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Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

I thinking delete all articles and create new website same domain 😞

Comment ID #6846988204 03/06/2026 02:51 pm

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

same here

Comment ID #6846952475 03/06/2026 01:39 pm

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Same

Comment ID #6846946732 03/06/2026 01:26 pm

FokGoogle commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

My ecommerce site is doing OK. But it seems Google is further de-ranking all my wordpress blogs beginning with the discover update. Every day less and less traffic...

Comment ID #6846926643 03/06/2026 12:44 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

<blockquote>This all can't be pinned on Google, but it does give weight to scrutinizing the administration's economic policies. This includes how the administration sided with Big Tech, in allowing them to steal our intellectual property and traffic, over small businesses.</blockquote>Don't worry, our classy Congress will help and is always looking out for the people first: <a href="https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2029297571248623652">https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2029297571248623652</a>

Comment ID #6846880737 03/06/2026 11:11 am

Andrew Shotland commented on Google Says Loading Content With JavaScript Does Not Make It Harder For Google Search

Hey Barry! I don't buy it. 1. Just diagnosed a JS issue with a client site yesterday where JS was clearly impeding the ability for Google to index some content 2. LLMs apparently can't crawl content in JS 3. Regardless of what Google can/can't do, progressive enhancement is still a good practice for accessibility to all And can't believe Disqus is still around! :)

Comment ID #6846875048 03/06/2026 11:00 am

ddddd15 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Mismatched search again today. Like the algorithm doesn't know how to match a word with a product correctly. It brings up the general category with some close matches, yet adds all the other possible things it thinks you might want instead of the exact match. What a mess. Seems like it's been like this for quite some time. The only product sales I make now are old, untouched listings from 3-10 years ago. Gave up on them selling. Or a few that happened to find a bit of traffic that are shown again and again.

Comment ID #6846874431 03/06/2026 10:58 am

No Couch Potato commented on Google Says Most Sites Don't Need To Disavow Links But That's Not All Sites

Thanks John, well that clear and precise answer has cleared up that question....errrr

Comment ID #6846871898 03/06/2026 10:53 am

Metal Hurlant commented on Google Says Most Sites Don't Need To Disavow Links But That's Not All Sites

One day they tell you that this feature is useless because the algorithm knows how to ignore toxic backlinks and now it's "Some sites might need to use it"...

Comment ID #6846867391 03/06/2026 10:44 am

2026 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

No matter how refined your strategy is, clicks, impressions, real-time traffic, earnings, everything stays stagnant.

Comment ID #6846855479 03/06/2026 10:21 am

Vu Tuan Kiet commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

I have noticed that the changes happening today are very dramatic.

Comment ID #6846850849 03/06/2026 10:12 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

In comparing SEM Rush's graph to our traffic, I could tell something was off with their AIO stat. About 2/3 of all traffic is mobile for many sites, but we get a lot of desktop traffic from PAs (Purchasing Agents). Google traffic continues to get worse by the day. SEM Rush appears to be back to normal with AIO reporting today, erasing yesterday's anomaly. Visit the Data For SEO link Barry posted because they have a similar layout as SEM Rush for AIO reporting, but it updates a day later. USA employment numbers were released today. 50,000 new jobs created was estimated but the numbers came in with 92,000 jobs lost. This all can't be pinned on Google, but it does give weight to scrutinizing the administration's economic policies. This includes how the administration sided with Big Tech, in allowing them to steal our intellectual property and traffic, over small businesses.

Comment ID #6846845137 03/06/2026 10:00 am

Claire commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

something suspicious is going on... i remember people reported this with meta ads too: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1rfbhwj/huge_drop_in_conversions_mid_of_february/">https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1rfbhwj/huge_drop_in_conversions_mid_of_february/</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1r5g2i1/conversions_stopped_on_feb_14th/">https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1r5g2i1/conversions_stopped_on_feb_14th/</a>

Comment ID #6846819313 03/06/2026 09:07 am

Claire commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

not just google ads... meta ads too. absolute 0. we're getting fucked everywhere. back then, people told us "do youtube" or "go with paid ads... stop relying on SEO". we did that and we're now still back at square one getting fucked by big tech.

