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Bolat Sabikhan commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

That means AI is essentially stupid. Google bots are AI too, everything is AI but those bots no matter how good written still can't understand us. So AI suck.

Comment ID #6826071504 01/19/2026 07:50 pm

ناجح هدياوي commented on Google March 2025 Core Update Volatility Hits Hard March 20th - Maybe

low quality content

Comment ID #6826022360 01/19/2026 05:29 pm

John A. User commented on Google Says Link Spam In Comments Have No Effect On SEO/Search

Thank you and welcome back, I'll look to add it to some comments section I have and see if it does anything for me.

Comment ID #6825978663 01/19/2026 03:52 pm

ناجح هدياوي commented on Google Confirms Volatility Prior To March 2025 Core Update Was Not The Core Update

yes bing is much fair

Comment ID #6825972502 01/19/2026 03:38 pm

Helmut B. commented on Google Says Link Spam In Comments Have No Effect On SEO/Search

I really wish Googlers would stop making these wholesale promises: - if it is true now, will it always be true? - how about the URLs being found and added to crawl queues. if then millions of URLs are getting added to your domains' crawl queues what does that for index health and your valuable content being crawled as frequently as you would like it to be?

Comment ID #6825969953 01/19/2026 03:33 pm

Helmut B. commented on Google Says Link Spam In Comments Have No Effect On SEO/Search

rel="ugc" link attribute. means the link shouldn't convey any value.

Comment ID #6825968795 01/19/2026 03:31 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

Exactly, Amazon would leave itself open to class action, but they've got enough money to drag it out.

Comment ID #6825967420 01/19/2026 03:27 pm

FF222 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

A more important issue would be that Amazon could list such items for $20, next to some other competing product - preferred by Amazon - being listed for $12-13-15. This would drive customers towards the latter product and wake the impression in them thay they're meaking a good deal by purchasing those, when in fact they'd overpay $2-3-5 on those, or even more. Amazon would make money either way, without lifting a finger.

Comment ID #6825965473 01/19/2026 03:23 pm

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

I have no idea how it works, but like you said it raises important questions. The buyer may think the item is covered under Amazon's return policy. Also Amazon charging $11 for a $10 item is just the start. When Amazon needs to make more money, then it goes to $15 or more. I expect Google to do the same thing with their shopping agents, and for them to roll out a set of cookie cutter terms that sellers must abide by to even appear in search for that product. Amazon had been testing this since last year, but this is the first time I've seen a seller complain about their products being sold by Amazon unknowingly. Maybe it's the next testing phase or they're already rolling it out slowly. Fortunately for us, our products don't appear in Amazon though their auto-complete does contain some of our products by name. Monitoring these marketplaces, who may be selling our products without our permission, is just another burden to go along with content theft.

Comment ID #6825920820 01/19/2026 01:47 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

So an item she sells for $10, Amazon lists it for $11, and Amazon gets $1 from the sale. Whilst that might sound good on the outset, but what happens when they want to return something? It's relatively easy to return things on Amazon at times, but what if the seller refuses to issue a refund because of T&Cs or other terms that don't allow refunds? I don't know American consumer law so maybe it is supposed to be that easy. It says in the article people can withdraw consent but how, surely it should be the other way round. I get so many visitors from Amazonbot that I try to block them and catch them by not identifying themselves via UserAgent. My site is information not sales so they should back off.

Comment ID #6825908186 01/19/2026 01:22 pm

UncleKrusty commented on Google Is Appealing Its Search Monopoly Ruling

Pam Bondi, who was already skating on thin ice with Trump, heads the DOJ. I'm sure she got her orders from Trump and followed through on just sweeping the case under the rug.

Comment ID #6825907111 01/19/2026 01:19 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

Seen it now, refresh worked...

Comment ID #6825904106 01/19/2026 01:13 pm

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

It's at the top of the comments on this page. Maybe refresh the page for that comment to appear? I don't want to post it again because Disqus doesn't like me lately.

Comment ID #6825901301 01/19/2026 01:07 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

Where's the link?

Comment ID #6825899264 01/19/2026 01:03 pm

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

I see it above now so Barry must have found it.

