I am not sure if Google wants to ride against the tide and wants to shadow-ban crypto related content! But if this has happened, that may have dire consequences on crypto market. While everyone is sitting at home due to the current situation, the interest about bitcoin and cryptos are increasing exponentially. I recently read an article which says that Indian cryptocurrency exchanges are seeing 10x surge in trading volume during the lock down period.
News reference: https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-crypto-boom/
Also we have seen surge in pricing as well during this time period. These are indicators which shows that interest about bitcoin is increasing among the mass. All online media websites have a habit of sensitizing news reports to get more hits. The one you referenced, seems like a classic example!
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It has already rolled out a new algorithm this month and webmasters are feeling the pinch. A lot of projects have seena steep decline in traffic. The most hard hit are news aggregator websites and new websites.
I am not sure if it has affected only the crypto niche but according to the discussion on most web based forum the impact is seen throughout on all niches.
I doubt it will only target cryptocurrency market as it will be a loss on their part. I think it's focus is more on good and unique contents.
I am not sure if it has affected only the crypto niche but according to the discussion on most web based forum the impact is seen throughout on all niches.
I doubt it will only target cryptocurrency market as it will be a loss on their part. I think it's focus is more on good and unique contents.
Just today morning came across an news from forbes, Google Algorithm Update: Did Google Just Censor Bitcoin?
Google being giant player in the market could be potential puller for the crypto fans. So some morning you just wake up and see no news about bitcoin, you can't search about it with important news around us, you can't watch analysis videos on youtube may turn out to be unwanted gesture for bitcoin community.
What are your thoughts regarding such moves from Google.
The news highlight :
1. Google may release an algorithm to censor the Bitcoin searches from its search engine
2. It has already made it difficult for the YouTubers to upload content associated with the cryptocurrencies.
3. It will impact the chain of educating people regarding crypto currencies.
4. It will throw back the right time for publication of Bitcoin stuff when the Halving is on its verge!
Google being giant player in the market could be potential puller for the crypto fans. So some morning you just wake up and see no news about bitcoin, you can't search about it with important news around us, you can't watch analysis videos on youtube may turn out to be unwanted gesture for bitcoin community.
What are your thoughts regarding such moves from Google.
The news highlight :
1. Google may release an algorithm to censor the Bitcoin searches from its search engine
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According to Search Engine Land, Google GOOGL is rolling out a new core algorithm update in May. Christopher Jaszczynski, who is a technical on-chain analyst, speaker, and YouTuber says, “This is public knowledge. Since Google owns YouTube this is also escalating from media outlets that rely on Google traffic to bitcoin and crypto YouTubers. All big bitcoin YouTuber’s including our MMCrypto channel are now being shadowbanned.”
2. It has already made it difficult for the YouTubers to upload content associated with the cryptocurrencies.
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Runefelt adds, “I've never seen this before on my channel, and now it is happening to all of the biggest YouTubers in the bitcoin space simultaneously in the past few days. After three hours of uploading the video, suddenly the views drop by 90%, and it can not be seen in search results. Also, some of my 100,000 subscribers have reported that my videos are no longer getting recommended to them.”
3. It will impact the chain of educating people regarding crypto currencies.
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Education is important. “People have to be educated about things like gold and bitcoin to secure their wealth. Central banks are printing more money than ever and if this continues we might see hyperinflation evolving in a few years. If people are not prepared the lower and middle class will be hit the hardest. We really want to educate people on monetary policy, financial markets, on-chain analysis, and bitcoin. That's why we need independent media covering these things,” says Jaszczynski.
4. It will throw back the right time for publication of Bitcoin stuff when the Halving is on its verge!
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An auspicious time for censorship
Google’s alleged crypto censorship comes at an auspicious time. Right now, bitcoin is about to enter its third halving, an event that has historically seen bitcoin reach all-time new highs. Jaszczynski says, “One important thing to note is that this third bitcoin and crypto purge is happening at a very interesting timing. The bitcoin halving is going to go down in 4 days.”
Google’s alleged crypto censorship comes at an auspicious time. Right now, bitcoin is about to enter its third halving, an event that has historically seen bitcoin reach all-time new highs. Jaszczynski says, “One important thing to note is that this third bitcoin and crypto purge is happening at a very interesting timing. The bitcoin halving is going to go down in 4 days.”
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