What happened to Cointelegraph?

[shield132]

When I find on Bitcointalk someone sharing news from a barely known news website, I always type the title in a search engine to check whether the same or similar news is published by other famous news websites. Recently I noticed that I no longer see a result from Cointelegraph in Google. Today, I tried to type Cointelegraph.com in Google's search engine and I didn't get any result. Did Google completely remove Cointelegraph from its search engine? That's strange, Google hasn't removed torrent websites from its search engine and what issue did they have with Cointelegraph?

[crwth]

Upon using Google, I did see that Cointelegraph isn't appearing at the top or anywhere on the first page, but with Bing, it's the top link. For Google, it's mostly tweets, with no direct link to the site. Even on the right, it's just the company's background.

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Bing


This is pretty weird. Thankfully, it's easy for me to check their published news with Telegram. I used the link below. Maybe it has been reported or something.

https://t.me/cointelegraph

[hopenotlate]

lol yep.
I also often read Cointelegraph to keep up to date with the news and I had never noticed what you said: I use DuckDuck Go as my default search engine and Cointelegraph normally appears among the results there but I tried a Google search and indeed it does not appear among the results whilst their Twitter handle shows up amongst the first results.

Weird.

[Oshosondy]

This is true, I also tried it now it it is not showing anything than their post on X, their app and other things that you can not use to access the site home page. I was unable to see any news or home page of the site.

But if you include the .com to it, I mean cointelegraph.com, you will be able to access the site and see the latest news.

[avp2306]

When I find on Bitcointalk someone sharing news from a barely known news website, I always type the title in a search engine to check whether the same or similar news is published by other famous news websites. Recently I noticed that I no longer see a result from Cointelegraph in Google. Today, I tried to type Cointelegraph.com in Google's search engine and I didn't get any result. Did Google completely remove Cointelegraph from its search engine? That's strange, Google hasn't removed torrent websites from its search engine and what issue did they have with Cointelegraph?

Looks like cointelegraph SEO dropped and maybe this is the reason on why they can't be found when people search them on google.

I also  tried to use microsoft bing and their site show up at top the same as what @crwth shown.



Also if you used brave you can see their site there.

So most likely there's an issue on their SEO that's why it didn't show up when we use google.

[ABCbits]

I just tried searching "cointelegraph" on Google (while using VPN) and surprised the website isn't shown on the first 5 pages. So rather than bad SEO, it seems something wrong on either cointelegraph website or google side. Although i don't expect google intentionally blacklist/remove cointelegraph due to their mixed quality news/article.

[noorman0]

I think this is the reason:

Cointelegraph’s traffic was destroyed by Google’s algorithm and crypto media is in trouble
Google’s Update Wiped Out 1M Monthly Visits from Cointelegraph
Earlier in 2025, Cointelegraph’s traffic saw modest dips of less than 2% in May and June. Traffic peaked at 8.08 million visits in July 2025 after that — a strong 42% month-over-month increase.

However, after reaching the July peak, its traffic fell by 12.4% to 7.08 million in August and then further by 14.8% to 6.03 million in September. Preliminary October estimates suggest around 5 million visits, meaning Cointelegraph has been losing roughly 1 million visits per month for the past three months — a decline unseen in previous years.

Source

[Yaunfitda]

I just tried searching "cointelegraph" on Google (while using VPN) and surprised the website isn't shown on the first 5 pages. So rather than bad SEO, it seems something wrong on either cointelegraph website or google side. Although i don't expect google intentionally blacklist/remove cointelegraph due to their mixed quality news/article.

Probably it's because of the geo-location too that's why some will show up the website, while for others it was buried down. And Google from time to time changes it's algo and it's SEO features. So what works for the last year or so might not work for now because of the changes. In any case that for some Cointelegraph is a reliable source of news, there are Decrypt, Coindesk and the Block. As for other crypto related sites that are not well known of, usually they will get their feed from this big news outlet.

[Solosanz]

It's good to see Cointelegraph to be like this because they usually share misleading or false information about Bitcoin, I think it's not a threat or problem for Bitcoin, but this could be a good time for other medias who create high quality and appropriate contents to rise.

Based on above user article, we might likely see them in the next year Q1.

[aioc]

I think this is the reason:

Source
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From the source:

Can Cointelegraph Recover?
History suggests that even the most severe algorithmic blows aren’t always permanent. Websites that once seemed buried have rebounded through systematic adaptation. Cointelegraph’s fall is dramatic, but not necessarily final.

I consider them to be one of the top Crypto media I am subscribed to their newsletter so I need not use Google to find them, but 32% direct traffic from search engine is such a huge loss, they need a good webmaster to sync their algo to Google's so they can be found again on the popular terms related to Cryptocurrency.

[tabas]

I thought that coindesk acquired them because of what the page of coindesk is telling, it seems that their competitor is also aware of what's happening on them. But if we go through the domain directly, they're still existing so, it's really with google's seo algo that had them lose more traffic.

