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Vic Daniels commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Google is destroying the Open Web. It doesn't care about publishers. It doesn't care about small businesses. All it cares about is AI and its own profits. Regulation and lawsuits will become more prevalent, as Google has created a situation where there is very little risk in joining class-action suits; if we are all going to die anyway, we may as well die fighting.

Comment ID #6813321578 12/21/2025 02:46 pm

Durant Imboden commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Our Google traffic has been a series of big peaks and valleys since the core update started (not unlike what happened with last summer's core update). Our pages that usually get the highest traffic also fell out of our top 10 on some of those low days. Still, this is always a sluggish time of year for our travel information site, and whatever recovery we do or don't see may have more to do with user behavior, the economy, changes to Google's SERP layout, etc. than with the latest core update.

Comment ID #6813318813 12/21/2025 02:39 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

More proof the world has gone to crap!

Comment ID #6813318509 12/21/2025 02:38 pm

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

100%. It truly is beyond fucked. And even more so when you remember it was all brought on themselves from failed policies that included blindly mass importing the worst 3rd world shit that doesn't even wan't to acclimate to the western culture they infest. They only want to assimilate it to become exactly like the hell toilet they left. Of all the heat Trump gets and rightfully in many cases like his selling out as a bitch to big tech, at least trying to stop the USA from becoming the UK is one thing he got right.

Comment ID #6813317624 12/21/2025 02:36 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

It is really frightening what's going on in the world and especially Britain. Elon tweeted about what gangs in Britain were doing to young girls. In his tweet, he quoted court documents that are so disturbing I won't even post the link to his tweet. Also related were members of these gangs getting lighter prison sentences then conservatives who posted free speech online.

Comment ID #6813314360 12/21/2025 02:27 pm

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

By any chance are you one of Bobby's 2 dads? You sound a lot like your son if so. Any reality you don't like outside your safe space is always "toxic" or a "conspiracy theory" to you projecting betabtch males. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/06d6a124819e53c2ddba3e43a9ce429865700d81aec2670198678bb59a931f0f.jpg

Comment ID #6813300658 12/21/2025 01:52 pm

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Speaking of which, this is literally the only holiday festivities that's sacred to Scumdar: <a href="https://x.com/DramaAlert/status/1981471378394972450">https://x.com/DramaAlert/status/1981471378394972450</a>

Comment ID #6813295935 12/21/2025 01:41 pm

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Trump is going to be jealous when he finds out Google is cheating on him with the UK. <a href="https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2002785314218311851">https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2002785314218311851</a> <a href="https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2002785314218311851">https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2002785314218311851</a>

Comment ID #6813293710 12/21/2025 01:36 pm

googleisjoke commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

seems like youtube doesn't want me to remove google ads, see, the results have completely different intent! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e716dd00d47807142184421edca705e168bb27826ed6791108f9641319678043.png

Comment ID #6813276232 12/21/2025 12:53 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Google Discover is the new Pornhub. My articles appear even faster in Google Discover, but copied by my competitors, not on my site as the original source. Sites without any authorship and only copy-paste news have survived. Google has rewarded them for their theft and destroyed us.

Comment ID #6813271077 12/21/2025 12:42 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Google has been doing this for years, just with different techniques/sites. This is how Google forces brands to pay for ads and traffic.

Comment ID #6813250731 12/21/2025 11:54 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Product Reviews Bug With Product Detail Pages

Reviews can't be trusted. Look at TrustPilot which was recently accused of creating accounts, so they could be loaded with fake bad reviews, to force businesses into paying for a membership to clean it up. <b>Why Trustpilot Lost £243M in One Day: The 'Mafia-Style' Extortion Allegations Explained</b> - <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-trustpilot-lost-243m-one-day-mafia-style-extortion-allegations-explained-1764095">https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-trustpilot-lost-243m-one-day-mafia-style-extortion-allegations-explained-1764095</a> <blockquote>According to Grizzly's analysis, businesses that refuse to pay often end up with ratings below 2 out of 5 stars, while paying subscribers see their ratings 'magically lift' to above 4 stars. The report claims industry insiders have dubbed this practice the 'Trustpilot Mafia'. Further, Grizzly alleges that genuine negative reviews for paying companies are 'spuriously challenged or removed,' while obviously fake positive reviews are left untouched. The short-seller presented a statistical analysis which it claims demonstrates 'a concerning pattern of apparently falsified reviews' across both paying and non-paying profiles.</blockquote>

Comment ID #6813248580 12/21/2025 11:49 am

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

I thought "Exact Match" wasn't a thing anymore then, they probably have the same PageRank score but Reddit wins on exact match.

