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Atoz Stanf commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated

You can't even rank yourself, your localised seo site has ZERO organic traffic, but you want to peddle some BS entities, semantic SEO, and other fluff. Parasite SEO is literally at an all-time high. Google would rather rank garbage like linkedin, facebook pages etc. to keep the user clicking on ads and keep them longer on Google vs legitimate businesses.

Comment ID #6830965462 01/29/2026 04:16 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Google wants to get rid of publishers like Facebook did in 2023. Their stock has doubled since then. It's called optimization.

Comment ID #6830955214 01/29/2026 03:55 pm

John A. User commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

50% of all new content is generated by AI... <a href="https://theconversation.com/more-than-half-of-new-articles-on-the-internet-are-being-written-by-ai-is-human-writing-headed-for-extinction-268354">https://theconversation.com/more-than-half-of-new-articles-on-the-internet-are-being-written-by-ai-is-human-writing-headed-for-extinction-268354</a>

Comment ID #6830951443 01/29/2026 03:48 pm

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

it won't get better because our work is no longer as valuable take the fitness niche is there something that hasn't been phucking said 1000 billions times all of this chit was worth it in 2005 or so but now the Internet is too saturated and AI can pin pong the existing content anyway it likes it's over

Comment ID #6830938319 01/29/2026 03:21 pm

John A. User commented on Google Testing 10 Sitelinks On Some Search Result Snippets

I doubt its a bug, more a test, more to push organics down further...

Comment ID #6830915466 01/29/2026 02:34 pm

Durant Imboden commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

I'm skeptical of polls that don't use random samples. (I'm also skeptical of X polls, because how many publishers spend time on X?)

Comment ID #6830890172 01/29/2026 01:42 pm

Sam commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Search doesn't end. It just moves to whoever can prove ROI to advertisers. Google HAD this and lost it. AI overviews / AI mode can't ROI....... so it moves to who can. If Google could still ROI then the blue links would have gone months ago... remember that speech....zero click internet. Zero click ad internet as well. Crazy business strategy.

Comment ID #6830860971 01/29/2026 12:44 pm

David Dennison commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Around January 12

No, unlike you, I'm actually trying to be helpful. Try it for a change.

Comment ID #6830859110 01/29/2026 12:40 pm

David Dennison commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

Also a sizable chunk of businesses that will cease having visibility in the future of AI.

Comment ID #6830854996 01/29/2026 12:32 pm

Sam commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

YES.GG. Google AI strategy means = Publishers can't monetize. Advertisers can't track what works. Apple's walking in, even using Gemini to help sideline: Apple Pay proves ROI, and they may or may NOT launch publisher monetization. Don't think in browsers it will go, to device in purchase, which is why Chrome was not sold/ removed. Browsers are not the future.

Comment ID #6830853851 01/29/2026 12:30 pm

Mumuu commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Better!? No way, there's no turning back for the greedy big tech. It's a matter of (little) time untill there is no search at all. End of story.

Comment ID #6830839247 01/29/2026 12:01 pm

UncleKrusty commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Some think it will get better, but just like you I see it getting much worse. It may be a good time for those clinging onto hope to start being honest with themselves. The rich are getting richer, by taking everything publishers spent years creating, so they can live the lavish life. Check out Sergey Brin's new pad. It even has a lift to get down to the lakefront. <b>Google co-founder Sergey Brin linked to purchase of Lake Tahoe’s most expensive home — just out of the billionaire tax’s reach</b> <blockquote>Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been linked to the purchase of Lake Tahoe’s most expensive home in what appears to be an attempt to flee California’s crushing “billionaire tax.” Brin has ties to the newly created Alpine Bay LLC, which quietly bought the sprawling waterfront mansion last month for a cool $42 million, Bloomberg News reported.</blockquote>Full story: <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/real-estate/google-creator-sergey-brin-linked-to-purchase-of-lake-tahoes-most-expensive-home/">https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/real-estate/google-creator-sergey-brin-linked-to-purchase-of-lake-tahoes-most-expensive-home/</a>

