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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.

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John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

What countries, let me guess China?

Comment ID #6810372486 12/16/2025 10:48 am

FokGoogle commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Experiencing the same. High visitor count but they're mostly zombies.

Comment ID #6810365580 12/16/2025 10:34 am

masterx commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

“What the hell is going on?… Is it full of bots everywhere or what?… We’re getting visits from countries outside our target.” https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7f4de04de38be19c4fdbcb120454029b1f1d595b57bfb38c3f088f06a2ff8079.jpg

Comment ID #6810353282 12/16/2025 10:11 am

Rombout commented on Google Doodle For Seasonal Holidays 2025

I was kind expecting some big again. This time its just a GIF animation

Comment ID #6810337328 12/16/2025 09:38 am

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

The GEO IP is a paid product right? I also block some IPs from USA if they are heavy visitors because no user would read that many pages. FOr me, I can't see why FB needs to send bots to my site at such a heavy rate, they're not a SE engine and I don't get that many visitors from them so I block them.

Comment ID #6810337286 12/16/2025 09:38 am

SpXmtdd commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Vietnam traffic on a German website, of course it's probably AI bots

Comment ID #6810316752 12/16/2025 08:56 am

Jantje commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

O no, not again this ai generated comment.

Comment ID #6810316520 12/16/2025 08:56 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

We use a managed Geo IP DB to handle country blocks. Most of the blocked traffic I see from China is Alicloud, but we have them also blocked elsewhere around the world and in the USA too. FB used to send us some sales every now and then, but that place is dead. I'd like to block it, but some do share pics of our products that could produce a sale.

Comment ID #6810313043 12/16/2025 08:47 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Maybe Disqus had their own HCU (Helpful Comment Update) because they have taken some of my comments down. Hopefully they work out the bugs because I'm sure it's not intentional like Google's HCU.

Comment ID #6810307970 12/16/2025 08:34 am

FokGoogle commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Brownnose much?

Comment ID #6810306498 12/16/2025 08:30 am

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

You mean China and Chinese and on reviewing the comments until I just edited, no one mentioned the country. I know by your name, English isn't your first language, hopefully you don't see me getting at you for that.

Comment ID #6810303447 12/16/2025 08:22 am

googleisjoke commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

I asked but it dissapeared on this site, searched by keyword "chine" gave me shit

Comment ID #6810298849 12/16/2025 08:12 am

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Yes, he asked 16 hours ago (see below :D), I think he wanted more responses rather than just us two . I block China based on what they send in their headers, rather than IP, so some might get through. I got a lot of different IPs from China, but when I checked Google Analytics, which I use, it said all the traffic was coming from Lanzhou. I block because I get no better for the amount of hits that I get. I also get a heck of a lot of visits from Facebook, so I block their webbots.

Comment ID #6810292398 12/16/2025 07:53 am

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

She is. <a href="https://youtu.be/RXFXlj9jMHE?si=6VSFURo9UXxf6Q4w">https://youtu.be/RXFXlj9jMHE?si=6VSFURo9UXxf6Q4w</a>

Comment ID #6810292170 12/16/2025 07:52 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Didn't you just ask this question? Traffic from China is nothing but scraper bots and garbage traffic nobody wants. Many block the whole country because the traffic is pure rubbish. Your site is probably being scraped for content to use in Qwen (Alibaba's AI), DeepSeek, etc.

Comment ID #6810289698 12/16/2025 07:44 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Result Snippets With Read More Links

I'm seeing this in the UK, but honestly, whats the point when they steal and reappropriate our content for AI Overviews? Organic search is virtually deal so no one is going that far down to click on Read More. That said, if it does encourage click through, I'll welcome it.

Comment ID #6810280683 12/16/2025 07:19 am

googleisjoke commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

anyone having big china traffic??

Comment ID #6810276956 12/16/2025 07:06 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

LOL

Comment ID #6810274687 12/16/2025 06:58 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

I’ll never be able to forgive you.

Comment ID #6810274085 12/16/2025 06:56 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

I'm sorry for the trouble Barry. :(

Comment ID #6810273768 12/16/2025 06:55 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Found it, manually approved it.

Comment ID #6810273547 12/16/2025 06:54 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Disgust is blocking my comments again, but as I posted AI Slop is taking all the traffic and Google is sending swarms of bots to offset the reduction in real human traffic. Slop was named the 2025 word of the year by Merriam Webster and for good reason.

Comment ID #6810271541 12/16/2025 06:51 am

agromech Industries commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

This is such a timely and insightful breakdown of the December 2025 core update and its early intense impact. The way you explain the rollout timeline, visible volatility, and reminder that this is about rewarding more relevant, satisfying content (not a manual “penalty”) really helps SEOs and publishers focus on what they can control instead of panicking. Thanks for turning all the noise around tracking tools, traffic drops, and ranking swings into clear, practical context that readers can use to make smarter long-term decisions about content quality and user experience.

Comment ID #6810270439 12/16/2025 06:48 am

Bolat Sabikhan commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Die Google die!

Comment ID #6810260121 12/16/2025 06:10 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

AI Slop Overviews is stealing all the traffic and Google sends bot swarms to make it look like we are still getting traffic. Merriam Webster named "slop" as the word of the year because of the popularity of AI slop. Logged into FB and reels filled with dogs farting in cat's faces. <b>Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’</b> - <a href="https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-dictionary-word-year-2025-slop-2dffb2379cac6001aa30e148669e3393">https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-dictionary-word-year-2025-slop-2dffb2379cac6001aa30e148669e3393</a> <blockquote>“Slop” was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value. The definition has since expanded to mean “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.”</blockquote>

Comment ID #6810259690 12/16/2025 06:08 am

FokGoogle commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

Same

Comment ID #6810257319 12/16/2025 05:57 am

Renan Ferrer commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

WOW! I'd say it's identical. The July update started to get to me, and it hasn't stopped since.

Comment ID #6810250237 12/16/2025 05:29 am

Kerry Packer commented on Google Says Pre-Announcing Core Updates Isn't Possible

This makes sense. Core updates are complex and evolve continuously, so pre-announcing them would likely cause confusion and manipulation. It’s better for site owners to focus on long-term quality rather than chasing update timelines.

Comment ID #6810245573 12/16/2025 05:21 am

Sam commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

In Europe it is another story. They are not bothered as they will just sell USA bonds and crash the economy.

Comment ID #6810238878 12/16/2025 04:53 am

Vishvabodh Sharma commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

i am seeing traffic , but its like garbage mostly , not my target audiance , its like analytics and search console are broken

Comment ID #6810216398 12/16/2025 03:32 am

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