pope GeminAI the Woke commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Yes. Shuffling again. Deindexing and indexing different stuff. My index page is gone again. This stuff is driving me crazy I need to stop paying attention.

Comment ID #6445465228 04/26/2024 11:04 pm

Grey_poupon commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

so then wtf started today, semrush senor is in the clouds

Comment ID #6445463201 04/26/2024 11:04 pm

Pope GeminAI the Woke commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

45% nice. At this rate 3 more of these updates and spam simply will not exist in the SERPs. The weird thing is... it does not feel like 45% less spam.

Comment ID #6445460551 04/26/2024 11:04 pm

TheNewNormal commented on Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19, 2024

Well there it is. They lied to us saying HCU sites could recover. None have. I knew this would likely be the case when they said at the beginning this update would get them to 40% by building off the previous updates. If you haven't already, best start letting writers and staff go. Ditch all the SEO plugins and subscriptions. The path they chose doesn't include small publishers.

Comment ID #6445445632 04/26/2024 11:04 pm

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