$200k and still no recovery from Google's algorithm (opens in new tab)

Visiting the site it is easy to see why they got demoted. It's all fluff and no substance. Almost all the links I clicked through could have been generated by a LLM.

Lots of ads. I might be old school but I still hold quality to something like anandtech back in the day. Something that a real human spent time on because they were genuinely interested in the topic and decided to write about it. The bar is so low these days not sure if there even is a bar.

This site is suppose to be a men's lifestyle magazine but it barely has any content that isn't just filler and fluff.

The site being promoted doesnt seem like it should be on Google news.

I feel for publishes but also:

> The Best And Worst Infotainment Systems In Popular EVs Right Now

> https://dmarge.com/cars/best-worst-infotainment-systems-evs

This article is pretty barebones. 1-3 paragraphs be EV system, no video, vague descriptions (mostly “vibes” IMHO), and inconsistent information. For example, they mention CarPlay/Android Auto (as not being available) on _some_ of the cars but in fact I don’t think it’s available on any, they were just inconsistent in calling it out. Also there is no ranking system at all and making a comment like:

> Ther’s no Apple CarPlay. No Android Auto. And no real need for them. It’s a closed ecosystem, but a slick one, setting the benchmark for native infotainment design.

Typo aside, I disagree completely with that statement. Nothing I’ve used comes close to CarPlay (I’m sure Android Auto is similar, idk).

Each little “review” seems like it was written in isolation from the other reviews which makes it harder to follow and impossible to actually compare.

I think the rise of Google was a net negative for independent creators online. Smaller websites are having a harder time, and I know because I work for one and ran a few in the past, and the ones that can optimize SEO better but produce mediocre work get put to the top. Most topical sites about cameras are like that, gear reviews, etc. You won't get real quality unless you really dig through the results or know where to look past crap like Techradar.

Yeah they have a good platform like YouTube, though I think it was better before Google.

They should mention that all articles on the "news" site in question are ads for watches or cars.

Google doesn't matter anymore.

1. GMail's sticky for mail. 2. YouTube exists as YouTube. 3. Maps is monopoly bundled into Android.

While on the backend, Google may suggest everything's integrated plus how wonderful the free lunch GCP is, the above three distinct products are all there is left.

AI killed search, it's a zombie that's well on the way to Yahoo! Yellow Pages relevance. Google killed everything else it had.

OP may find they're ahead of the game as they were forced to look beyond Google early.

Perhaps outsourcing to content farms in outskirts of Mumbai would make the dog's dreams of chasing cars true...

They did everything except actually check the user experience of visiting their website.