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John A. User commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Bing can do a lot more to help itself, such as degooglising itself. Just look at a BING page for my niche, and you have to wade through a lot of crap to get anywhere. Maybe if they went classic look or made it easy to go classic, then they'd claw people back.

Comment ID #6817915875 01/03/2026 04:34 am

Rowan commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

With all due respect, you (we) know you aren’t quitting, so please stop claiming you are. We all have seen it many times - you kept cursing Google and how your website got affected. But you kept sharing images (hell, you even took the effort to make a GIF image) just to show how much your traffic is. Your claims of “being hit” are just like only 5% or so, while the rest of the community experienced up to 80% loss in traffic. I also remember there's one time you said you sold one of your websites and you only got one left. But, <i>miraculously</i>, you later showed different and multiple GIF images of your website’s traffic. Few months back, I also recall you said you're quitting for good and you're selling your 'last' website but just before the new year you posted a GIF image of your website's traffic growing. So please cut it out. It is getting annoying. It's just humble bragging behind the curtain of victimhood. If you want to boast or share the good news, just do so openly without pretending you're angry and quitting or the "victim".

Comment ID #6817897680 01/03/2026 03:07 am

Sam commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Check your Google console, I had a good look inside and non-branded traffic has gone from 10000s to a few hundred. Crazy. I think this is the most maddest business strategy for Google as they have lost so much ad revenue from me and there is 0 ads in my niche. AI overviews have 0 ads in my niche. So what's the point, every update they shaved off a bit more and more and more and there is so much fodder above the natural result there is no hope

Comment ID #6817833620 01/02/2026 08:57 pm

Dark OG commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

6 7 nga.

Comment ID #6817820949 01/02/2026 08:09 pm

Luc Wiesman commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Try 100k a day to 500... yes, 500. Sad times.

Comment ID #6817815475 01/02/2026 07:48 pm

Taryn White commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

It's almost starting to look like this update affected news publishers similar to how the September 2023 HCU hit informational sites in which hardly anyone recovered ever since. In an instant, everything changed and there was no coming back. It didn't matter how good you were, how many years of experience you had, or how big your site was. If that is the case again with this update, sadly many news publisher businesses will end with this new year.

Comment ID #6817808031 01/02/2026 07:19 pm

C3POh commented on Google's John Mueller Working On New Year's Day 2026

There's always more publishers to obliterate

Comment ID #6817804506 01/02/2026 07:05 pm

googleisjoke commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

I'm decided, today I went through the ideas and I'm starting a online product store, products for 20$ to $50, I will let you know in a year how it goes, also build a blog at the top of that. the products are also easy to make so this is a no brainer for me, I had issue recent 2 years where I tried to outsource everything, I was literally stuck in that blogging shit where I had a good timing and luck where outsourcing made a sense, so at least I realized that and that's good enough for me now to act and build something different, let's see.

Comment ID #6817794010 01/02/2026 06:28 pm

Sam commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

They have totally almost wiped out my niche now they are after news. They will just keep on going until no-one is left, 100k a day to just 16k in my niche. And, I am still one of the biggest. Crazy. The ad revenue must have fallen so much.

Comment ID #6817752402 01/02/2026 04:25 pm

MrSEO commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

I noticed way more bing traffic too these last couple of days. Was there an update?

Comment ID #6817746973 01/02/2026 04:11 pm

Dark Red Owl commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

You are not alone. We had about 1 million clicks a day for years. Since December 13, we have fallen to 300 thousand, which is not enough for 12 journalists to survive. Currently, Discover shows my publications reprinted from other media. We are at 0 from Discover and Google News. We are left with direct traffic and from social networks. I earn 250 euros a day working around the clock, and our expenses are about 700 euros a day. It is terrible. The worst thing is that I can't close the company and declare bankruptcy. Our brand is very well-known in the country and it will become a big scandal. At a dead end. We are working at a loss and we can't stop.

Comment ID #6817694066 01/02/2026 02:03 pm

FokGoogle commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

I asked Gemini why my Bing traffic has quadrupled and is now half of Google traffic. Maybe Gemini is not as dumb as I thought. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/241438d98263180ee9a752b9d168ea60464dfeaebabed36ed38a447d9c882024.png

Comment ID #6817683879 01/02/2026 01:40 pm

Dan commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

I am a news publisher. For the last two years (excluding several minor dips), I averaged 10,000-80,000 clicks per day and saw steady growth across News, Discover, and Search. Since the core update, traffic has been decimated. I am lucky to hit 100 clicks period, that's 100 clicks across Search, Discover, News for a whole day, I have been entirely wiped from the latter two. The loss is catastrophic, and if there is no recovery, the business will end.

