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Below are the most recent 30 comments. I try to keep it clean of comment spam, but some times things get through and it takes me several hours to get to it. So please excuse any of that comment spam.
FokGoogle commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
My Bing traffic has quadrupled the last few months for one of my sites. I rank #1 for pretty much whatever I want. But can't be found in Google.
Comment ID #6839714236
02/18/2026 06:44 pm
Surfer Boy Pizza commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
seeing same, my friend.
Comment ID #6839701935
02/18/2026 06:00 pm
Surfer Boy Pizza commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
one can hope. can't get any worse. but could get better. although, i probably have a better chance of surviving in north korea.
Comment ID #6839701743
02/18/2026 05:59 pm
Surfer Boy Pizza commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Same. Average position has increased to 6. traffic is worst since 10 years ago.
Comment ID #6839701471
02/18/2026 05:59 pm
Surfer Boy Pizza commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
my bing growth is exactly as you'd expect for a high quality website. google on the other hand, impressions up, clicks way down.
Comment ID #6839698366
02/18/2026 05:49 pm
Surfer Boy Pizza commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
i've discovered that it doesn't even matter to rank well anymore. traffic is stolen by aio. people do not click blue links like they used to.
Comment ID #6839697640
02/18/2026 05:47 pm
googleisjoke commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
i noticed my site ranks well if I just don't optimize for keywords, seems trap, those "querries" in gsc, i used to add them "naturally" stuff them in the content, so instead of natural flow, it was conditional flow, at some point it kinda increase traffic but then it was nose dive
Comment ID #6839695642
02/18/2026 05:41 pm
googleisjoke commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
bing knows how to reward
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d1e0dac8c3f4891ceaba6b975a10e22444f551a8b0ee8e9167848272d8575a49.png
Comment ID #6839695260
02/18/2026 05:40 pm
googleisjoke commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
I'm still fighting.. is it better to have higher clicks than impressions? if i'd have higher impressions than clicks it would mean AIO eating me, but this one makes me confused
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Comment ID #6839667036
02/18/2026 04:32 pm
Sam commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b53abb6431c32741dff6dd8fd2bafa5395ebcacb791ef83e20572f38a35f2ecf.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/59519e00ab5c962cdc3368aabed78573ada58bce13ea8285da7bccadf3d9fca6.png
Comment ID #6839664380
02/18/2026 04:26 pm
Sam commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Was that my comment Barry of the ad strategy? It just dawned on me that publishers are influencers as well, I think this is something they have forgotten and need to use. Publishers are actually stronger than YouTubers in influence and trust.
Comment ID #6839661512
02/18/2026 04:19 pm
Robert commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th
@disqus_ugU1RPj97Z:disqus what industry is that site? BOTH our Ecommerce/Shopify sites have impressions doubling
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/66bfc40e271d81358a45747dc4dbe1c2ec3f59617f035f63990e612d6795d67a.jpg
Comment ID #6839641157
02/18/2026 03:33 pm
Robert commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility February 10th
what industry is that site? BOTH our Ecommerce/Shopify sites have impressions doubling
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/66bfc40e271d81358a45747dc4dbe1c2ec3f59617f035f63990e612d6795d67a.jpg
Comment ID #6839640978
02/18/2026 03:32 pm
Peter Heise commented on
Google Ads Showing PMax Placement Report Details
Not seeing it on my end... Pmax may have begun showing search terms data in 2024 (although they tried hiding most search terms data for a while until they received pressure from advertisers and courts, now they show most search terms data again), but we still don't get placements reports on the display or search partner networks. Pretty crazy stuff...
Comment ID #6839626805
02/18/2026 03:00 pm
Sam commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Tiktok try there too. You have good baseline metrics. Publishers are always influencers ...as we are trusted.
Comment ID #6839624172
02/18/2026 02:54 pm
John A. User commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
<a href="https://www.the-sun.com/tech/15962842/donald-trump-interested-social-media-ban/">https://www.the-sun.com/tech/15962842/donald-trump-interested-social-media-ban/</a>
Lets hope he now sees the light on AI but as no one in his immediate family is affected by AI, we'll probably be waiting a long time whilst Scumdar wisphers in his ear.
Comment ID #6839592065
02/18/2026 01:43 pm
FF222 commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Completely. You don't have to worry about getting so many hits that you go over quota. Actually, you don't have to worry about getting even just a single hit, other than AI scraping bots, of course.
Comment ID #6839549484
02/18/2026 12:14 pm
Golden Phoenix commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
My rankings have improved, traffic is the lowest it's been in 18 years. lol. It's so over. I have 20k pinterest followers, Facebook with 60k, YouTube with 20k, Twitter with 5k, I am pushing my content everywhere and traffic just ain't there. I wonder if people are just tuning out due to AI. I don't use AI but everyone is getting buried with it
Comment ID #6839493879
02/18/2026 10:12 am
Jantje commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Helga, your doctor called me, he asked me to say to you it is time to quit working.
Comment ID #6839482037
02/18/2026 09:45 am
Jantje commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
That's stil 10.000 visitors a day!
Comment ID #6839481442
02/18/2026 09:43 am
MrSEO commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
feels like the typical rumble before a big core update.
Comment ID #6839457143
02/18/2026 08:43 am
Bender G commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
I'm still alive. When is this earthquake going to end? https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTg5OGZmOWM5dXJ6ZGZudHp4YmM0NTV0d2huY2htOHkyZHB6dHlpMDdxd3JuNDlhZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/LaGOwdK8WQFKmvYyFd/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
Comment ID #6839439308
02/18/2026 07:52 am
Helga commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
It went missing like my friend Nancy.
Comment ID #6839434489
02/18/2026 07:36 am
Barry Schwartz commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
It says "This comment has been deleted by the user and can't be changed."
Comment ID #6839405412
02/18/2026 05:45 am
Stefan commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Damn it, what was the initial comment? "This comment was deleted." :))
Comment ID #6839402570
02/18/2026 05:33 am
Andrew Martin commented on
Google Says Opting Out Of AI Overviews Is A Huge Engineering Project
Am i supposed to feel sorry for Google because it's a "huge engineering project"? Maybe if they'd built it better then it would be easier for them to achieve. I guess they couldn't imagine that they'd be wrong about their AI slop. Maybe more legal interest would help make it easier to fix?
Comment ID #6839385011
02/18/2026 04:08 am
Lance Kuan commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Some of my pages improved their rankings one day and tanked the next.
It's all a big mess. Not sure what Google is up to nowadays.
Comment ID #6839347663
02/18/2026 12:02 am
Golden Phoenix commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Traffic has been the lowest it has ever been. haha. The rankings having actually improved but traffic is down another 30%. It's kind of crazy.
Comment ID #6839270909
02/17/2026 08:09 pm
Helga commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
You may be right sir.
I still remember back in the good old days, when at least Mr. Mueller would have the courtesy to give publishers his trademark quality help with such classics as "maybe you had a good run."
Comment ID #6839249781
02/17/2026 06:53 pm
Sam commented on
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through Weekend
Interesting how normal people are shifting to different search engines, do they realise the more people can't find stuff the more the user base will shift? I still stick to my March 31st timeline that something is coming.
Comment ID #6839249018
02/17/2026 06:50 pm
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