Comment ID #6846818817 03/06/2026 09:06 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Complete chaos. Complete madness, traffic is falling more and more.

Comment ID #6846809155 03/06/2026 08:44 am

John A. User commented on Microsoft Bing With Asian Owned Labels On Ads

If a company did "White Owned", you can guarantee they'd be targetted by Antifa. If I buy something, I don't check the race/gender/preferences of the owner, I just buy. Virtue signalling at its worst along with other "owned" adverts. I guess they can't come up with any useful so they'd come up with something Woke/PC instead. If they want to do something useful then they should have a "Classic" option on their results like Google Web Results but no hiding videos as links.

Comment ID #6846793685 03/06/2026 08:04 am

John A. User commented on Google Says Most Sites Don't Need To Disavow Links But That's Not All Sites

Helpful as ever

Comment ID #6846791993 03/06/2026 08:00 am

Andrew Pace commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

based on what we are seeing in Canada, I believe what has changed is Google shopping placements, where they are showing on the page.

Comment ID #6846766212 03/06/2026 06:37 am

Andrew Pace commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Yes, I've noticed this trend for years.

Comment ID #6846760484 03/06/2026 06:15 am

JMH commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

We're seeing exactly the same, conversions via google ads specifically after Feb 15th have dropped 90% overnight, despite spend, impressions, clicks, keywords, device share, ROAS targets all remaining the same. Our ads are clearly getting shown to low value customers as the only thing that has collapsed has been conversion rates. Daylight robbery from Google

Comment ID #6846757343 03/06/2026 06:03 am

Daniel commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Yes, it's chaos in Romania. Our clients put in money and have conversions close to 0

Comment ID #6846749479 03/06/2026 05:30 am

JMH commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Has anyone else seen a complete stop in performance across Google Ads? Which directly coincides with the organic algorithm update.... Make it make sense!!!!!

Comment ID #6846732730 03/06/2026 04:08 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

scrapgpt

Comment ID #6846726608 03/06/2026 03:39 am

SpXmtdd commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Doesn't matter if you're no. 1, 10 or 100. There's now an AI answer, an AD block and maybe even a PAA block before your website. Nobody's bothering to go to a webpage if they can find all the info on google itself. They've turned google search into chatgpt

Comment ID #6846701348 03/06/2026 01:13 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5f287ec94ac6563982a2e16ba93463c361e9c7ccd414bec81c69447ee788c8c0.png I agree and I think this is just the new normal with AI algo now or it's wrong.

Comment ID #6846638301 03/05/2026 08:14 pm

Simple Finance Blog commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Still a lot going on...in a matter of 36 hours, my clients site, for a long tail keyword, ranked 1, 9, 13, NR, 1, 11

Comment ID #6846594942 03/05/2026 05:44 pm

J. Evans commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

A missing referer header is not the same as no referer header. No normal browser sends an empty referer header, not even privacy concerned users. If you see empty referer headers in nginx log file like "Referer: " or "Referer: "" " than those are 99.9% bots and you can safely block them.

Comment ID #6846474187 03/05/2026 01:38 pm

Bender G commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

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Comment ID #6846463535 03/05/2026 01:17 pm

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

wpbeginner keeps dropping. someone would say - it's just small publishers, but it's really not. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/58f0ee68fc46dfa57c68a93e25d6501cf40830f69b20e8e8ec3c3db68754fea2.png

Comment ID #6846453020 03/05/2026 12:56 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Into March

Most bots I can see, they don't have a refer string but that also catches out privacy focused users. I've got it down to 6000 users now from like 50 thousand. Some ai bots do get through though. CF free stops some, you have to pay for the full list. According to Ezoic, proper visitors number is only a thousand.

Comment ID #6846433462 03/05/2026 12:19 pm

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