Comment ID #6817679331 01/02/2026 01:30 pm

Susheel Singh commented on Google On Why 404s Don't Matter For SEO

404 pages are not good for crawl-budget. I prefer 410 gone to save crawl-budget.

Comment ID #6817593154 01/02/2026 10:07 am

Susheel Singh commented on Structured Data & Schema Does Not Help With Visibility In AI Search

Mostly on page tools are proving LLMS.txt file for it.

Comment ID #6817592358 01/02/2026 10:05 am

Barry Schwartz commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

whoa

Comment ID #6817581726 01/02/2026 09:36 am

Ted (or Big T) commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

Today big drop. I lost 30 percent traffic, than yesterday

Comment ID #6817579783 01/02/2026 09:31 am

Ste. P commented on Google 2025 Algorithm Updates Infographics

Good update Bazza

Comment ID #6817566212 01/02/2026 08:52 am

bellamideocy commented on Google On Why 404s Don't Matter For SEO

These are valuable points

Comment ID #6817565984 01/02/2026 08:51 am

John A. User commented on Some News Publishers Took A Big Hit With The Google Core Update

I am presuming IndiaTimes.com is dropping exposure in India, and you're not about exposure in the USA. If not dropping exposure in the USA, I think by past comments, that'll be welcome. If one is losing, who is winning, is it AI generated content? Is it Reddit journalists winning whilst the news publishers are losing?

Comment ID #6817552604 01/02/2026 08:08 am

David commented on Google 2025 Algorithm Updates Infographics

Nice information.

Comment ID #6817547080 01/02/2026 07:49 am

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

<blockquote>They have forgotten themselves and don't understand the harm they are causing to normal people.</blockquote>I'm certain Google knows the harm they are causing, which they measure in profits. Everything Google does is with purpose to reach for more money and control. Even more concerning is Google operating above the law in the USA having been found guilty of abusing their monopoly and not even having any consequences or even a one cent fine. This lack of accountability allows Google to continue their crimes while also making the USA guilty of providing safe harbor/material support to a global crime syndicate.

Comment ID #6817545877 01/02/2026 07:44 am

Barry Schwartz commented on 2025 Top Contributors To The Search Engine Roundtable

I know, I am sorry, I wish I had a smart way of doing it for LinkedIn. It is a huge source these days.

Comment ID #6817524226 01/02/2026 06:08 am

Marcin Kordowski commented on 2025 Top Contributors To The Search Engine Roundtable

Too bad it’s not on the LinkedIn list, I often mention <a href="http://seroundtable.com">http://seroundtable.com</a> there :)

Comment ID #6817521419 01/02/2026 05:54 am

Dark Red Owl commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

It's not about money, it's about the truth. Google sponsors mafia media and individuals connected to the Kremlin and Russian propaganda, instigating hatred, inciting war. I can give dozens of proofs. Google live in a fictional world. They have forgotten themselves and don't understand the harm they are causing to normal people.

Comment ID #6817474141 01/02/2026 12:20 am

clone21 commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

Google is a for-profit company, what else you'd expect it to do? It did nothing wrong, it just wants to make more money and pivot to AI and not left behind. Sure, for small publishers, this era is ending, better starting to do other things, the internet is transforming, Ai will control everything.

Comment ID #6817446583 01/01/2026 09:47 pm

2026 commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

I wish you the best as well. Thanks for the motivation and your wishes.

Comment ID #6817323105 01/01/2026 02:52 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

LOL I stay away from those crazy cities and states. It's bad enough where I'm at but at least the insanity is somewhat contained.

Comment ID #6817313662 01/01/2026 02:28 pm

John A. User commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

You're about a two-day drive from where I thought you lived in Portland :O Got that totally wrong didn't I ?

Comment ID #6817310694 01/01/2026 02:21 pm

Dark OG commented on Google December 2025 Core Update Done Rolling Out

Thanks G and I hope the 2-6 is a dope ass year for all us ngaz. Shhheeeiiit G...I would love to gank one of those signs and flip it on Ebay nga.

Comment ID #6817302019 01/01/2026 02:00 pm

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