GOOGLE STOPS LETTING SITES LIKE FORBES RULE SEARCH FOR “BEST CBD GUMMIES”

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Google's updated policy on “site reputation abuse” has drastically impacted affiliate content on major sites, with Forbes Advisor's rankings dropping by 43% and Time Stamped losing 97% of its search traffic. The policy targets tactics where third-party content exploits a host site's domain authority to rank higher in search results. This change is already reshaping the affiliate SEO landscape, hitting practices critics have called “Parasite SEO”.