Comment ID #6830836784 01/29/2026 11:56 am

The291IQ_Equalizer commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

fellas, i was going to respond to many comments individually, but there is no point as it seems many don't want to get it STILL THE DREAM IS DEAD stop the cope already and no - it didnt'happen in 2023 - 2023 was simply the final blow even before that creating a site that earns money was SUPER HARD and RARE it'd say the golden years were 2007- to maybe 2018 (very generious here) and even many sites create earlier are dead now After that - GG ditto for youtube - A WASTE OF TIME - editing a stupid video takes like 10 hours - you can spend 10 hours at a security job and get paid stroking your dickkk as I said earlier there were two points - make tons of money or make ok money and be free neither is an option now gg no re Covid was 6 years ago already. Time flies I can see almost 100% that Google is slighlty moving towards 100 AI - partly out of necessity, but mostly part of the globalist agenda to control knowledge 6 years from now (if we are still here), it will still be GG no re

Comment ID #6830821909 01/29/2026 11:27 am

No Couch Potato commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

33% might not seem that much but it's still a sizeable chunk of data that Google won't be getting it's hands on.

Comment ID #6830808984 01/29/2026 11:03 am

Sam commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

agreed, but tech giants won't sit back and let that happen, especially apple who have stepped out of the AI game.

Comment ID #6830796281 01/29/2026 10:38 am

Vic Daniels commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

I will block Google the first chance I get! LIkely to be late summer, though.

Comment ID #6830794650 01/29/2026 10:34 am

Barry Schwartz commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

I saw a poll from some top publishers and it matched my numbers more than the Press Gazette but who knows...

Comment ID #6830793602 01/29/2026 10:32 am

Vic Daniels commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

This seems very low, Barry - Press Gazette reporting: Eight in ten of world’s biggest news websites now block AI training bots. Publishers told it's "never too late" to start blocking sites from being crawled by AI bots.

Comment ID #6830793225 01/29/2026 10:31 am

Vic Daniels commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

Is that correct - doesn't AI need to continue to learn - so if you cit off the air supply, then all Google serves up is more AI slop. <a href="https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/eight-in-ten-of-worlds-biggest-news-websites-now-block-ai-training-bots/">https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/eight-in-ten-of-worlds-biggest-news-websites-now-block-ai-training-bots/</a>

Comment ID #6830792327 01/29/2026 10:30 am

Sam commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

You're missing stuff Datadonkey. Apple isn't staying in their lane because Google destroyed the deal. Google paid Apple to be default search. That deal is now is worth so much less and limited to one-year as you know, and it's threatened from Google's own AI strategy. The payment is worth less every single quarter as search traffic collapses. Here's what you're not seeing. Apple has been hiring at scale for six months. They're building web crawling infrastructure that processes trillions of links. They're developing search ranking algorithms specifically for Safari, not just Siri. They created a brand new "Search Quality and Partnerships" role in December 2025. They're hiring auction engineers with Google and Bing search ads backgrounds. They started revenue forecasting in December for Video Ads and for new Wallet and Commerce products. They posted an evaluation engineer roles in January 28th whose work will "directly influence product launch decisions." Apple Pay changes everything. When a user clicks an ad and buys something with Apple Pay, Apple sees the exact product purchased, the exact sale amount, and the time from click to purchase. That's perfect and No tracking cookies. You said Google could take a 50% revenue cut and still be richer than everyone else if everyone else loses 85%. That's not how this works. Google's stock is priced on growth, not profit. A 50% cut means their stock goes down 60-70%. You say nobody is even close to competing with Google so they have no reason to be concerned. Apple doesn't need to compete at Google's scale. They just need their installed base of one and a half billion devices, which they already have. They need better advertiser ROI, which Apple Pay gives them. They also will need publisher monetization, and they will need us because publishers will block the crawler otherwise and users still want the normal internet. They need ten to fifteen percent market share, which is just their iOS and Mac user base to make it work. By March 2026 or 2027 is when we will know. Your post says competition isn't about who leads but who collects the most investor money. Wrong. It's about who can prove ROI to advertisers. Do I think google will revert? They will be very silly not to. I am going into my server to see how active apple have been at indexing my site.

