[Ipg-smz] New Google algorithms cost a site 99% of its traffic

[Dana Blankenhorn]

Look at the Mercola site, briefly, then ask yourself whether Google should
be finding this the answer to any health-related question. Case closed.

Dana Blankenhorn
http://www.danablankenhorn.com
http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:02 AM Ron Miller <ronsmiller at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agreed on all points, Richi. A quick glance at the link suggests to me the
> algorithm is doing a great job filtering out crap traffic.
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:49 AM Richi Jennings <richi.ipg at richi.uk> wrote:
>
>> Cry me a river. Several points here:
>>
>>    1. Mercola's SERPS authority has presumably been downgraded. There
>>    will be a reason for this, but he doesn't know what it is. Typically the
>>    reason is black-hat SEO.
>>    2. He asserts that the reason is actually that Wikipedia has it in
>>    for him. He offers no evidence that I can see.
>>    3. He criticizes Wikipedia for giving a balanced overview of
>>    his—let's not mince words—quackery and extreme politics.
>>    4. He also criticizes Wikipedia for not permitting primary sources.
>>    He's either willfully ignorant of what this actually means and why it's a
>>    good idea, or he's being disingenuous.
>>    5. Live by the sword; die by the sword.
>>
>>
>> // @RiCHi <http://twitter.com/RiCHi> | +44.7789.200701 | 1.408.256.0084
>>  | richi.uk
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:52 AM Andy Patrizio <andy at andypatrizio.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Puts what some of us have been through in perspective…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/06/25/google-broad-core-algorithm-update-buries-mercola.aspx
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