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DataDonkey commented on Google Says Spammers Encourage You To Waste Time Disavowing Links

Almost like scamming Greedle encouraging publishers to create new content to feed GermInEye so the content can be used in AI Overlords?

Comment ID #6638122346 01/26/2025 09:19 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO and... commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Damn, sorry to hear that... Also, I did a quick check on that copycat firm, and it turns out they only focus on Florida only (all the lawyers are licensed in Florida). I'm honestly glad that nightmare is over for you. And let's hope it never ever happens again. And I agree, I too plan to shut down my sites. I've already cancelled some marketing tools subscription (i.e: domcop, .etc. Semrush I'm using the trial accounts method for just $7), and such. It is really not worth it anymore... I recently created a new post and try to get it indexed and it hasn't been indexed for 2 days. I did that manual submission and whatnot and it still won't get indexed. Everything is just too different and against us...

Comment ID #6638118506 01/26/2025 09:12 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Thanks for your kind words, but I'm just a little peon who is webmaster of a store. I like to keep my ear to the ground to sense the next earthquake coming because Greedle has made it dark and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Barry does a really good job covering the big industry news, but it's these finer policy events that help telegraph the next bomb Greedle will drop on us. That's why I follow the money, follow the lies and follow public perception.

Comment ID #6638117373 01/26/2025 09:10 am

ChopSawBrah commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

you should start your own site where u psot your research i will be your visitor for sure

Comment ID #6638109453 01/26/2025 08:55 am

Bill Scott commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Here is that origin story photo. Dude was still a virgin in 1999. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f2a60175fea586218a6ee889b605989561063a380af941ee110997f88d25be89.jpg

Comment ID #6638107658 01/26/2025 08:51 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Greedle's Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda has announced a big push to educate politicians and workers about AI and to get them using AI tools. Greedle put forth $120 million for this AI education effort. Not sure how much will be left after politicians get their cut. The $120 million would be better used as a 10% deposit on a reparations fund to compensate those Greedle has harmed with their AI shit and monopolistic practices. Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI - <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-pushes-global-agenda-educate-workers-lawmakers-ai-2025-01-25/">https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-pushes-global-agenda-educate-workers-lawmakers-ai-2025-01-25/</a> <blockquote>A key priority, one executive told Reuters, comes in building out educational programs to train the workforce on AI. “Getting more people and organizations, including governments, familiar with AI and using AI tools, makes for better AI policy and opens up new opportunities – it's a virtuous cycle,” said Kent Walker, Alphabet's president of global affairs.</blockquote><blockquote>Google executives see an opportunity to shape the narrative around a technology that has stoked emerging fears of mass job loss.</blockquote>Fears of mass job losses? Already happening as online publishers are destroyed by the GermInEye criminal tool stealing IP for use in AI Overlords. These AI tools continue to expand to desktop and mobile, and I'm sure these tools already feed private data back home so SkyNet knows where we are, who we are with, what we are doing and attempting to predict what we will do next. People using these AI tools are the ones training it. Someone needs to pull the plug on this shit.

Comment ID #6638099529 01/26/2025 08:36 am

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

if the image is not copyrighted they have no case. In my case, they sent me the registration number. There are a couple of things going on: in my case, they would have gone to court. They had my address, my LLC name, they had my site, they had screenshot of the image, they had a registration # for copyright with the US office. I was screwed even though I used that image from Amazon to promote a product. As soon as I create another revenue source that pays the bills, I will shut down my sites. It is not worth it. These copyright trolls are going to go after even more people.

Comment ID #6638076627 01/26/2025 07:46 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

That sounds very plausible, we remove the Google Alternatives rather than fix the product. Didn't they buy and then close one of their competitors in the mid 10s?

Comment ID #6638048586 01/26/2025 06:31 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO and... commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Yeah, they still are. They kept sending emails like, "Towards litigation", "You have 48 hours to respond or we will escalate the case and after that remedial isn't possible." and whatever crap. It is harassment at this point because they keep sending emails every few days. I've already told them I'm not even in the US and hinted to them to check the physical address of where they are sending the mails to... But they seem to not read that part and continue dropping threats. The funny thing is they admitted to me the image wasn't copyrighted (hasn't been filed with the copyright office). So now they changed their message from "statutory damages" to "personal damages" and kept harassing again. From what I've read and gathered, 'personal damages' from using images usually amount less than a thousand dollars, so it is unlikely they will pursue the matter all the way to court. Of course, I'm not caring them anymore. I just want to see how far this goes so I can guide people on how to respond and react in future (again, since I'm not even in the US and all my traces lead to nowhere at this point. So good luck to them.). In case if anyone is wondering, I was using a stock image. I searched for "xxxx stock image" and found one. I did a reverse image-search and found many websites are using the exact same image. I took the highest resolution one from The Economic Times (an Indian financial times site) and edit it to my style for my website. And of everyone, they decide to target me because my expired domain used to belong to some small organization.

Comment ID #6637961443 01/26/2025 01:10 am

Jewish Cat Who Does SEO and... commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

And "images" if you know what I mean. I bet they will be sending explicit pics of each other every single minute while JM watches and salivates behind his desk.

Comment ID #6637959329 01/26/2025 01:01 am

2025 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

based on my niche...all i c ranking for popular kws r high authority/AI sites while for mid to less to least popular kws googles ranking small publishers sites

Comment ID #6637913704 01/25/2025 10:24 pm

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

It's better for everyone those same Googlers Grindr chats were never leaked. Their same smiley and texts about where they can stick things would have a whole new meaning.

