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ناجح هدياوي commented on Google March 2025 Core Update Status

@rustybrick:disqus except "seo community" does there is any others good seo group you know ?

Comment ID #6827497193 01/22/2026 05:38 pm

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

100% yes. The kingshits of big tech operate like politicians now. They might be rivals on the surface, but behind the scenes they are all greedy self-serving a55holes working together to make the public their dependent cucks in every aspect of life as they all cash in.

Comment ID #6827470162 01/22/2026 04:32 pm

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

Yes, 100% agree with you there. And don't forget Youtube but then I can't see it getting any higher. I read that the current YouTube CEO is looking to tidying up YT and get rid of all those repetitive videos where they all the show the same thing. Its probably costing them so much money with having to store all that crap. They'll probably do it slowly, after all, if you show ten videos of all the same crap, people are going to get bored with it and just give in and click one.

Comment ID #6827457543 01/22/2026 04:04 pm

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

But the changes are always negative unless you are reddit or Quora

Comment ID #6827448918 01/22/2026 03:47 pm

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

From what I see hacked and spam sites are winning!

Comment ID #6827448466 01/22/2026 03:46 pm

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

Yes, I think it will end up with everyone working in the cloud. I remember in 1995, a colleague of mine saying this is what will happen, working on the cloud, although back then it wasn't the cloud but working online with dumb terminals. I don't think, though, that it is a real aim of the AI companies to force us to use the cloud by taking all the ram, more an unintended consequence and one that they would take advantage of if they could. I am sure that the Ram producers will ramp up production to meet the demand rather than assist the transition unless there is collusion but that would be an antitrust case in the making. When people wake up to the damage that it does them personally like the energy use then the tide will turn. I do note that Microsoft is offering to pay for all energy increases related to their data centres and other larger ones may follow suit.

Comment ID #6827438667 01/22/2026 03:25 pm

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

Okay, off topic, but hear me out. Do you all think big tech is up to something nefarious? RAM prices are shooting up. So are SSDs and hard drives. They claim it is because of AI data centres popping up everywhere, which caused the surge in demand for SSDs and RAMs. All this gets passed to consumers as RAM prices are now 3-4 times higher than ever before. One day, devices like laptops, handphones, PCs, and so on will have to have lower RAM or hard drive space specifications so manufacturers can make it affordable for consumers. However, with such low specifications, we may not be able to store big files or use resource-intensive programs as before. Now think about it for a moment… who benefits from all this? Yep, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and those other big tech as usual. Why? With little hard disk space and expensive SSDs, consumers will have to look for alternatives. And guess what? Google Cloud and Microsoft OneDrive! Now with little RAM, our laptops and PCs may not be able to run programs as effectively as before. So what do? Yep, we will be forced to use cloud services like Microsoft Co-Pilot with Office 360, Google Workplace, etc. And they will force all of us to pay a monthly subscription for all of these. More profits for big tech. It is practically killing two birds with one stone. Build as many AI datacenters as possible while making SSDs and RAMs very expensive. Then, in future, force consumers to pay a monthly subscription for their cloud services that’s hosted at this very same AI datacenters.

Comment ID #6827414770 01/22/2026 02:39 pm

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

Got this through from Google and I thought whoopie but then after getting a drink, I realise most (99%) are going to be Shitbots. If these Shitbots can trigger analytics with script calls, why can't they dam well trigger adverts :D https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eb20ef52d755fdcc1032183888a908d4721a1b8015bd9844d8b3b72cd09f5b5e.png

Comment ID #6827390122 01/22/2026 01:52 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Apparently my sources are correct. 11 days ago I wrote this comment: I received unofficial information that after January 20th there will be some change. There are suspicions of political interference in determining the winning and losing sites in the last update and market distortion in our country, our sources claim. The information comes from high-level people at least in our country. I don't know if it's a conspiracy, but it's interesting to see if there will be a shift after January 20th. The fact is that the person who coordinates Google in our country is close to the ruling party. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1a0de67a0593a0f26c55d61bf6a391149ac4912717d016e002d80774f166648d.jpg

Comment ID #6827390002 01/22/2026 01:52 pm

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

As Dan Richardson says "SERPS never sleep" and Muller is on record as saying that they release changes everyday so I'm not surprised that there are changes all the time. Just because there is no core update, doesn't meant there's no update. Let see if Dan Richardson was here for boredom or he's back :D

Comment ID #6827376300 01/22/2026 01:28 pm

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

Same here

Comment ID #6827366103 01/22/2026 01:09 pm

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

Well put.

Comment ID #6827363453 01/22/2026 01:04 pm

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

I’m now seeing 6-8 sponsored results on a search now that doesn’t include sponsored products. If you add that you’ll have 8-10 sponsored placements per search on the first page. Some keywords will have 4 up top, 2 in the middle and then 2 at the bottom. It’s the most sponsored I’ve ever seen on a search. Slowly becoming all ads on the first page with ai overviews at the top.

