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Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

There are not much i can do. This was an inactive domain he refused to sell for years. For the past couple of years he runs a cybersecurity news website with not many articles

Comment ID #6832217080 02/01/2026 01:32 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

I or maybe we (everyone here) is not surprised. Remember the Oasis tickets last year when prices increased when demand was high and then reduced at quieter times.

Comment ID #6832201644 02/01/2026 12:55 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

This is what I get in the UK, ofc, the first two will outrank because they're in the English. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3e1e9a0f167cee144619152dd6a17afb728b7c0f25d1b60430253969ebeb1158.png

Comment ID #6832198402 02/01/2026 12:48 pm

Claire commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmLdvCM-ZI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmLdvCM-ZI</a> :(

Comment ID #6832191446 02/01/2026 12:32 pm

DramaShout143 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8cee5337b93c566cb1836af7f95a98beed38bd74b580bc81ee463f2b738c49ca.jpg i just screenshot it right now and yours was burried further after 'People also search for', compared to the initial time i saw it on the second spot. Google really likes to mess up.

Comment ID #6832178282 02/01/2026 12:02 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

I agree that rankings are manipulated despite what Scumdar might say until he's red in the face. No way can Reddit jump in rankings like it. How can a 1 line Wikipedia page be more quality than something with 30 lines or more. <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/revenue">https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/revenue</a> AdSense revenue may not be going up, but all their other revenues are going up, and as I've said before, it's only the final figure that investors are interested in. If investors were interested in individual areas, our concerns would be being addressed. Its the investors that call the shots, not the advertisers. I can't wait for Brinkleman to release her remedies soon but I suspect like Judge Amateur Mehta, they'll be weak. On my site, I have such low quality adverts that Google shows, you know "Click here for your IQ" , I'd be happy I got things like Jet2, Lufthansa, BA, the things that people would really like to click. Google has a history of looking over its shoulder, seeing something come up behind them and steal their idea so they remain number 1. In 2013, they did that Image search so people don't visit sites, they probably saw PicSearch which did that and thought, we need to. Them doing AI Overviews is probably to entice people to subscribe to their Gemini+ service which has better functions.

Comment ID #6832174944 02/01/2026 11:55 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Good video and thanks for sharing it. Louis Rossmann appears to be a genuine dude who expressed an opinion many of us have.

Comment ID #6832137660 02/01/2026 10:35 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/abf993f834ab334703b449dd4efca912a572c5964c1c677018a066a7a09886a8.png It looks like advertisors are now complaining that CPC goes down in Jan, but not this year. They are therefore removing budgets according to reddit. Also this guy launched 2 weeks ago and claims hes on 20k visitors a day not sure how he is monetising it: <a href="https://www.loot-drop.io/">https://www.loot-drop.io/</a>

Comment ID #6832116833 02/01/2026 09:48 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

It's nothing to do with how good your site is they are hiring engineers for $200-400k a year to sort out search ranking so their AI content / youtube content comes first. So no matter what you do, you can't win if it is being manipulated to that level. You're totally right, they are flooding the market with ads that no-one wants. I don't agree revenue is going up, it went up because they changed the sponsored links display and flooded youtube - but now advertisors are pulling budgets. I suspect it is going down, so they have ranked up AI overviews in the hope it sorts itself out. e.g. more queries, more income is what they think. That thinking is flawed, as advertisors won't allow non conversion. Advertisors on reddit are asking WT F is going on.

Comment ID #6832112023 02/01/2026 09:35 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Found it, approved it.

Comment ID #6832111792 02/01/2026 09:34 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

I replied to you, my comment was removed

Comment ID #6832110898 02/01/2026 09:31 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

CPC -> CPM transition that Google did, I do wonder what our finances would be like if they hadn't changed under the excuse of industry standard.

Comment ID #6832108804 02/01/2026 09:25 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

well, actually I'm starting other 5 sites! just build and forget it, I checked my old sold site and it's smashing it on bing, no new content added for 1/2 years? i expect each site could generate 150-200$ on autopilot, around that 150 posts though..

Comment ID #6832100638 02/01/2026 09:02 am

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

<blockquote>The day I learned about having to deal with SEO is the day I quit.</blockquote> I think you could be getting 1 visitor a month for the next 5 years and you still won't quit.

Comment ID #6832092023 02/01/2026 08:34 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

They have too big an ego to admit mistakes and roll back.

Comment ID #6832064020 02/01/2026 06:48 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Thanks for the links @disqus_tcrypv6vxh:disqus . My only worry seeing those two articles is they will give the other companies, Bing and et el a free reign.

