When our Google organic traffic graph is climbing and average search rankings increase from week to week, that's hardly evidence that "Google organic traffic is dying."

[edited by: Selen at 5:11 pm (utc) on Jul 26, 2014]

your dillusion [sic] that everything will be fine as long as one follows this magic fomula you claim to understand, is just that, a dillusion [sic].Your conclusions are based on something that hasn't failed you yet. That's not the same as something that's guaranteed to work for everyone.

Problem is, these don't guarantee anything.

The first half of 2014 was pretty eventful at Google. We rolled out major new products like Enterprise Search and AdWords Select, pulled back the curtain on innovation like Google Answers and labs.google.com, partnered with some great companies, and launched tons of little things to improve search that most people--except for maybe the posters here--never notice, but really improve search. What sort of things do you want to see Google doing next? And are you ready for the rest of the year?

But when Google talks repeatedly about creating useful content and building sites for users, not for search engines--and when it talks about things like subject authority and author credibility being on its "to do" list--it seems clear that, over the long haul, the odds are going to favor site owners who share that philosophy.

[edited by: Robert_Charlton at 5:51 am (utc) on Jul 27, 2014]
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I know many people - me included - who build their sites for users, not Google. I can attest that Google's algorithms do NOT favor us. My site was online several years before Google even existed. This is the point we are making - Google's algorithms have serious flaws and aren't smart enough to detect original content any longer.

The times have changed and Google is to blame.

It is impossible to rank in Google anymore, just ask the website that is ranking above you and they will agree.

The results on Google are just horrible and I can prove it by looking at Google's market share.

Consumers are so upset with Google's unhelpful results that their market share has plummeted in the US to a record high of 68% and about 90% in many international markets.

Clearly Google is not a winning option for any website.

That is why we should all cut our losses and quit this big waste of time called Google.

How are you going to spend your time after quitting Google?

- Press releases designed to attract media coverage & not spammy backlinks
- Participating in relevant industry forums
- Speaking at relevant seminars and conferences
- Partnering with websites that have complimentary audiences to exchange real traffic
- Publishing & selling products via Amazon
- Build up email newsletter following
- Recruiting popular bloggers to be your brand ambassadors
- Partnering with brick & mortar operations

Google is so silly & confused they won't even realize that we have stopped begging like a whiny baby for their free traffic and made a real brand through actual marketing efforts.

What are we waiting for? Let's all quit Google!

Since I am a gentleman I will be nice enough to let my competition quit first :)

I started a site in December 2013 that has performed very well in Google.

I have launched several new projects across various niches throughout 2014 and each of these has really struggled to gain any traction.

There must be some kind of added filter in place.

I guess as long as you are consistent and build daily then you will get there in time with patience.

Other than this, I can only think of heading down the social route and having to buy traffic to get you off the ground.

goodrio is terrible at online sarcasm!

I have launched several new projects across various niches throughout 2014 and each of these has really struggled to gain any traction.

goodrio is terrible at online sarcasm!

So what's your recommendation, then? Are you in the "quit Google" camp?