Comment ID #6637772653 01/25/2025 05:05 pm

ChopSawBrah commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

some leaked google chats keep producing "helpful content" fellas this is from 2018 (just realeased ftom texas court) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b22069efe46ccb6ecc2cda890e3175b845a7573c4f9b2f0178aeb81bb1f9f39b.jpg if you want freedom - JOIN THE SPAM CITY

Comment ID #6637705974 01/25/2025 03:07 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

We have the makings of a good movie here. Musk as Homelander fighting against a yet to be determined nemesis named Wokelander. Dr. Evil will stoke the flames by visiting various worlds, by taking a ride in his pecker shaped rocket, spreading disinformation that will force Homelander and Wokelander to battle each other. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/13b3d4eb4f48a6a2f69779f09353a9bef79c842cc1d90038572c5f469e3916c1.jpg

Comment ID #6637632407 01/25/2025 01:11 pm

2025 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

+observation based on my niche googles trying to rank sites higher that imitate AI based sites...for sm reason its ranking either high authority sites or sites with maximum 50 words content and more stats n graphs n all...bt again this is my observation based on only my niche

Comment ID #6637611702 01/25/2025 12:39 pm

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Brilliant analogy, his true colours are being revealed everyday..

Comment ID #6637606462 01/25/2025 12:32 pm

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

are they still bothering you? copyright trolls are so annoying. I get it if someone intentionally rips of some valuable content. But a lot of these cases are about shaking down poor people who can't afford a lawyer.

Comment ID #6637605004 01/25/2025 12:29 pm

Ooops I monopolied again commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Yes, Right now things are extremely unstable.

Comment ID #6637593237 01/25/2025 12:11 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Musk has been compared to Homelander from that show "The Boys" because Homelander is a super-villain, masquerading as a superhero, who does as he wants and answers to nobody. ‘The Boys’ Rolled Out Homelander To Troll Elon Musk’s Ongoing Blue Checkmark Fiasco On Twitter - <a href="https://uproxx.com/viral/the-boys-homelander-twitter-elon-musk/">https://uproxx.com/viral/the-boys-homelander-twitter-elon-musk/</a> https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4525a3e1a86b03eb821d3b6a755fa31e23fbbbe0ec15568c5dc1d13dc49e86d3.jpg

Comment ID #6637585479 01/25/2025 11:59 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Good, I'm not going mad... If Matel did Harley Quinn... And Elon?

Comment ID #6637576683 01/25/2025 11:45 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

With Googlerhea consuming much of the users screen, there is little organic traffic to go around. I think Greedle shuffles the results frequently to spread an ever declining amount of organic traffic to keep us producing content and believing their BS lies. When it comes to Greedle, always remember they are a convict company probably with more convictions coming soon.

Comment ID #6637570603 01/25/2025 11:36 am

Sensei commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

They truly are shitdemons with no soul. <a href="https://youtu.be/hlqjtqkoRdM?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/hlqjtqkoRdM?feature=shared</a>

Comment ID #6637561269 01/25/2025 11:21 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Traffic was stopped. Spam websites with AI is boosted. Wtf...

Comment ID #6637557174 01/25/2025 11:15 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

Perfect image to be carved into a Mountain like Mount Rushmore. Might happen if the USA gets re-named to The Oligarch States of America. Webmasters and SEOs can retrain to become stone masons and get er done.

Comment ID #6637553546 01/25/2025 11:09 am

2025 commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

I don't trust anything anymore...been observing serps lately...it's so so unpredictable ..it's like every 2 days the results r different...Google wasn't ever like this

Comment ID #6637529604 01/25/2025 10:32 am

ChopSawBrah commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

all of them are so ugly in all forms

Comment ID #6637524285 01/25/2025 10:23 am

Mark commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1e4a2149627ebc32ee2c8901381a678911ce9d8dce39612ba34b94d99cde8e30.png Very well? You've lost nearly all your traffic. Nobody is doing "very well" if they're getting 500 visits from a 3rd world country.

Comment ID #6637522912 01/25/2025 10:21 am

Golden Phoenix commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

it's kind of overrated .OpenAI is quickly becoming like the Apple of the AI world. They had SUCH a lead and now they are going so slow.

Comment ID #6637518886 01/25/2025 10:14 am

DataDonkey commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

LOL I see the Beaker resemblance. Maybe Zuck's expression is from taking a peek at Bozos' girlfriend who looks like a female brotoxed version of the joker with an evil smile? Slumdar has a grin too, which may be from a vibrating butt plug and Bozos is looking down at him thinking it sounds like the China made Amazon Basics model. Not sure, but it's sure a good freak show pic. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/11fedc91b349e52e635a0df3dec6f541c78bfda6b7b0243048643c40e4a15ce7.jpg

Comment ID #6637516854 01/25/2025 10:11 am

John A. User commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Jan 20

That picture in the article makes me think of Beaker from the muppets (Zuckerberg). Biden is right that the BigTechers are taking control of the internet. It's a shame that nothing happened apart from a slow lawsuit that, even after four years, hasn't finished. Its a shame that Trump is all friendly with them, and when they say jump, he'll say how high, not the other way around.

Comment ID #6637501937 01/25/2025 09:46 am

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