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John A. User commented on Google Top Stories Preferred Sources Graduates Labs

Missed it first time round :O Although mine is not a news site, I'm adding it to see if its useful for general search.

Comment ID #6825359577 01/18/2026 09:52 am

John A. User commented on Google Top Stories Preferred Sources Graduates Labs

So this is only for news, not search in general?

Comment ID #6825359383 01/18/2026 09:52 am

John A. User commented on Google May Add Analytics For Preferred Sources

Do you know if they've done this yet in the GSC? I've just noticed this feature, so it hasn't gone live yet.

Comment ID #6825355371 01/18/2026 09:41 am

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

It would be good if the "Fraud Accountability Act" would be modified to include executives who have helped lead corporations that have been found guilty of committing fraud against Americans by violating antitrust laws. This way Shitdar could be stripped of his citizenship, labeled an enemy of the state and sent to the El Salvador prison where he belongs. What happened in Minnesota was like a group of people shoplifting a pack of gum compared to Google's economic crimes against humanity. <b>Blackburn Leads Colleagues in Introducing Bicameral Legislation to Deport and Denaturalize Fraudsters Following Minnesota Somali Schemes</b> - <a href="https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/1/crime/blackburn-leads-colleagues-in-introducing-bicameral-legislation-to-deport-and-denaturalize-fraudsters-following-minnesota-somali-schemes">https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/1/crime/blackburn-leads-colleagues-in-introducing-bicameral-legislation-to-deport-and-denaturalize-fraudsters-following-minnesota-somali-schemes</a> <blockquote>Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Fraud Accountability Act, which would explicitly add fraud as a deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The bill would also make clear that any person who commits a deportable offense, now explicitly including fraud, would be subject to denaturalization. “Anyone who comes to the United States and steals from American taxpayers by committing fraud should be deported,” said Senator Blackburn. “The fraud schemes we have seen in Minnesota and across the country are a betrayal of hardworking American taxpayers, and individuals like the Somali scammers in Minnesota should be subject to both deportation and denaturalization for these crimes. The Fraud Accountability Act would hold these criminals accountable for robbing American taxpayers.”</blockquote>

Comment ID #6825352864 01/18/2026 09:35 am

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

I was looking for my own post (according to GSC, it has been indexed), but I couldn’t find it and got these results instead. I don’t think my post is as bad as these.

Comment ID #6825185996 01/17/2026 08:41 pm

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

I would have said it today as well. Look at the image, this is the shit hole.

Comment ID #6825184149 01/17/2026 08:35 pm

Nate Wiener commented on Google Vehicle Ads With Call Assets

Will certainly place greater emphasis on proper merchandising and pricing of vehicles. At least for Porsche dealers in Italy...

Comment ID #6825179572 01/17/2026 08:22 pm

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

Couldn't have put it better myself, perfect.

Comment ID #6825141908 01/17/2026 06:24 pm

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

That's the hard truth. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/48982b51ea73742906768416f97cdb499e9ccd48494acc42bad58efd281d0dd5.jpg

Comment ID #6825137307 01/17/2026 06:10 pm

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

Yes that guy.. there were even posts tryign to discredit him.

Comment ID #6825130756 01/17/2026 05:50 pm

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

Yes this feeds into what I said the black hats are having a party they are making insane amounts of money right now while us white hatters are on the breadline. They are being awarded for there spam. The rank so easy in LLMs go check out youtube on it.

Comment ID #6825103105 01/17/2026 04:37 pm

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

Lets hope so but given their monopoly, their politicians, etc, I fear it will be a long way off.

Comment ID #6825099426 01/17/2026 04:27 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

I still think that someday there will be a day of retribution for Google and the evil it has caused to people. And let's hope that day is not far off.There is karma and it accumulates.

Comment ID #6825094631 01/17/2026 04:15 pm

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

Yep, AmitEUR Mehta gave Google an easy time because of AI but SE and AI are so closely linked that they got away with monopolizing AI. Of couse, AmitEUR will change his mind later....

Comment ID #6825082543 01/17/2026 03:46 pm

Ted (or Big T) commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

For me - no. Drop 50 percent.

Comment ID #6825060337 01/17/2026 02:53 pm

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

I honestly haven't dived too deep into the remedy details because I feel they are blatantly weak considering the harm Google has caused. Judge Meathead could have demanded contracts be signed with a blue pen instead of black and been as just as impactful as his other remedies. Sharing data is probably the most impactful of Meathead's remedies, but that too may not work. Say DDG pays Bing for access to their search results to incorporate into their own search product. Why would DDG renew this contract with Bing if they could get Google's for free? Anyway, none of these other search engines have the distribution network that Google has with it's dominant market share in search. Google has and will continue to use their search engine as a springboard to promote all their other products, services, subsidiaries and other businesses they have a financial interest in (Google Ventures, CapitalG, etc.). The DOJ should have appealed the remedies because Judge Meathead focused too much on competition in AI which was not part of the case when the lawsuit was filed. But because Meathead went limp on his ruling, Google is going gangbusters now and will snuff out competitors in AI once they've ripped off all our content, traffic and revenue.

