Publisher: scraper flood makes it impossible to gauge Google algorithm update impact
iannuttall · x · 2026-09-25
Indie developer Ian Nuttall says his sites are getting 'absolutely hammered by scrapers' lately, making it impossible to tell whether the latest Google algorithm update had any impact — a sign of how AI-era crawling is squeezing independent publishers.
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