My company's website has a DA of 81 on Moz and we used to get millions of traffic per month but then something happened and we have been struggling with the traffic since the past 1 year.
There is no manual flagging from Google but we have a hypothesis that we might be shadowbanned by Google
Trying to figure out how to get things back on track, any suggestions?
Some niches seem to be getting hit hard by AI Overviews pushing down organic results. Others seem unaffected or even growing.
If you've seen a change — good or bad — would love to know:
- Which niche / industry?
- Rough % traffic change since AI Overviews expanded?
- Did you change your content strategy in response?
- Are you now appearing IN the AI Overview or being pushed below it?
Any GSC screenshots or data welcome. Trying to build a picture of which sectors are most affected.
Lately there’s a lot of discussion around llms.txt, with some calling it the new robots.txt for AI crawlers.
Some say adding it helps LLMs better understand website content and improves visibility in tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini. Others think it’s mostly hype and not something that makes a measurable difference right now.
Has anyone actually tested this and seen real impact? Curious whether adding llms.txt is becoming important for AI visibility or if it’s still too early to matter.
Google has updated its official documentation for FAQ structured data.
According to the Google Search Central FAQPage documentation, starting May 7, 2026, FAQ rich results will no longer appear in Google Search.
Google will also remove related support in stages:
June 2026: FAQ search appearance will be removed from Search Console, the FAQ rich result report will be removed, FAQ support will be removed from the Rich Results Test
August 2026: FAQ rich result support will be removed from the Search Console API
Official documentation:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage
So basically, as a search result optimization tactic, FAQ structured data is officially done.
Google had already heavily limited FAQ rich results before, mostly showing them only for authoritative government and health websites.
Now it is making things even clearer: FAQ rich results will no longer appear in Google Search.
My take is that people who keep saying FAQ and Schema are important for GEO optimization can probably calm down a bit.
Just focus on actually helping users solve their problems.
I’m not sure if this is Google’s response to some of the recent GEO talking points, but I’m pretty sure FAQ rich results were heavily abused in the past. A lot of sites used FAQ as a way to take up more SERP space, rather than as a way to genuinely answer user questions.
Now Google has basically shut that door. To me, the signal is pretty clear: structured data is not a replacement for content quality.