--- title: Google is getting even worse for independent sites description: Independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google is getting even worse for independent sites | daily.dev og:description: Independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xW7TPXhJf.png og:image:alt: Google is getting even worse for independent sites og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google is getting even worse for independent sites **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 3 min read · 6 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kyoukhana** · 0 upvotes > Even Google Gemini isn't great either **@bpowell** · 0 upvotes > Google Search results in general are bad. Google crawling is related to how often you publish, how many pingbacks you have from "high quality" sites, and a few others things I don't remember off the top of my head. > > I have an independent blog on the gaming industry and after 2 years Google barely indexed any of my content (but it had crawled it) and as a result my search placement was handicapped. --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#seo](https://daily.dev/tags/seo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google is getting even worse for independent sites","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T15:53:25.771Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z","description":"Independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b09b8aeeaf524c7a3476195076fbffa5?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b09b8aeeaf524c7a3476195076fbffa5?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Verge","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Verge","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eacb57b3570d4f04b1f0dc8f834d8135","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"google,seo","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Verge","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google is getting even worse for independent sites"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-getting-even-worse-for-independent-sites-xw7tpxhjf","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Even Google Gemini isn’t great either","datePublished":"2024-05-13T12:49:23.037Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xW7TPXhJf#c-arbx63Hc3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin","url":"https://daily.dev/kyoukhana","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/756849?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Google Search results in general are bad. Google crawling is related to how often you publish, how many pingbacks you have from “high quality” sites, and a few others things I don’t remember off the top of my head.\nI have an independent blog on the gaming industry and after 2 years Google barely indexed any of my content (but it had crawled it) and as a result my search placement was handicapped.","datePublished":"2024-05-13T23:34:59.249Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xW7TPXhJf#c-G9p1qS4LD","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Brian Powell","url":"https://daily.dev/bpowell","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}}]} ```