Recently, Google updated its algorithm, and many niche websites lost their rankings. People whose livelihood depended on Google traffic - mine included - saw their websites’ traffic plummet (almost) overnight.
As expected, the web publishing industry is furious with Google. Here’s what is tossed around:
- Google favors big companies now!
- Google AI stole my content and traffic!
- Google destroyed small web publishers.
I totally understand the frustration. But I’ve been through a similar situation two decades ago.