Comment ID #6825896291 01/19/2026 12:57 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

Repost here and then if marked as Spam, just asked Barry to release it.

Comment ID #6825892992 01/19/2026 12:50 pm

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

Google took our traffic, now they are likely planning to take our products and display whatever price they want. I posted a story earlier about Amazon doing this, but unfortunately Disqus took it down as spam.

Comment ID #6825882271 01/19/2026 12:29 pm

Dan Richardson commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

I'm all too well aware, still i'd be nice to hear from him regardless

Comment ID #6825880245 01/19/2026 12:25 pm

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

Don't bother with that Bill L. BS Today is not about core updates anymore, nor about any whistleblowing of such core updates. It's about CTR less than 1% on more and more queries.

Comment ID #6825875535 01/19/2026 12:16 pm

John A. User commented on Google Is Appealing Its Search Monopoly Ruling

Think DOJ were held back by senior lawyers who feared the hand of Trump given how in bed he is in with BigTech. DOJ should still appeal, I hope nothing legal can stop them. AmitEUR should definitely be investigated over the weak remedies. He probably asked Gemini on what to do such is the weakness of the Remedies...

Comment ID #6825872722 01/19/2026 12:10 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

The requirement for Youtube is high. Think you should also look at TikTok and DailyMotion.

Comment ID #6825871085 01/19/2026 12:07 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

Nope, no word from Bill Lambert, funnily enough we were just talking about him on another thread, can't remember which one now.

Comment ID #6825870527 01/19/2026 12:06 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

@dan__richardson:disqus is right, though. SERPS never sleeps; they're just too paranoid and too fidgety. He's woken up from his sleep, though.

Comment ID #6825869950 01/19/2026 12:05 pm

Dan Richardson commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

apologies, any sightings of Bill Lambert at all during my absence?

Comment ID #6825843116 01/19/2026 11:13 am

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

For those running stores, check out this story about Amazon listing seller's products without their consent. This is something some of us with stores expected to see with agentic shopping. The problem with this is Amazon and Google can advertise our products for whatever price they want - gouging consumers and making brands look outlandishly greedy. In addition to this, consumers will bypass our safety information, terms, knowledge of our restocking fees, etc. I expect both Amazon and Google to ramp this up as they find increasing profits through other means (ads, innovation, etc.) more difficult. <b>Twin Cities small business owners say Amazon’s AI lists their products without consent</b> <blockquote>“I thought it was a scam, at first,” Johnson said. A growing number of small business owners around the country are learning their products are for sale through Amazon’s Buy for Me and Shop Direct programs, part of the retailer’s push into agentic AI. Amazon inserts itself as a middleman in the sale, seeming to sell the product via its own website and then sending the order to the local merchant.</blockquote>Full story: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/twin-cities-small-business-owners-say-amazon-s-ai-lists-their-products-without-consent/ar-AA1UrGsG">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/twin-cities-small-business-owners-say-amazon-s-ai-lists-their-products-without-consent/ar-AA1UrGsG</a>

Comment ID #6825841464 01/19/2026 11:10 am

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

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Comment ID #6825841309 01/19/2026 11:10 am

Dan Richardson commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

SERPs don't sleep eh

Comment ID #6825833693 01/19/2026 10:55 am

UncleKrusty commented on Google Is Appealing Its Search Monopoly Ruling

I'm not sure more punitive remedies can be added since the DOJ didn't appeal those remedies. Why the DOJ didn't appeal Judge Mehta's remedies should be the subject of an investigation as should Judge Mehta's remedies. The damage done to markets and consumers demanded something that would force change instead of continuing the status quo.

Comment ID #6825813557 01/19/2026 10:13 am

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

Is this site just a reseller of Google's AI? If so, Google is making money from each user they signup which is why Google is sending them a ton of traffic.

Comment ID #6825801982 01/19/2026 09:49 am

John A. User commented on OpenAI To Test Ads On ChatGPT

Given how much these scumbags are losing money every day, they're scrambling for whatever money they can. You can guarantee that Google + Bing et el will follow suit.

Comment ID #6825771599 01/19/2026 08:39 am

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