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@googlesearchc you suck

@garethaboyd Vocal i ln what way? On twitter? You think they manually reverted those sites?

So far it appears that the best/new approach is to scream from the rooftops to get an algorithmic reverse for your site... Sites that were very vocal about Google are all getting an uptick, which is slightly unfair for many other quality sites that didn't scream and shout.

When you’ve been traveling over land for a while, getting away with multiple totes and ‘stuff’ bags/things all over the place, but it’s finally time to get on a flight and you must consolidate into your checked bag & carryon once again 😫☹️💔 The struggle! Who knows the feeling?

@DigitalOlympus @AlexTachalova @awebranking @Kevin_Indig @aleyda @ViolaEva1 Hey @AlexTachalova please, check your Linkedin DM's or @DigitalOlympus online message form. You mentioned false things about my blog in this article and I would like to speak to you about them please.

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But it’s not even accurate. I know SEMrush and ahrefs have predictive algorithms but why are they doing me sooooo incredibly dirty? 300 sessions really?? - super jaded and sad travel blogger of over 9 years

I am literally scraaaaaaping by right now with a few sponsored posts as my income grinds to a halt and my last larger payments come through, trying to figure out what to do, and now anyone considering paying me for a sponsored post plugs my site into these and says NO THX.

Dear SEO Twitter (HELP), My site dropped from a top of about 130k sessions/m last year to 19k sessions now. The largest % of that is USA, between 30-40%. WHYYY do SEMrush and ahrefs predict that my site gets 300 and 3000 sessions respectively, & that I get mostly Indian traffic?

Danny we all appreciate your response and respect the difficulty of your job on the frontline here. But this really needs to be the true “Code Yellow”. I don’t think you truly appreciate the magnitude of the damage. It’s been nearly a year. A year of thousands of families having their livelihoods decimated. First it was gaslighting us all about our content not being helpful and setting us to work on a fools errand at our cost and expense. And now you’re finally admitting the flaws. The headlines are voting—people don’t want the new profit first Google you’re ramming down everyone’s throats. Your public reputation is in the toilet for a reason. Your recent changes are literally harming humanity. So fix it. Humans value content that connects with humans. Small publishers are often the greatest at making that connection.

Thans for the feature @FounderReports ! Super excited about this one and always happy to shout from the rooftops how you can make your dream life a reality! #travelblogger

Our message to Google is simple: remove the site-wide classifier that is being used to punish small, independent websites. If you feel there are major issues with our sites, at least give us a manual penalty and explain why. But as it stands right now, there are thousands of legitimate websites providing immense value that are essentially being shadow banned for no apparent reason (other than to benefit a handful of major corporations that Google is financially tied to). We aren’t asking for preferential treatment. We just want to compete on an equal playing field against the big sites, letting the users—rather than Google’s AI algorithm— decide what constitutes helpful content. There are dozens of ranking factors that can assess the user experience like time on page, bounce rate, etc. If we are going to lose to the big guys, it should be based on our own shortcomings, and not a side-wide classifier. No company should be able to flip a switch overnight that can decimate the livelihoods of thousands, if not millions of people. It’s not just site owners who suffer from these decisions; it’s all the writers, editors, web designers/developers, SEO folks, and virtually everyone else in the online space. All we ask is that you make this online ecosystem a fun and fair place to compete again. Give us the opportunity to make amazing content and be rewarded for our efforts. Without small, niche sites, the online world is going to become an uncreative, myopic place. Just a handful of large websites will dominate the information on the web, ultimately leading to less helpful content for consumers. If Google truly values diversity (like it says it does), then it shouldn’t be shutting out the voices of niche sites & small bloggers through a site-wide classifier. Please open your hearts and do the right thing. 🙏 @googlesearchc @JohnMu @Google

Why is it that when you order an Uber it’s either there in straight up 30 seconds and you have to sprint, or you wait on the sidewalk for 10 minutes. There’s no in between

@seorenegade2024 @JTimWells @googlesearchc @searchliaison @JohnMu 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 this

@JTimWells @googlesearchc @searchliaison @JohnMu I hope the guy is OK and gets some support. It's symptomatic of how detached Google are from the consequences of their policies. They just see these algo updates as "tests" or "experiments", with no care for the human impact of destroyed businesses. No care or due diligence.

@betweenengland @searchliaison EXACTLY THIS! I did the same - writing long, personal, well-thought journalistic style comprehensive guide articles on my blog and made no money. They don’t know what they’re talking about

@KimmConn @searchliaison Exactly! It keeps preaching ‘write for people’, well guess what I wrote for people for 4 years when I didn’t even know SEO existed and where did it get me? No where.

Google @searchliaison is still drunk - wasted, I'd say. I get a weekly email from a platform I use, SEO Testing, with new queries my site ranks for. I dont have articles even remotely similar to ANY of these (besides nusa penida)! Literally, wtf.

@enovinson @searchliaison What to do about this?! I have no idea how my site could possibly be ranking for this stuff.

@KimmConn @searchliaison That could be a problem because if your site does rank for irrelevant keywords, readers won't be happy with the articles and that will produce bad engagement signals.

@usemyhandle @searchliaison This is such a shit show - how do I combat this?!?

@KimmConn @searchliaison Here's the twist... When users bounce from these pages because they have nothing to do with the search intent, Google will see this as a sign that your content isn't helpful and demote your entire site.

@betweenengland @searchliaison It's horrific!! It's like it thinks the entire internet was trying to fool it the entire time and is trying to read subtext that isn't there to show results that dont fit. Like, the keywords are there for a reason!! AI has ruined everything though.

@KimmConn @searchliaison Google is completely screwed up at the moment. Their algorithm sucks for picking up and understanding content as well as displaying helpful articles in the top 10 (as a user). Half of the time it doesn’t even pick up for my main keyword now that’s in the title and URL. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@betweenengland @searchliaison Just checked and they are. An article about festival clothing brands ranks for 'Bella Yorke" which has neither the word 'bella' or 'yorke' in it. An article about Hvar, which has a bar called Nautica, ranks for 'nautica promo codes.' That was CLEARLY not the user intent.

@KimmConn @searchliaison Are those queries showing on search console too? I’ve been going through my old content and recently in GSC some are ranking for totally unrelated keywords that have absolutely nothing to do with my post.

@tspadventure Like I get it but how can a cost of living be so vastly different for the same quality products (actually higher quality food here) and same brands? I understand it to a point but it's wildly cheaper here than anywhere else with similar quality.

@KimmConn Taxes on alcohol, cost of living, cost of rent, cost to pay bartenders, other costs to run the bar/restaurant, higher cost items offsetting other things on the menu that cost less, what people are willing to pay, etc.

Can anyone explain to me why in Cape Town a Negroni made from Bombay sapphire and martini Rosso is $5USD but everywhere else with the same branded liquors is like $15? How much do things actually cost??

@NicheSiteClub What niche is this?? I’m thinking of getting back into Pinterest…

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