Google manual action hits freshly funded AI startup's domain right after its PR blitz
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-02
A pointed observation: an unnamed AI company that recently raised a big funding round and heavily PR'd it has been hit with a Google manual action, causing parts of its domain to disappear from search results. The post highlights how fragile SEO-dependent AI startups can be right after a funding announcement.
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