Comment ID #6813246430 12/21/2025 11:43 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Reminds me of what Google called "RPM Heroics" in that court document that helped Google get found guilty of antitrust crimes. Maybe with it being the end of quarter Google is doing some RPM Heroics to help themselves to more money to make shareholders happy? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/69cd9bee66550499535a6412176dfbe1239c627b1d34fdf35991fe7fd491c607.gif

Comment ID #6813242096 12/21/2025 11:32 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Who gets the money government collects for fines in the EU? In the USA, Google's victims may get pennies on the dollar if anything at all. It's very profitable for governments to repeatedly fine Google. If these governments banned Google, then they would have to raise taxes to compensate for the loss in revenue from Google's fines.

Comment ID #6813240552 12/21/2025 11:28 am

googleisjoke commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

look, look even the biggest authority out there is outranked by reddit. for their own product, you see? brand with huge authority that actually sells it, just get outranked by this red piece of bullcrap https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d3ac1893afa2dc38efaddd21baeaf3865f8ccaa32f4a6a40b009591aa3dff805.png

Comment ID #6813239867 12/21/2025 11:27 am

Ziko commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

google discover & news traffic zero .... :(

Comment ID #6813239117 12/21/2025 11:25 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

We have changed the way we do things. We now have what I call the Priceifier which allows us to increase prices for those who use Google. This helps us to recover lost revenue from Google stealing our content and traffic. We could just sell on Amazon again and ban all traffic from Google, but making Google's users pay a premium for Google's crimes does leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling.

Comment ID #6813238967 12/21/2025 11:24 am

@Michael_Martinez commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

"There is no search to optimize for." There is plenty of search to optimize for. Stop complaining and begin changing the way you do things.

Comment ID #6813237239 12/21/2025 11:20 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

HAHA Now that would be nasty reaching into a stocking and pulling out a piece of dung.

Comment ID #6813235239 12/21/2025 11:14 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

<blockquote>I'm sure that's a great way to optimize for search.</blockquote>There is no search to optimize for. What users see are ads, AI, People Also Ask boxes, video carousels, etc. Organic results are well down the page and out of view. I have #1 ranks that would send thousands of visits daily a couple years ago that now bring in < 5 visitors today still sitting at #1. You confuse complaining with fact-based discussions. Google's team of psychologists exist to modify human behavior to achieve a profitable outcome. I call it psychological warfare, because the harm it inflicts on the masses, but you may call it user optimization if that makes you feel better. This manipulation is nothing new for Google because before AI they were dummying down search to achieve the same profitable outcome according to court documents. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/69cd9bee66550499535a6412176dfbe1239c627b1d34fdf35991fe7fd491c607.gif

Comment ID #6813233721 12/21/2025 11:10 am

Dimitris Abrazis commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

yeap

Comment ID #6813232027 12/21/2025 11:06 am

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

In any punishment of Google, Scumdar will be straight on the phone to Trumpty Dumpty and tell him he needs to punish the EU and Dumpty will duly comply.

Comment ID #6813231626 12/21/2025 11:04 am

Dark Red Owl commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Not billions in fines, but a ban on Google in the EU. They are not afraid of fines, but of stopping their criminal anti-human scheme to kill small businesses in Europe. Don't tell me I hate them, they don't consider you as living people and don't respect your work.

Comment ID #6813224530 12/21/2025 10:46 am

Saiki commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Off topic: Anyone else noticing an unusual drop in ad RPM? I know it dips after Christmas, but there are still four days left. Have advertisers already stopped spending?

Comment ID #6813223937 12/21/2025 10:44 am

Sensei commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Lol. Except with him that's likely shit instead of coal. No doubt he loves dressing up like Santa and has his favorite Googlers like JM sit on his lap telling him about the new buttplug he wants.

Comment ID #6813219839 12/21/2025 10:33 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility Saturday, December 20th

Dungdar dressed as Santa putting a lump of coal in our stockings. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/24d8771eb2f7366782179de87ac38863554164faacd6fe2c9600351cbcd2ea3e.jpg

Comment ID #6813211656 12/21/2025 10:11 am

@Michael_Martinez commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

"I'm sorry that you continue to ignore facts and truth" I don't. But you keep complaining. I'm sure that's a great way to optimize for search. But here is some timeless SEO advice: Whenever what you're doing isn't giving you the results you want, try something else.

Comment ID #6813211276 12/21/2025 10:09 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

I'm sorry that you continue to ignore facts and truth, but the trends you speak of are not seasonal but Google getting richer while publishers get poorer. You are free to ignore these facts while the rest of us focus on and discuss reality.

Comment ID #6813209778 12/21/2025 10:05 am

@Michael_Martinez commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact

"It's easy to call something nonsense without any evidence. " You mean it's easy to whine and complain and promote conspiracy theories without any evidence. Every December we see a crowd of complainers insist that Google is stealing their traffic and then magically every January a new "algorithm update" brings that traffic back. Instead of ignoring seasonal trends in the data, you all should pay attention to it and devote your energies to something other than toxic social media commentary.

Comment ID #6813207470 12/21/2025 09:59 am

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