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@lilyraynyc Unfortunately, this is the case on very few websites. The truth is, most small and medium-sized websites have been taken down since August 2023, with no chance of making a comeback. I've attached an authentic photo showing more than 500 websites as evidence.

One of our HCU mini-audit clients 🥳

@blogbizznass Google Zero is becoming a reality for all small and medium publishers. Google's funnel has shifted towards its AI, and now they no longer need us. They only favor large brands that steal content and profit from it to buy advertising. An excellent vicious cycle.

Well, the Grim Reaper update did it. I'm officially in the single-digit clicks for the first time since I started the site 3 years ago. Never thought I would see it.

@JonasSickler Google is doing exactly what it has advised websites not to do.

"Made to perform well on search" If Google's goal is to rank sites that are uniquely helpful to users, and brands create content that performs well in search, shouldn't those two things satisfy the same goal? What am I missing here?

@rustybrick These data are incorrect, as they do not include the millions of websites that were removed by Google and many others that were mistakenly affected by their HCU update. Google continues to destroy small and medium-sized publishers!

Google Discover traffic to publishers UP but Web Search, News Search, etc traffic to publishers DOWN seroundtable.com/google-traffic…

@googlesearchc @g33konaut @lilyraynyc Google continues to degrade small and medium-sized publishers. This hasn't stopped; Google Zero is a reality. In most cases, the first 6 pages of Google are dominated by large websites. Our website shows no signs of recovery, and this month we're down by over 25%!

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@PrCarlosVargas @searchliaison @lilyraynyc @JohnMu These companies use tools to target a website's keywords to replicate it in PDF and abuse their absurd backlink efforts! They have 400 people working on reporting websites when they should be the ones penalized.

@searchliaison @lilyraynyc Hello @searchliaison @JohnMu, it took me almost 25 days to write this text: t.ly/U6BJ- and link all this content, and Google's algorithm gives the 1st and 3nd place to ScriBD PDF copies of my work. How would you feel?

Hi @searchliaison - just confirming the algorithmic portion of the May 5 site reputation abuse update still hasn’t rolled out? Thanks 🙏🏽

@PrCarlosVargas @searchliaison @lilyraynyc @JohnMu We have all the PDFs from our website, but we don't publish them because Google considers them duplicate content, even when using the "no index" tag along with the canonical tag. The terrible thing is that these companies that convert entire websites into PDFs are not penalized.

@travel4thestars Our website has a sitemap, and the pages are submitted automatically. However,the latest posts are not being indexed by Google. Submitting a sitemap through Google Search Console does not guarantee indexing, as Google uses various factors to determine whether or not to index them

@devocionales Has your new content not been going to Google? My company put several new pages on its website over the past few months and they’re still not showing on GSC. I had to push the pages with a site map.

@searchliaison @natejhake @rossstevens_uk @Katie16282772 @glenngabe My question is: How am I going to create quality content if, since the latest updates, Google neither ranks nor displays our new content? Definitely, there's a spam list that has unfairly affected many sites.

I'll try again. I'm not sure it will help, because I find when I respond to these types of questions, people can focus way too much on some minor things I say, interpret them in ways I didn't mean (or didn't even say), and ignore or miss the actual main response to a question. Right now, as you know, there are people who are still looking for ways to recover traffic after our recent updates. They read our advice. They read advice from others. They read news about ranking systems that we may or may not be using. It's an even-more-than-usual confusing time. I greatly sympathize with that. I don't think it should be that confusing for people who want to create content. Ideally, you make great content, Google recognizes it, and it shows well in our search results. I also think that still works for a wide range of queries. I am not saying we're perfect. We're not. We've definitely had issues with some of the updates not doing what I'd consider right by some content creators. Others in the search team recognize this, as well. That's all stuff I hope our systems will get better at. It is something the ranking teams -- of which I'm part of -- are looking at. But back to the "what do I do now?" for those who are confused and are wondering how to recover. I didn't say "make your site for social!" I didn't say "turn your pages into an email form." I didn't say don't be a good page for people who arrive at it from search. I said, that if you're feeling confused, to do this as your touchstone: "Everyone should focus on doing whatever they think is best for their readers." This shouldn't be a controversial issue. That should be the foundation for anyone who creates content. Why are you doing something on your page? It should be for your readers. Your visitors. Your customers. Where I've seen creators go wrong, it's because they often fixate too much on doing some particular thing that they think is the thing that somehow will rank them better. What things? That's already where the creators start going wrong again. In the past, I've given examples of specific things I think people are doing only because they think "Google likes it" and not because they'd otherwise do it. Then people obsess on those particular things, thinking the things themselves were somehow bad (which wasn't what I said) and miss the larger point that doing content things just for Google may cause you to miss focusing on doing great things for your readers -- which, in turn, is what we're trying to reward. I've said this fundamental point thing time and time again. Others from Google have, as well. People can (and do) mock that advice. People virtually shout "he's gaslighting" or "but I've been doing that since September and it hasn't helped!" I get all that. But it remains the best advice I have to offer for those looking to recover. That's because the ranking changes we make are aiming to reward content that's meant for readers. Aim for your readers, and you're aiming ahead of where the ranking systems are trying to go. It's what I talked about here: x.com/searchliaison/…

