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Mr Bob commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Long term Google becomes the internet for information with a few choice partners like reddit which themselves will be eradicated slowly over the following years. Google will become a marketplace for all products, removing the need for ecom websites and taking a slice of all internet sales worldwide competing with Amazon and Ebay. Hosting companies and domain registrars go out of business. Short term more and more western publishers/business go out of business quater by quarter replaced with 3rd world country publishers/Business who's living/business costs are far lower than the west so can scratch out a living on far less.

Comment ID #6829172786 01/26/2026 06:58 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

What do you think the future will hold in this mess?

Comment ID #6829171211 01/26/2026 06:52 am

Rod Cruz commented on Google Falls Back To Featured Snippets When AI Overviews Do Not Generate

Has anyone seen this affecting Local Pack results?

Comment ID #6829128955 01/26/2026 03:48 am

FF222 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

So, you don't know what the word "bubble" means. Following your "logic" there wasn't a dotcom bubble, because we still have .com sites, and there wasn't a tulip bubble either, because we still have tulips. AI is a bubble. And a huge one. Period.

Comment ID #6829128585 01/26/2026 03:47 am

kyavanyaisback commented on Google Falls Back To Featured Snippets When AI Overviews Do Not Generate

We need an option to use featured snippets or AI overviews as the default.

Comment ID #6829112658 01/26/2026 02:21 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Maybe because of the shrinking user base, and getting back in the Play Store not stopping the slide, Epic was ready to wheel and deal with Google in other ways? Since I'm not a player, I don't know anything about Fortnite really. But I do know what Google did in this case may be a blueprint in how they limit the damage caused by other lawsuits.

Comment ID #6828985261 01/25/2026 06:41 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Makes sense. Those years were the last gasp for blogs of all kind before HCU came to nuke everything.

Comment ID #6828954718 01/25/2026 05:32 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

okay well were all suffering over here.

Comment ID #6828946193 01/25/2026 05:15 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Fornite is dead, user base shrinking. No-one buys from the item shop anymore - just takes the game for free. It is too commercial. Lost 75% of username. I only play reload.

Comment ID #6828945301 01/25/2026 05:13 pm

Jerome H commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I think Daddy blogging had its peak back in 2017-2020.

Comment ID #6828933438 01/25/2026 04:49 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

AI will burst the same way the .com bubble did, investors will get hurt, and not all the AI companies around today will still be around when the bubble bursts. Anthropic & ChatGPT are losing more money than they are making; they are being helped by the big 2 (Microsoft/ChatGPT) and (Google/Anthropic). When the bubble bursts, MS & G will consume the best bits of the companies that they were supporting. AI will likely stay around for a very long time because it is being pushed down our throats whether we like it or not. We are not getting any alternative, well, Google does have web results, but hides that and even then, for my sites, they push YouTube all the effing time. All the videos are the same scenes from games.

Comment ID #6828922335 01/25/2026 04:27 pm

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

on a side note, I also checked ed zitron that I followed around 23-24 guy's every post is still "the ai bubble" he had very good posts and exposed google's evil ad policies and stuff but he is also kinda copping and in a loop of his own AI is not a phucking bubble in the sense that it will stay here forever it's not going to deliver as fast as expected (it's still stuck in 2022) also many of his posts are paid well phuck that whoever wants to pay for "AI is losing money how they gonna find money vol. 4000" is free to do it everything is dead, stangant, even the opposition it's gg to anyone who just go his sitre destroyed - go back on this site and read the comments you can go as far back as 2012- it's all the same loop

Comment ID #6828910806 01/25/2026 04:07 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

That was a good idea. These guys probably took over that "daddy" blog now. <a href="https://x.com/Aku_700/status/2014572847604404522">https://x.com/Aku_700/status/2014572847604404522</a>

Comment ID #6828910761 01/25/2026 04:07 pm

Jerome H commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Hi, I can ensure you I moved on from that daddy blog in 2016 or something like that. Then I launched my new website, even the name dadmadeinbritain was not very good!

Comment ID #6828869210 01/25/2026 02:52 pm

Jerome H commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Don’t worry, I’m actually glad you noticed, because I genuinely had no clue. Honestly, I’m very confused with Google right now. In my niche you now have loads of Indian/Chinese sites ranking above everyone else when they clearly haven’t reviewed anything. Google keeps talking about E-E-A-T, and I get it (I’m all for that ) but I don’t understand why Search is boosting websites that don’t seem to have any real E-E-A-T in the first place. It also looks like there were updates around 7 January and again around 21 January. Last year, in April, I got hit hard but I bounced back quite quickly. This time, though, it feels different like the algorithm is a really broken.

Comment ID #6828860349 01/25/2026 02:37 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

What you said was spot on based on his now deleted original comment. That's why I also replied to that thread in agreement. Like you said, assuming he's telling the truth that the site is no longer his, he at least deserves the benefit of the doubt since he posted that clarification.

