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Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

AdSense earnings tend to drop like a rock as soon as we hit the new year. It has happened to me pretty much every year but of course we don't earn much these days since traffic is gone

Comment ID #6820528991 01/08/2026 09:41 am

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

Yes, 70% drop in Adsense earnings, eCPM, RPM since January 1

Comment ID #6820511843 01/08/2026 09:07 am

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

Can anyone explain why Google Analytics is showing this as traffic? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c72194722a60a0184d056ee085438cbdf81bd94a06529d41420ed3fc3a928f61.png

Comment ID #6820473084 01/08/2026 07:30 am

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

true blogging stinks just like google

Comment ID #6820470045 01/08/2026 07:21 am

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

They forcing advertisors to use AI and they don't want to. There was one guy on reddit who lost 3k with 0 leads and is asking why a few years ago this yielded good leads. They changed the ad bidding and now they can't ROI due to all the AI slop.

Comment ID #6820433362 01/08/2026 05:08 am

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

ditto

Comment ID #6820433008 01/08/2026 05:06 am

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

It's not just news vertical it is every vertical. This pattern is seen throughout the internet. Old sites are being destroyed.

Comment ID #6820432911 01/08/2026 05:06 am

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

Sorry to hear about that. There seems to be something they are doing. I am wondering if the Google algo is now just AI and it has messed up. All I am saying is that they just need to rollback to the time when advertisors were happy and making money and so were we. I honestly don't think google are making anything near as what they use to.

Comment ID #6820431592 01/08/2026 05:00 am

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

<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1q76hnt/unnoficial_google_algo_update/">https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1q76hnt/unnoficial_google_algo_update/</a>

Comment ID #6820421525 01/08/2026 04:14 am

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

my site also dropped on 7th by 700 clicks in one day, so it's across everything that is out there, it will go up as i know it after few days, if not, then let them suck a biiiig balls, and move on weird is now if it happened because I transfered it to another buyer on hosting, and site was down for few hours, but i don't think, just that drop is happened shortly after giving access to a buyer,

Comment ID #6820412662 01/08/2026 03:29 am

Ekees SEO commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

What kind of site and vertical?

Comment ID #6820403281 01/08/2026 02:36 am

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

Same situation today. Start of the day even weaker than yesterday. About 15% drop compared to yesterday which had a huge drop.

Comment ID #6820393381 01/08/2026 01:36 am

clone21 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

Its not not working properly, Google has an algo to dynamically change adsense earnings for all people, its very sneaky, but if you are in bussiness for enough time, you can feel it.

Comment ID #6820348963 01/07/2026 10:10 pm

n1lss commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

Our well established brand, 15+ years old, lost almost all our top 5 rankings today that we've had as long as I can remember. Many of our keywords are now on page 2. Whatever they did today was big for us, and this is after just coming out with a nice bump in the Dec. core update. Layoffs incoming if it sticks, thanks Google.

Comment ID #6820311456 01/07/2026 08:25 pm

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

Oh look, now AI is being used to scam small-time businesses/sellers: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/comments/1q5xzyj/i_sell_perfumes_online_a_customer_ordered_a_set/">https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/comments/1q5xzyj/i_sell_perfumes_online_a_customer_ordered_a_set/</a>

Comment ID #6820310107 01/07/2026 08:22 pm

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

Ranking is dead because all the Googleshit that appears above it. Sorry for those losing money with Adsense, but we all know how Greedle is - if anyone is making money they want to take it. Talking about money, it looks like Greedle co-founder Larry Page fears the California wealth tax and moving to avoid paying the tax. <b>Google co-founder leaves California amid wealth tax fears</b> - <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-co-founder-leaves-california-114240388.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-co-founder-leaves-california-114240388.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</a> <blockquote>Larry Page, the Google co-founder and world’s second-richest person, has reportedly left California amid concerns about a wealth tax on billionaires. Mr Page has moved the registrations of several entities, including his family office and flying car business from California to Delaware, according to filings with the states. He has also personally moved out of the state ahead of a potential vote on a 5pc wealth tax, according to Business Insider, which first reported the move.</blockquote>

Comment ID #6820267513 01/07/2026 06:30 pm

Jacques Bouchard commented on Google Adds LLMs.txt To Its Web Sites For Other Reasons

Google Added LLMs.txt To It's Web Sites For Other Reasons Than Discovery - *its

Comment ID #6820237417 01/07/2026 05:23 pm

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

Pretty much what i'm seeing across all my sites today as well.

Comment ID #6820220587 01/07/2026 04:52 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

Google is conducting a special operation to purge the people who created the web. In the beginning, we were reporters and editors, we had a paper newspaper and a website, we had ads from local businesses, we were happy that Google showed us in the search results. Then Google became the intermediary between us and the advertisers. Google took over the advertising market in every city. It threw crumbs at us and made us grateful. It imposed vague rules, the purpose of which was to keep us under control. The last core update came to destroy us and leave some copy-paste sites 1 2 years old.

Comment ID #6820180780 01/07/2026 03:45 pm

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

Holy fuck... Traffic = zero for all sites

Comment ID #6820169723 01/07/2026 03:28 pm

Wizz bob commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

Reality is most traffic goes to Google Ads and AI answers which dominate the search results. Also the fact is less people use Google and use tools like ChatGPT to find answers, information.

Comment ID #6820127259 01/07/2026 02:19 pm

John A. User commented on Microsoft Testing Larger Ask Copilot Button On Bing Home Page

Maybe if they cleaned up their results page, they'd be on a winner rather than pushing overrated Overviews.

Comment ID #6820110009 01/07/2026 01:51 pm

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

Experiencing the worst traffic since sites conception following the December core update, no change since its conclusion, only traffic I get now is chinese bots : ( So frustrating and upsettng.

Comment ID #6820103662 01/07/2026 01:40 pm

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

I'm also seeing some of the lowest traffic i've had. Yesterday and Today.

Comment ID #6820074614 01/07/2026 12:49 pm

David Dennison commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility January 6th & AdSense Earnings Dropping

LMAOOOO!

Comment ID #6820063447 01/07/2026 12:28 pm

Helga commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Sir, I may have dementia like our last President who issued unconstitutional mandates and called half the country domestic terrorists if they voted for Trump while having his FBI work with Google for political censorship, but I don't recall President Trump being a dictator like that to his fellow Americans.

Comment ID #6820052313 01/07/2026 12:07 pm

UncleKrusty commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Trump's in bed with Big Tech and shares the same pillow as them. Condoning Google's actions, along with his dictator style of rule, leaves my last comment as about respectful as I can possibly be.

Comment ID #6820032731 01/07/2026 11:29 am

UncleKrusty commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Denmark already offered to allow a greater US military presence in Greenland, but Trump ignored it. Whether it's just Trump's way of changing the news or not, it's a highly irresponsible act to threaten our own allies with military force.

Comment ID #6820031756 01/07/2026 11:27 am

Ricardo Vidallon commented on Google Adds LLMs.txt To Its Web Sites For Other Reasons

A list of early adopters. <a href="https://llmstxt.site/">https://llmstxt.site/</a>

Comment ID #6819982862 01/07/2026 09:48 am

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

Perhaps this has to do with yesterday being January 6th, which CNN reported as the darkest day in world history. Thank heaven we survived to see this morning.

Comment ID #6819960468 01/07/2026 08:58 am

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