@rustybrick Sorry, but right now, there really are no guarantees with Google; small and medium-sized publishers are just a bad variable to destroy with zero clicks.

You recover from the damage of the Google Sept. helpful content update with the next Google Core update, Google says.... seroundtable.com/google-hcu-rec…

@CyrusShepard @JohnMu @searchliaison @googlesearchc And there, Google, two weights and two measures for the same content? You like our content, but you don't like our website? How is that possible? @Bing.com is having clearer policies regarding these cases!

@searchliaison @leaco @Katie16282772 There isn't a single original piece of writing that gains positions; neither our images, nor our videos, nor our social media manage to rank. It seems like Google has put up a barrier against us. Yet, interestingly, our stolen content does appear in the top positions.

I didn't say that at all. I said if you're feeling lost about what to do, doing what's best for your readers is the touchstone. And that developing multiple ways to reach an audience is a good thing. It's not difficult or expensive to have email lists or social accounts. It's a long-standing marketing practice.

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 This example is one of the best cases, because in most instances we don't appear in the search results, and Pinterest, Scribd, etc., come up first with our content, titles, and descriptions. The algorithm has a major flaw!

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 In 30 years as users and publishers, we have never witnessed what is currently happening with Google's SERPs. Throughout this time, we have never exchanged links with other sites, but we have seen mercenaries who, without being experts in the field, steal content (1/2).

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 I could accept being wrong and agree that our content is garbage, but if it is garbage, why are other sites in the top five positions with our writings while we are destroyed?

As I've said before, I think everyone should focus on doing whatever they think is best for their readers. I know it can be confusing when people get lots of advice from different places, and then they also hear about all these things Google is supposedly doing, or not doing, and really they just want to focus on content. If you're lost, again, focus on that. That is your touchstone. If you look at what @iPullRank wrote recently, after reviewing all the stuff that we're supposedly doing (or not doing) I though one of his concluding points was excellent advice: ipullrank.com/google-algo-le… "Make Great Content and Promote it Well – I’m joking, but I’m also serious. Google has continued to give that advice and we balk at it as not actionable. For some SEOs it’s just beyond their control. After reviewing these features that give Google its advantages, it is quite obvious that making better content and promoting it to audiences that it resonates with will yield the best impact on those measures. Measures of link and content features will certainly get you quite far, but if you really want to win in Google long term, you’re going to have to make things that continue to deserve to rank." As to the off-site effort question, I think from what I know from before I worked at Google Search, as well as my time being part of the search ranking team, is that one of the ways to be successful with Google Search is to think beyond it. Great sites with content that people like receive traffic in many ways. People go to them directly. They come via email referrals. They arrive via links from other sites. They get social media mentions. This doesn’t mean you should get a bunch of social mentions, or a bunch of email mentions because these will somehow magically rank you better in Google (they don’t, from how I know things). It just means you’re likely building a normal site in the sense that it’s not just intended for Google but instead for people. And that's what our ranking systems are trying to reward, good content made for people. I It also means you've built a site that's not dependent on any single source of traffic, which in my nearly 30 years of being involved in some way with online marketing, is a healthy good thing. As to the inevitable "but I've done all these things when will I recover!" questions, I'd go back to what we've said before. It might be the next core update will help, as covered here: #how-long-does-it-take-to-recover-from-a-core-update" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">developers.google.com/search/updates… It might also be that, as I said here, it's us in some of these cases, not the sites, and that part of us releasing future updates is doing a better job in some of these cases: x.com/searchliaison/… It's similar to what John has said, as well: x.com/JohnMu/status/…

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 Our site, along with millions of other reference and useful sites on the internet, has been destroyed from March 2022 to March 2024 due to these supposed helpful content updates.

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 The only key element throughout Google's existence has been backlinks from prominent sites. Yes, if you manage to manipulate this masterfully as these bandits do, you will be a god in the SERPs, and Google will reward you with millions of visits.

@searchliaison @Katie16282772 And receive 40 or 100 times more visits than our website, despite not knowing how to write. Why? They have teams of 30 people or more and a network of 300 to 400 sites of their own to carry out massive link building.