Ask HN: Why has Goodreads fallen so far in Google Search results lately?

When searching for a book, I remember it being 1st or 2nd with Amazon having the other spot. It's fallen way down lately. Any idea why?

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@dredmorbius

I have no insight on Google's practices or reasoning. But Goodreads is now widely considered a failed service:

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36575003>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36533153>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37334805>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36252791>

@vintageclothldn

It's generally difficult to say exactly why but Google did a core update on Aug 22, and also a helpful content update which added a new ranking signal

<https://searchengineland.com/library/platforms/google/google...>