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Sarah B. commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Semrush sensor even higher today :/ Seeing so many blog posts from ~2023 jump up and knocking out established landing pages. It's really odd.

Comment ID #6827744801 01/23/2026 09:45 am

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

My analytics software did some sort of update this morning and my traffic is now being reported at 3X the normal traffic. :) yay - lol

Comment ID #6827743998 01/23/2026 09:43 am

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I honestly don't even check anymore. What is the point. Revenue is down across the board and it's not coming back with any of these updates. Not going to be a gamechanger

Comment ID #6827743556 01/23/2026 09:42 am

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

You have a point, they could be thinking this. But they underestimated real people who are not billionaires. Just like they did with AI. People are so annoyed of forced AI they are not happy at all. just go read the comments of normal people on all social media platforms and forums. They are celebrating the downfall of AI - and can't wait. Zero click internet was the craziest thing to say from an advertising platform that makes money from clicks that lead to product sales.

Comment ID #6827736703 01/23/2026 09:26 am

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

People just won't pay this. They will do everything in their power to NOT pay this. Something that was free now being charged is a bad bad product strategy.

Comment ID #6827735900 01/23/2026 09:24 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I had another article about the scam of AI, one giving money to the other and no money enters the industry. MS to OpenAI, OpenAI to MS to get Azure servers, and then MS invest more to openAI, who pays Nvidia for hardware. Nvidia then invests in OpenAI etc etc etc... They show revenue with no actual earnings...

Comment ID #6827732151 01/23/2026 09:15 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I was on Google News for years, I believe from before 2020, when we could create sections and everything was crawled. Back then I thing I was approved fast enough. After july update i had a 65% drop, which was recovering slowly but it was a recover. Since December update things went bad and since Jan 20 it is terrible with no signs of recovery. No changes on our side.

Comment ID #6827731374 01/23/2026 09:13 am

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

I think I've found your site, have you considered "Preferred Sources" on your site? Your site looks like it could benefit from it? <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-top-stories-preferred-sources-live-39920.html">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-top-stories-preferred-sources-live-39920.html</a>

Comment ID #6827723229 01/23/2026 08:53 am

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

I just found what I think is Jedi Master @dimitrisabrazis:disqus site. Interesting article today about AI and them bleeding money. It brings a smile to my face that OpenAI might go bankrupt... Thing he probably didn't mention or know is how the safe company (Microsoft & Google) are bankrolling some of these companies, OpenAI (Microsoft) & Anthropic (Google), so they both will be able to last a little longer.

Comment ID #6827721268 01/23/2026 08:49 am

John A. User commented on Google Falls Back To Featured Snippets When AI Overviews Do Not Generate

i.e. Wikipedia, but if they do elsewhere, it's still copyright theft and keeping users on site.

Comment ID #6827703377 01/23/2026 08:02 am

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Yeah even though I'm not Greek I know that your website is really big and that even bigger tech medias like GSMArena mentioned it and so on. Really impressive! Keep up the good work! Was your site automatically approved in Google News? If so, how many years did it took to get it approved?

Comment ID #6827698395 01/23/2026 07:47 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I was doing 200K-300K per day with some days over that... This is sad...

Comment ID #6827697193 01/23/2026 07:43 am

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I see. Sweden and it have been like this for years for me except sometimes where it can sky rocket to like 20 000 - 30 000 clicks for a few days and then go down to zero again...

Comment ID #6827694876 01/23/2026 07:36 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Dropped to minimum and it is not just me. Where are you from?

Comment ID #6827694242 01/23/2026 07:34 am

Rasmus Hellmyrs commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

I have been paying a close look on your website and I can't see it at all in Discover, News etc now. Have I missed something? Do you get any traffic from those sources Dimitris?

Comment ID #6827693139 01/23/2026 07:31 am

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

Taxpayers are still subsidizing the construction and operation of these datacenters, even though Google has the money to pay for this shit themselves. Ratepayers (electric and water customers) are subsidizing the utilities these datacenters need to operate too. Google tries to cloak their identify when receiving datacenter gifts from taxpayers, often using shell companies to hide their identity, because these tax dollar handouts look and are bad. From a story yesterday: <blockquote>The Scioto County Commission confirmed Thursday Google is the company that approached the county for tax abatement on a 500,000 square foot data center they want to build in the area. The abatement was approved by Scioto County commissioners on Thursday. Commissioners say that means should Google choose to move forward with buying the property and building the center, they would only be paying only 25% of what their property taxes would be for 15 years.</blockquote>

Comment ID #6827688545 01/23/2026 07:18 am

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

Yes, totaly drop. All articles not indexed, showing old - 5-7 days old. Worst ever.

Comment ID #6827685588 01/23/2026 07:08 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Monopoly Appeal Legal Docs On Search Factors

Google's economic crimes against humanity is comprised of the collective of fines and multiple antitrust violations Google has been found guilty of.

Comment ID #6827685577 01/23/2026 07:08 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

Same here and most of the people I talk to. Only mainstream media show signs of recovery

Comment ID #6827681736 01/23/2026 06:55 am

racefan01 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

My rankings have been declining since January 12th. Since then, everything has been at the same, insignificant level, and nothing has changed. The website gets minimal impressions in search results and Discover. Traffic is close to zero.

Comment ID #6827674213 01/23/2026 06:27 am

Yaniv Ben-Atia commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

We are seeing a big drop in Discover. Anyone else ?

Comment ID #6827637964 01/23/2026 03:52 am

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

Haha that would be fitting.

Comment ID #6827592738 01/22/2026 11:17 pm

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

Yeah… Maybe I’m overthinking like a madman after what Google did to us. Haha. Anyway, to those who still don’t know… RAMs have been backordered by big tech all the way until 2027. So prices will just keep going up.

Comment ID #6827592151 01/22/2026 11:14 pm

Atoz Stanf commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Again January 21

rankings are completely down the sh*tter, sites that are unrelated all of a sudden ranking on page 1 ... Google results are a complete mess, and it's sad they are doing this on purpose. I was looking for a local service the other day (think of a plumber), please someone tell me why the f*ck indeed is ranking on the first page? Why Reddit is showing up instead of local companies? Craigslist? I don't want to see any of that garbage ... Google, for f*cks sake, let local companies finally rank, you've been throttling the rankings since 2018 ...

Comment ID #6827589841 01/22/2026 11:03 pm

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 conspiring 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

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