Comment ID #6832057561 02/01/2026 06:15 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

I completely agree with you. I've said it before, and so has @Gabriel, some time ago. You get no ads when searching for my niche, yet if you were to visit my site, boom, ads and Google wins, and I win. I don't know about your niche, but in mine, they flood the first page with YouTube videos, and therefore people visit those and guess what, Google wins. I can see five gaming videos all the same; they might start at similar points/locations, but they are all the same crap. Bing is so fixated to copying, they showing videos but there is no benefit to them or anyone else. I did do Bing for a while but is such a bad UX that I switched back to Google WebResults ( https://www.tenbluelinks.org ) I think it was said during the AmitEUR Mehta court case that they do all this crap PAA and other crap is to make people keep searching until they click on an ad and they gain everything. Its another reason why the results are so poor, to force people to search again. You mentioned in the past that Adsense income for Google is going down which is because people are not going to sites. Investors/Shareholders are not really interested in the individual parts of income, only the final amount which is going up because they flooding everywhere with their ads and also from app purchases through Android. They are only happy with the final figure, if they paid attention then maybe they would. Also their revenue is going up because of inflation as well.

Comment ID #6832057418 02/01/2026 06:15 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Your properly right but when I worked in UX we would publish it, it also helps share price.

Comment ID #6832049891 02/01/2026 05:36 am

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Thank you

Comment ID #6832048838 02/01/2026 05:31 am

googleisjoke commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

this guy nailed it pretty much The day I learned about having to deal with SEO is the day I quit. Google made it so you had to use their tools to make something appear? That sounds like market manipulation, monopoly manipulation, closed ecosystem or whatever unfair devil deal you want to call it. exactly - with bing I do't need to be so on the eggshells all the time, it's much more free and B algo doesn't have menstruation every 2 days like G

Comment ID #6832022463 02/01/2026 03:01 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

No clue. I approved one manually

Comment ID #6831977058 01/31/2026 09:38 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Barry - Why can't I Li@nk or post any Lin@ks - or even say the word?

Comment ID #6831964220 01/31/2026 08:43 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

If you hire people with AI expertise/and or the people that work there already are too scared to say it's not working (sunk cost fallacy), their natural self interest is for AI to expand within the company, this has led Google to double down again and again, via changing the design of sponsored links to temporarily increase revenue through christmas, then increasing AI overviews to 50% and introducing AI to youtube. It's all leading to AI Suc@ide. No-one is looking at AI Cancer throughout Google -, due to the hiring process over the last 2 years....they are in complete chaos and have a decentralised based system which is why they have multiple AI products with no wider product strategy.

Comment ID #6831960280 01/31/2026 08:26 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Please see this article: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-proposes-package-of-measures-to-improve-google-search-services-in-uk">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-proposes-package-of-measures-to-improve-google-search-services-in-uk</a> Here is the consultation link for UK publishers: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/googles-general-search-and-search-advertising-services">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/googles-general-search-and-search-advertising-services</a> Conduct requirement roundtables In February 2026, the CMA will host online roundtables for affected stakeholders,. We will outline our proposal and offer an opportunity for questions and comments in the sessions for: User Choice CR: 9 February, 2:30pm to 4pm Fair Ranking CR: 11 February, 9:45am to 11:15am Publisher CR: 11 February, 3pm to 4:30pm Data Portability CR: 12 February, 1pm to 2.30pm To register your interest in these events, email [email protected].

Comment ID #6831941614 01/31/2026 07:17 pm

Sam commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

I just don't get it. I have 0 ads on all my informational keywords, I honestly can't get my head around why they would stop revenue to themselves, if this is to compete with ChatGTP and Plepexity they are just 2% of the market, they are not even a threat. It does not make sense to me... at all. Seems like complete organizational chaos - different teams optimizing for different stuff with no one thinking about the eco system here. There is something we can't see right now that caused them to do this.

Comment ID #6831930813 01/31/2026 06:38 pm

Jantje commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Interesting! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc</a> GOOGLE decides what you write, not YOU. Write like yourself and you're gone (…and your staff goes with you).

Comment ID #6831912291 01/31/2026 05:47 pm

ynot commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

three years back their greed was a little less than now

Comment ID #6831905113 01/31/2026 05:30 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

SEMrush sensor agrees with you on more AI Slop Overviews. SEMrush shows highest levels of AISO ever. Data there lags a day or two, so probably much worse then what it reports now.

Comment ID #6831885523 01/31/2026 04:46 pm

Hunar commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

Yep, I’m literally seeing that all over as well.

Comment ID #6831868246 01/31/2026 04:07 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated January 29 & 30

And videos, well at least in my niche. They are also putting videos as a blue link.

Comment ID #6831867483 01/31/2026 04:06 pm

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