Comment ID #6825053638 01/17/2026 02:38 pm

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

Whatever happened earlier this month should just be called “parasite SEO boost update”. Everywhere is spam. Every-fucking-where. Sorry for my language, but it is really beyond belief and disgusting. And you see whitehat websites get obliterated for this?!

Comment ID #6825040853 01/17/2026 02:11 pm

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

The search results have gotten absolutely disgusting. It is the weekends and I want to check the football matches and score, so I searched for “EPL”. I wasn’t given the knowledge panel like it always used to. Instead, it showed “Videos”, “Top Stories” and “Discussion” panels. It is ALL SPAM. Those pesky “watch LIVE STREAM HERE” listing on “Top stories” and even on Reddit. Those YouTube links on the Videos panel are all fake. It is practically parasite SEO galore. What in Pichai’s butthole Is this?

Comment ID #6825039687 01/17/2026 02:08 pm

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

Just more foreign shit spam that still easily outsmarts Google. What's more entertaining though is this comment and how well it aged: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/859389bec95480020b86da2132b0b7e87755bb7b6efece940de334c09ce18725.jpg

Comment ID #6825030028 01/17/2026 01:47 pm

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

It was due to the alliance in the UK the investigation, they pushed for it after making the complaint, there is also about 5 other groups of publishers in the UK and all coming together

Comment ID #6825004252 01/17/2026 12:52 pm

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

yes, still 80% down from last year. Does not cover basic website costs.

Comment ID #6825001432 01/17/2026 12:46 pm

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

Parasite spam

Comment ID #6825000851 01/17/2026 12:45 pm

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

What's it the first page like? Most people probably don't go that far so Google thought slap anything there.

Comment ID #6824989532 01/17/2026 12:20 pm

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

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d1ef38fe221b2331f6d74ba19b457aba5916875bd624d386ebbef1b1beac33e8.png What the hell is this? "Гоо сайхан ертөнцийг аварна"

Comment ID #6824966237 01/17/2026 11:31 am

Taryn White commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 15-16

I didn't realize that about the deletion of his history. That really is weird. I do remember "Bill Lambert" saying a few things in advance that ended up happening or he was later proven correct about. I wouldn't be surprised now maybe he was a spy like you said.

Comment ID #6824953175 01/17/2026 11:03 am

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

Seems that adsense is almost back as normal after the past 4-5 days.

Comment ID #6824925464 01/17/2026 09:57 am

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

Thanks for the tip off, I didn't see it... <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn0ek5rdpo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn0ek5rdpo</a> <blockquote>The judge also called for Google to allow certain competitors to display the tech giant's search results as their own in a bid to give upstarts the time and resources they need to innovate.</blockquote>I guess like what Bing does with DDG? Google's response is typical... I wonder if, as Google appeals, everything is back on the table again, but I guess they'll be reigned in for what they can do because of Trumpty. I wonder how long this appeal will take, hopefully not another five years. <blockquote>"These mandates would risk Americans' privacy and discourage competitors from building their own products — ultimately stifling the innovation that keeps the U.S. at the forefront of global technology," Mulholland wrote.</blockquote>Oh yeah, play the privacy angle when if its done correctly, there is no privacy issue because Google won't/shouldn't be sending any private information, only data. <blockquote>Last month, the EU opened an investigation into Google over its AI summaries, which appear above search results.</blockquote>Every jurisdiction should be doing that... In the meantime, Brinkema needs to wake up, finish her remedies phase and reveal. I wouldn't be surprised if she's being harassed/lobbied by Trump's pro BigTech officials to water it down. I bet she's rewriting because of it, wouldn't surprise me. Although UK is not part of the EU anymore, hopefully, that will encourage others including our Compeitions and Mergers Authority to look into it (I forget their full and proper name).

Comment ID #6824924589 01/17/2026 09:55 am

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

I feel like house fresh increased because they threw a fit and blasted everywhere and got so much attention. Especially after getting invited to Google hq for that bs meeting. one site to look out for would be inspired taste. They’ve been blasting Google all over the news everywhere for ai overviews stealing their content or just straight up mixing it with other recipes. It would be interesting to see now if they get a huge boost after all this as well.

Comment ID #6824916465 01/17/2026 09:34 am

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

All I can say, is go for it.

Comment ID #6824897963 01/17/2026 08:47 am

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

Yes and get rid of PAA, Videos etc. Also don't hide Youtube videos as link as what Google does.

Comment ID #6824897641 01/17/2026 08:46 am

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