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actualart commented on Google AdSense Adds Additional Triggers For Vignette Ads

Looks like they are treating web as a throwaway abandonware and trying to squeeze out last few bucks from it from completely ruining whats left of user experience.

Comment ID #6837193726 02/12/2026 05:59 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Why is the money from these fines not going back to the advertisors or the publishers?

Comment ID #6837174411 02/12/2026 05:09 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I just read about Gail Slater, she was fired because she didn't like super mergers such as the one between HP & Juniper which would've controlled 70% of the market.

Comment ID #6837141866 02/12/2026 03:55 pm

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Yep, for me too... January was good, 3mln. views. Now is 20k views. Totaly drop.

Comment ID #6837123571 02/12/2026 03:15 pm

Dan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Feel for you, Dimitris, very similar here. A complete flatline.

Comment ID #6837112945 02/12/2026 02:52 pm

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I think the EU really needs to set aside a percentage of whatever fines they get from Google to financially support a homegrown search alternative. Anyway, here's another just announced antitrust probe against Google. <b>Google Hit by EU Antitrust Probe Over Search Ads Pricing</b> <blockquote>Google, the target for billions of euros in European Union antitrust fines, has been hit by a fresh EU probe over concerns it’s illegally rigging the cost of advertising on its search engine. The European Commission suspects the Alphabet Inc. unit is “artificially increasing the clearing price” of ad auctions “to the detriment of advertisers,” according to a copy of a Feb. 9 letter to potentially affected businesses, seen by Bloomberg.</blockquote>Full story: <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-hit-fresh-eu-antitrust-173215204.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-hit-fresh-eu-antitrust-173215204.html </a> Edit: And today it looks like the US DOJ Antitrust Chief (Gail Slater) has been fired. Google got some good news to go along with the bad.

Comment ID #6837096612 02/12/2026 02:18 pm

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Well I got Zeroed. From 7m views last April to almost 0 now. Google told me they don't see that much drop. So Google i lying or Adsense and analytics are lying. Worst day past 10 years today...

Comment ID #6837091822 02/12/2026 02:07 pm

John A. User commented on OpenAI Wants Advertisers To Prompt To Create Ads

Another industry to be destroyed by greed... Soon they'll have all the money and no will be able to buy as they have none.

Comment ID #6837086187 02/12/2026 01:55 pm

Zolux commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

All the traffic my french site gained in January evaporated in February... lot of shuffling... also AdSense lowest RPM in all these years...

Comment ID #6837059059 02/12/2026 12:57 pm

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I'm in my early 40's so if/when the end comes for me as far as online work goes, I'm going to have to retire. I've not had a real job since I was 19/20. I need the ability to work from home and I need a 6 figure salary to bother getting out of bed or not... what are my other options? Be forced to go a 9-5 somewhere for £2k a month lol, thanks but no. A bunch of the seo's I've spoke to for years are in similar positions, a re-start in a new career after 20 years of success is just not even remotely viable. As a group we don't even seem to be remotely hireable for anything useful that a college graduate won't do for very little money, thats the grim reality

Comment ID #6837055108 02/12/2026 12:48 pm

Mike commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Does anyone have a Google backup from 20 years ago? Google is broken and needs to be restored. lol

Comment ID #6837031844 02/12/2026 11:59 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Launches UCP-Powered Checkout In AI Mode

We will do everything within our power to block orders coming from any AI that seeks to bypass our checkout experience which is needed for safety reasons. Thus far AI has demonstrated a clear disregard for codes/standards and also lacks common sense. We as a company want no part of this.

Comment ID #6837008866 02/12/2026 11:09 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Google not indexing new articles. Discover totaly disabled, worst days past 10 years.

Comment ID #6837007173 02/12/2026 11:06 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

For the best that you have moved on from Google. Many others will be joining you soon I'm sure. Just look at some of the webmaster forums dedicated to Google Search; they aren't even really talking about Google anymore with the main subject now being scraper bots. Google has nothing for us anymore, and it's really sad (like you said) how we got here. It's not like we lost traffic because someone else is better. Not at all - we're all victims because Google ripped us off. Best wishes for you in your job and everyone else who decides to do the same.