Comment ID #6830787414 01/29/2026 10:20 am

Sensei commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

<blockquote>I notice Google’s Search algorithm is a bit like Youtube’s algorithm now. They care about how often you churn out content. If you just leave your website alone and wait, your website’s ranking may continue to deteriorate over time. It is exactly like when a Youtube channel stops uploading videos and their entire channel starts getting less visibility over time.</blockquote>Elon just posted today how fast their video AI is advancing. As shitty as Youtube is already with spam filled shorts etc, just imagine how bad it'll look within a year with even easier to make longer and higher quality looking videos anyone can churn out for almost nothing at scale. <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2016876797682467277">https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2016876797682467277</a>

Comment ID #6830782587 01/29/2026 10:10 am

DataDonkey commented on 33% Will Block Google AI Search Experience: AI Mode & AI Overviews

Blocking Google's AI is the same as deciding to lock the front door to your home after you've been robbed and left with nothing. You can lock the door now, but since there's nothing left to steal it doesn't even matter. Anyway, there's so much content theft going on even if you block Google, some other AI scraper will steal and post the content which means Google will get it from them instead.

Comment ID #6830754971 01/29/2026 09:10 am

DataDonkey commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Google is causing a digital depression leaving many without money to pay even basic bills. Cracks in the economy are widening with Expedia announcing 160 layoffs in Washington, Home Depot laying off 800 workers, etc. By the end of the year the jobs lost should be severe and leave a shit stain on Trump's economic policies and failure to stop intellectual property theft. Wealth is relative. Google could take a 50% cut in revenue and still be even richer then they are now if everyone else loses 80% revenue. I don't see other big techs getting in Google's way because they all work together as an oligopoly and stay in their respective lanes. Competition in AI isn't really about who will lead in AI, but who can collect the most investor money. Because at the end Google will lead AI because they have monopolized search, video, email, web browser, etc. Nobody is even close to competing with Google for them to be concerned in the slightest.

Comment ID #6830751104 01/29/2026 09:02 am

Mr Bob commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

The only reason Google haven't gone FULL AI & Ads mode yet is because the following quarters after such a change will show their profit growth stuck on a straight line as there will be nothing left to squeeze from the web, it HAS to be a gradual squeeze for as long as possible which is why we feel the loose tightening quarter by quarter, year by year! Its happening in real time! Death by a thousand cuts if you will! Its not IF Google becomes the internet its when!

Comment ID #6830736739 01/29/2026 08:29 am

Mr Bob commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Google : Use our Gemini Code Assist to create amazing websites, Google Also : Don't expect traffic to your amazing website though"

Comment ID #6830734058 01/29/2026 08:22 am

Sam commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

Do you think big tech are going to let Google BE the internet with its AI chatbots? Come-on now. Everything is pointing to a release of a different search experience (it may include us it may not). March 2026 is the key point, and the sunk fallacy may mean Google don't turn back and keep going, if they keep going they will be the next ASK JEEVES.

Comment ID #6830720052 01/29/2026 07:45 am

Rowan commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

This meme image pretty much explains how we all feel now, especially when the evils are triumphing: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e10eb136e0b6513c03f2df330aee274cc9549fe59e34d016118d55f0a7721ebe.jpg

Comment ID #6830718101 01/29/2026 07:40 am

Rowan commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

There’s a problem with that approach, though… I notice Google’s Search algorithm is a bit like Youtube’s algorithm now. They care about how often you churn out content. If you just leave your website alone and wait, your website’s ranking may continue to deteriorate over time. It is exactly like when a Youtube channel stops uploading videos and their entire channel starts getting less visibility over time… However, if we continue to write new content on our website, it doesn’t rank at all and our competitors (or Google’s AI) will just steal it. And there’s a chance they may outrank you. Recently, I saw complaints about people saying they put up content but aren’t receiving any views or clicks, but when their competitor stole and posted the same content, they would rank at the top and they get all the views and clicks. And these websites that rank at the top are the ones that keeps churning out new (and stolen) content every hour. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. It is digital slavery.

Comment ID #6830716371 01/29/2026 07:35 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated

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Comment ID #6830706969 01/29/2026 07:06 am

Mark commented on Google AI Overviews Follow-Up Questions Now Jump To AI Mode

We got rid of all our low quality writers long ago. What's the point in using them? AI never makes excuses, and delivers instantly. The biggest issue for us with lower end content is it was painfully obvious some writers were using AI to complete jobs anyway. If I'm going to get AI content I might as well get it free today.... not deliberately slow & expensive so someone can pretend they wrote it.

Comment ID #6830685987 01/29/2026 05:51 am

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