The Google Backstab: Sites Praised, Now Penalized

Did you know that Google features publisher success stories?

Many of these sites that were once praised as official Google publisher success stories, have now been penalized and have seen massive traffic declines.

Why did Google penalizes it own success stories?

In today's YouTube video, I'll dive into 5 websites that saw their traffic decline since being featured and 5 sites that have actually seen big traffic increases.

Watch the video: The Google Backstab: Sites Praised, Now Penalized

In total, I analyzed 107 websites that have been officially featured by Google over the past 2 years.

There's definitely some surprising findings.

Check out the video to get all the details.


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