Engagement Engine - SearchScore
X/Twitter Pack - 18 Apr 2026 - 8 targets
@mountainweekly
https://x.com/mountainweekly/status/1897889771281633485
Any chance you can help me get my 25 year old business back? 'we will do the googling for you' should I give up as you and your company seem to be saying we dont want you to leave our platform, also every single website in the worlds traffic is down since ai launched. No bueno
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25 years of authority content and Google still can't figure out who deserves to rank. The frustrating part? Your Instagram and YouTube grow because those platforms reward consistency. Google now rewards something different entirely.
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You've got 25 years of original content and Google's treating you like a content farm. The real question isn't 'should I give up' - it's 'who's actually showing up when someone asks ChatGPT for ski gear recommendations?' Because that's where your audience went.
@wilreynolds
https://x.com/wilreynolds/status/1901809691006570609
Meanwhile my traffic is down 42%
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42% is brutal. Have you checked if those clicks moved to AI Overviews vs actually disappeared? The distinction changes everything about what you fix next.
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An SEO veteran's traffic down 42% is the canary in the coal mine. The people who built this industry are getting hollowed out by zero-click answers. Question is - are you tracking where those clicks actually went?
@Sanasajen0
https://x.com/Sanasajen0/status/2045479960106631341
Google rolled out a spam update and a core update within days proof they don't care about SEOs or publishers. The rules keep changing. Stop defending it. Build a brand that doesn't rely on Google, because traffic loss, no apologies, and zero reparations are the norm.
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Hard to disagree with the frustration. The brands I see surviving this aren't abandoning Google - they're making sure they're visible in ChatGPT and Perplexity too. Multi-channel visibility is the new SEO.
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You're right that Google owes nobody anything. But 'build a brand that doesn't rely on Google' in 2026 means something very specific: make sure AI models cite you by name when people ask for recommendations. That's the moat now.
@ishaseo
https://x.com/ishaseo/status/2045174955600654716
My patience! When a client who is not even visible on search ask me when will we rank in AI
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The irony is ranking in AI actually requires LESS technical work than traditional SEO - it's more about being cited and referenced in the right places. Maybe flip the convo: get them AI-visible first, then build the SEO foundation.
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Clients asking to rank in AI when they're invisible in regular search is peak 2026 energy. But honestly? AI visibility might be easier to achieve first. It rewards structure and citations, not domain authority. Could be a quicker win than they think.
@billglahn
https://x.com/billglahn/status/2032187157507379449
Yes. My traffic is down something like 95 percent.
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95% is devastating. That's not a dip, that's a fundamental shift in how your audience finds information. Quick question - is it your Google traffic that collapsed, or are you seeing it across all channels?
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95% traffic loss isn't a Google update problem. That's a 'your audience changed how they search' problem. Most of those people didn't stop looking for what you offer - they started asking ChatGPT instead of Googling.
@SouthernRhoda
https://x.com/SouthernRhoda/status/1920604808278376766
I actually had to laugh, as I've always written for my audience & never pivoted to all the things we were told to do, so I guess that was a win for me. My traffic is down by 1/2, so I have some left, my core readers for sure.
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Writing for your audience instead of algorithms kept your core readers. That's actually the foundation most sites are now scrambling to rebuild. The half that left - any idea if they went to social, or just stopped searching for that content?
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Interesting - you ignored the SEO hacks and still lost half. But you kept the readers who actually matter. The real opportunity now: those core readers are probably the ones recommending you when someone asks ChatGPT 'who's the best at [your niche]?'
@jef_quin
https://x.com/jef_quin/status/1921551633114091636
Honestly I never gave much attention to them, but after landing a few links, they def boost my DR and authority. As for ranking, I'm terrible with data, so not sure of the impact...then again, all my traffic is down from Goog updates and industry hullabaloo anyways lol
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Being terrible with data but knowing your traffic is down says a lot about how obvious the decline is. If you had to guess - did traffic drop gradually or was there a specific week it tanked?
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Everyone's traffic is down from 'industry hullabaloo' and most people are just accepting it. The ones recovering fastest stopped optimizing for Google and started optimizing for AI citations. Different game, same content.
@joeyazf
https://x.com/joeyazf/status/2044387202281480365
SEO people, is SEO dead?
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SEO isn't dead but the rules changed. The sites winning right now are the ones AI models cite by name when people ask questions. It's less about backlinks and more about being the answer.
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Dead? No. Unrecognizable? Yes. The question isn't 'is SEO dead' - it's 'are you still optimizing for 2024's Google or 2026's AI-first search?' Because the answer to that determines whether your traffic recovers or keeps sliding.