Comment ID #6828822167 01/25/2026 01:34 pm

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

No problem at all, any feedback was solely based on that site still being yours, if its not then its obviously all null and void and I've absolutely no idea why you've lost your traffic :D I've complained multiple times about my little hobby site, sounds similar - blog, amazon links and whatnot. I just can't make it viable to keep going with it. Reviewing items costs me too much, potentially dozens of hours of time and however much £ buying, using, photographing, writing up etc etc To then be outranked by some indian tech blog or an office junior on a uk newspaper who's so fat they couldn't even have safely used the product, using amazon pics and descriptions.... I can't do that. im out

Comment ID #6828818598 01/25/2026 01:28 pm

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I was trying to not be overly rude but it was clear that that site he was posting under, was a shit site and didn't deserve to rank for anything. I did point out he needs to fix his amazon disclosure too or risk a ban, I was trying to help. If its not his site fair enough, I have since checked and the domain did drop in 2023 so I would assume he's telling the truth that its now not his.

Comment ID #6828815862 01/25/2026 01:24 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

It's all good. He elaborated on what happened with his follow up comment. It turns out it was no longer his site. in most instances like that with first time posters and show their domain, they're spammers from Scumdar's outdoor toilet homeland and pretending to be mystified why their scraped content site tanked. Nice is last thing I'll be to them, who ruin it for the rest of us with legitimate businesses. No mercy. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4889daaca705bda996110e3f3877743712d9a45cf7751c509d01a22ce6db5db1.jpg

Comment ID #6828809694 01/25/2026 01:14 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Looks like there may have been some back room deals going on with the Epic -vs- Google lawsuit that Google lost, which the judge is now questioning. This looks like the corrupting power of big tech money that can turn a plaintiff who sued and won a lawsuit against Google into a Google partner. <b>Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal</b> - <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/866140/epic-google-fortnite-android-unreal-deal-antitrust-settlement">https://www.theverge.com/policy/866140/epic-google-fortnite-android-unreal-deal-antitrust-settlement</a> <blockquote>A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of a previously unannounced partnership involving the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android. In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and Google have struck a new deal that apparently includes “joint product development, joint marketing commitment, joint partnerships.” California District Judge James Donato expressed concerns that the agreement — which he indicated would involve Epic “helping Google market Android” and Google newly “using Epic’s core technology” — could have led Epic to soften its demands for changes to the overall Android ecosystem.</blockquote>

Comment ID #6828797986 01/25/2026 12:53 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I didn't mean you deleted it. I should have said OP to avoid confusion. It looked like he deleted his own comment like a pssy when Mark called out the shitty site. He just posted a new comment again and at least cleared up why he deleted it.

Comment ID #6828796810 01/25/2026 12:51 pm

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I did not delete any comment here, it seems it was deleted by the user who posted it.

Comment ID #6828795968 01/25/2026 12:49 pm

Jerome H commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

OK, so I’ll try again. I haven’t used Disqus in years. Back in 2013 I started a daddy blog called dadmadeinbritain, but I stopped it after a few years. Earlier today I posted a comment and realised someone has bought my old domain and now has a website on it. That’s not me, and I felt it was more accurate to change my name on Disqus to avoid any confusion. I also thought it was best to delete my comment. I sincerely apologise if it gave you the wrong impression. I can assure you I don’t have any dodgy site, and yes, I always disclose affiliate links and anything else that needs to be disclosed. Also, realistically, I don’t think a dodgy site (like the one mentioned) would get around 100K monthly readers. I’ve been blogging for years and my audience is built on trust. Sorry again if it came across the wrong way, I was in panic mode for a minute.

Comment ID #6828792254 01/25/2026 12:43 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Be nice. He is going though fall down, this is the reality of some sites now.

Comment ID #6828786432 01/25/2026 12:33 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

He's deleted his post now. I feel sorry for him, I hope that he get's his traffic back and pushes to social media.

Comment ID #6828785677 01/25/2026 12:32 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

That is true with Google. Also, Mark's truth bomb was too much for the scraped shit site creator, and the pssy already deleted his comment.

Comment ID #6828784249 01/25/2026 12:29 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Wait it out. Things will get better. In the meantime build up your social media.

Comment ID #6828783070 01/25/2026 12:27 pm

FokGoogle commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Traffic to some of my sites is down 90 percent since 2022. So I am in the same boat. But I paywalled traffic to certain sections of some sites and whatever new visitors that still come in, I try to convert into paying members. This can be lucrative.

Comment ID #6828766900 01/25/2026 12:00 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

<blockquote>all your stolen, duplicated, zero value add content</blockquote>Same could be said of Google's AI Slop Overviews and AI Scrode Mode. Google steals and spins content from multiple sources and uses their distribution dominance to publish the spun output as their own. This renders those original sources as zero value since Google has stolen their content and traffic.

Comment ID #6828763734 01/25/2026 11:55 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

right, makes no sense.

Comment ID #6828724563 01/25/2026 10:46 am

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