Comment ID #6837001477 02/12/2026 10:54 am

davidquaid commented on Grokipedia Seeing Decline In Google Visibility

Organic traffic estimates have to be the least accurate for SEMrush/Ahrefs/Moz et al But the keyword rank positions keep growing - that doesnt resemble any penalty https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b35720c5a3132b292bae1ccd81fb182687ea2be0b08a62103648c2428bf9c0f6.png

Comment ID #6836997297 02/12/2026 10:45 am

Surfer Boy Pizza commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

i must've seen your "heated" conversations. if i'm recalling correctly, it was in a facebook seo mastermind group (which is mostly a joke of a group anyway). that said, not everyone gets in "heated" conversations on the internet. i suggest keeping it professional because it's not a good look to your target customers who operate serious and legitimate businesses. if you plan to get into "heated" conversations and losing your composure, i recommend being anonymous. good luck to you, bud.

Comment ID #6836956395 02/12/2026 09:17 am

Surfer Boy Pizza commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

in fairness, this is correct.

Comment ID #6836954911 02/12/2026 09:13 am

Helga commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

You're welcome dear.

Comment ID #6836934599 02/12/2026 08:23 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

The sad reality is most of us are too old and too sick to do anything else. I still have hope that this situation will sort itself but yesterday the CMA in the UK said in the roundtable no monetary measures for publishers for at minimum 12 months, and most of us won't survive that long. I know I won't, and I thought of everyone here with an overwhelming feeling of complete sadness, especially as most of us rely on US traffic so what happens in the UK is not that important really.

Comment ID #6836892902 02/12/2026 06:06 am

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I think we will all have to. There is no way to make money from sites. I don't even know where to start as the job market in the tech world (I have coding background) is so bad right now with AI taking over

Comment ID #6836889680 02/12/2026 05:53 am

Zumanello commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Thankyou.

Comment ID #6836878393 02/12/2026 05:02 am

Zolux commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Me too, I am still publishing and hope things will get fixed... I am in France niche.

Comment ID #6836874358 02/12/2026 04:43 am

Rowan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

Sorry to hear that… I guess sooner or later, everyone will have to move on. Anyway, I believe you mentioned before you were doing CB?

Comment ID #6836857343 02/12/2026 03:16 am

Daniel commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I'm sorry, man. But don't give up. In your free time, work, be persistent. I sincerely hope you recover.

Comment ID #6836834500 02/12/2026 12:49 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I am so sad to read this we are not far behind you if this carries on

Comment ID #6836814632 02/11/2026 10:40 pm

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

sorry

Comment ID #6836765189 02/11/2026 07:19 pm

Hunar commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I’ve finally had to get a job after months of Google just killing any type of money I would make. I find myself coming to this site less and less. Sad, after almost 20 years in this industry. Sad times for sure. 😞

Comment ID #6836764940 02/11/2026 07:18 pm

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

The government will absolutely bail out all these AI companies if they fail. Taxpayers always end up getting the worst.

Comment ID #6836762182 02/11/2026 07:08 pm

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I think people are just giving up on the internet. haha. I have close to 20k YouTube subs, I have 25k fans on Pintetest, 5k on X, 55k on Facebook and I get almost no traffic.

Comment ID #6836761998 02/11/2026 07:07 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th

I don't know I think it is pretty sad situation for all parties involved including Google to be honest. I am sort of down the road of just letting them do what they need to do now and if they can make it work good on them. I literally don't hold out much hope anymore and I won't be selling any of my content to Amazon on Microsoft because they will just give pennies to us. I am honestly on the verge of just giving it all up including my million-reach each month social media platforms by the end of March if things don't change. It's just too much hassle for very little reward right now. The fun has gone from this now, and money seems to be the only driver. I am not that material-led and this was never the reason why I started my site in the first place, it was a hobby and passion which helped millions of people every month. I am going to wait until 31st March and then decide what I will do then. I feel we are just going to have a Chinese type internet with walled gardens.

Comment ID #6836743976 02/11/2026 06:05 pm

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