Comment ID #6827363203 01/22/2026 01:04 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Don't waste your time, money and life with the Google scam. This is a fake company. Its shares are a bubble and will collapse. Google doesn't produce anything. It's just an intermediary. A broker. Google is based on stealing other people's intellectual property. Two young men created a bot in a garage that would steal other people's work and rank it by importance. Finally, Google decided that it was God. To decide who should live and who should die. Finally, Google will die.

Comment ID #6827348829 01/22/2026 12:36 pm

Santaji Gadepatil commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

Last week its was fine but not better as usual. Now it is down again. In Bing Result, traffic is increasing day by day.

Comment ID #6827327558 01/22/2026 11:57 am

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

<blockquote>I don't know why it does this</blockquote>Most accept what you described as evidence of Google's massive market manipulation. Google hasn't lost antitrust lawsuits, and paid many fines, because they play by the rules. Talking about lawsuits, a Judge just partially shot down Google's motion to dismiss a private antitrust lawsuit against Google Search. This sloth of a lawsuit has been in the system since 2022. <b>Court partially denies Google's motion to dismiss in search engine monopoly case</b> <blockquote>According to court documents, twenty-six consumers filed the lawsuit against Google LLC, alleging the company unlawfully maintained monopoly power in the U.S. general search services market through exclusive default contracts with Apple and other device manufacturers.</blockquote>Full story: <a href="https://ppc.land/court-partially-denies-googles-motion-to-dismiss-in-search-engine-monopoly-case/">https://ppc.land/court-partially-denies-googles-motion-to-dismiss-in-search-engine-monopoly-case/</a>

Comment ID #6827320121 01/22/2026 11:44 am

Bender G commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I have periods of 5-6 and 8 hours with very few visits, and then, in a few hours, I suddenly sell what little is sold during the day. Google indiscriminately cuts my traffic. I've checked it out, and it only gives me a few hours in the afternoon/evening to sell. The rest of the day, there are few sales from users via phone, social media, or other search engines. I don't know why it does this, but it's not fair to invest so much money and effort into creating a quality website and offering good service with happy customers only for Google to strangle you and kill you. I understand that it will be temporary, but while it's happening or not happening, I'm suffocating.

Comment ID #6827296879 01/22/2026 10:59 am

Mark Ting commented on Android Figurine Party

looks like a pinata with a sucker

Comment ID #6827234822 01/22/2026 08:48 am

Marston Gould commented on Google Search Monopoly Appeal Legal Docs On Search Factors

What economic 'crimes' against humanity are you suggesting. If you set AI aside, which is a more recent endeavor - traditional search is clearly within copyright laws fair use. Rough order of magnitude - companies that have generated organic traffic from Google have since launch generated roughly $4-5T in revenue for all online businesses.

Comment ID #6827216397 01/22/2026 08:01 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Update is started or they trying systems before update.

Comment ID #6827194997 01/22/2026 06:53 am

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

Yes, and those small publishers will just remove adsense as no point having it on their websites, or they will close the websites. While ChatGTP will go bankrupt next year with there crazy impression advertising strategy that won't yield anything. AI was a fad and now it is coming to light.

Comment ID #6827178443 01/22/2026 05:49 am

Chris Mitchell commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

My site has traffic reflects a massive google core update but nothing is confirmed. What's happening?

Comment ID #6827177903 01/22/2026 05:47 am

Chris Mitchell commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Dan I am the same. I am a UK news publisher, seen a major decrease since around this time. January 2026 has been our worst month for 3 years.

Comment ID #6827176901 01/22/2026 05:43 am

Renan Ferrer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Same here!!

Comment ID #6827173950 01/22/2026 05:30 am

Renan Ferrer commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I've already commented on several other posts here. Numerous reports of the same problem. My earnings have plummeted in the last few days. January is going to be the worst month since 2019.

Comment ID #6827173734 01/22/2026 05:29 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Today Google in Search pickup wrong favicon. They do changes.

Comment ID #6827173551 01/22/2026 05:28 am

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

Google reports earnings on February 4, they just want to be able to give upbeat guidance for next quarter, thus taking even more from us small publishers. Soon, very soon in fact, there will be nothing left to take, while advertisers realize people aren't actually clicking the AI Overview ads either, thus lose lose for Google. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e621e373c785c75ae34cabcc50574db3737e651af0527bd07f51862215f6d4e9.png

Comment ID #6827131064 01/22/2026 01:34 am

Vishvabodh Sharma commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Since December 12, no recovery. There have been so many fluctuations on my search console, and I don't know what's going on. It's like they're actively killing organic traffic.

Comment ID #6827125046 01/22/2026 12:51 am

Daniel commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

True! Mr. Barry, it is interesting to analyze!

Comment ID #6827115959 01/21/2026 11:52 pm

GCPoolFencing commented on Google Deleting Local Reviews More Than Ever

Cool

Comment ID #6827101569 01/21/2026 10:39 pm

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