[The Cryptovator]

I thought that coindesk acquired them because of what the page of coindesk is telling, it seems that their competitor is also aware of what's happening on them. But if we go through the domain directly, they're still existing so, it's really with google's seo algo that had them lose more traffic.

The CoinDesk quote is the most interesting part, and you should realise this isn't an SEO issue. Do you guys think such a big company like Cointelegraph doesn't know about SEO? This isn't an SEO or tag issue; there is something wrong with Google and Cointelegraph. Otherwise Google shouldn't take down Cointelegraph. Even CoinDesk is doing some kind of criticism when you are searching for Cointelegraph in Google.

However, I have noticed it before but haven't bothered to raise the concerns. I have been following the Cointelegraph Telegram channel. When I find something important, I try to read the full news on Google. But during the search, I never got a link from the Google search; rather, I found related tweets from the Cointelegraph. So I thought there was something wrong.

[logfiles]

More reason for people to look past Google. Sometimes they even censor certain such results. Bing is also another wolf in a sheep skin. I personally made sure that alternative such engines such as DuckDuckGo are on default in my browsers. And guess what, searching up "cointelegraph" on DuckDuckGo also brings it up at the very top.

There is also startpage.com though it shows mostly social media channels at the very top?

[Zwei]

I thought that coindesk acquired them because of what the page of coindesk is telling, it seems that their competitor is also aware of what's happening on them. But if we go through the domain directly, they're still existing so, it's really with google's seo algo that had them lose more traffic.

The CoinDesk quote is the most interesting part, and you should realise this isn't an SEO issue. Do you guys think such a big company like Cointelegraph doesn't know about SEO? This isn't an SEO or tag issue; there is something wrong with Google and Cointelegraph. Otherwise Google shouldn't take down Cointelegraph. Even CoinDesk is doing some kind of criticism when you are searching for Cointelegraph in Google.

this is what i think as well, this is definitely beyond just a normal SEO problem, probably a manual action against them.
if you check the domain using site:cointelegraph.com, google have deindexed all their links, only some subdomains are still indexed.



i had the same thing happen to a website i was running, and even after trying to revive it for a few months, it never got indexed again. the only fix that worked for me was changing domain name, but the site never recovered to where it was before so i just gave up on it.

[shield132]

I just tried searching "cointelegraph" on Google (while using VPN) and surprised the website isn't shown on the first 5 pages. So rather than bad SEO, it seems something wrong on either cointelegraph website or google side. Although i don't expect google intentionally blacklist/remove cointelegraph due to their mixed quality news/article.

To my mind, it can't be an SEO problem. Cointelegraph is an old domain that has a high reputation in search engines, lots of high quality backlinks and white hat seo since publishes articles every day. Besides Google removing Cointelegraph, I can't think about anything else. Bad SEO means when you are not ranked in top results but when I search Cointelegraph, I can't get a result in Google, I manually visited every page. Also, when I type cointelegraph.com, I still can't see Cointelegraph.
Usually, when you type a domain name in a search engine, Google always shows it, even if it's a new and unranked domain. In the case of Cointelegraph, this doesn't happen.

Edit
P.S I typed site:cointelegraph.com and I can see Cointelegraph with other local Cointelegraph subdomains but I can't see any link of any news that has ever been published on their website. Something's very wrong and I can't explain.

[rat03gopoh]

I thought that coindesk acquired them because of what the page of coindesk is telling, it seems that their competitor is also aware of what's happening on them.

CD is cooking up something to increase retention, they are aware that CT also has high traffic despite experiencing serious "disruptions"

this is definitely beyond just a normal SEO problem, probably a manual action against them.
if you check the domain using site:cointelegraph.com, google have deindexed all their links, only some subdomains are still indexed.

I agree with this part, and yeah the dorking trick should actually sharpen search results. This is clearly not organic; I think it's more like an attempt to deindex them. I stumbled up on another report with a different analysis:

However, upon examining the data from Ahrefs and SEMrush, we found a different story. While fluctuations in the news media outlet traffic were visible throughout 2025, the sharp downturn began around October 6, over two weeks after the Spam Update concluded on September 21. This timing suggests that Cointelegraph may have been affected by a manual penalty.

The situation follows a December 2024 investigative report by SEO expert Timothy Malmros, which alleged that Cointelegraph’s iGaming section may have been operated by a third party, potentially constituting reputation abuse. Nearly a year later, following the decline in traffic, Cointelegraph removed its entire iGaming section, according to archival records from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

https://theholycoins.com/news/cointelegraph-traffic-drop-and-igaming-section-removal-suggest-a-possible-manual-google-penalty#:~:text=we%20found%20a%20different%20story

[PX-Z]

Here's an article about that Cointelegraph’s traffic was destroyed by Google’s algorithm and crypto media is in trouble.

Here's gemini overview as well

Basically google's algo punish them from recent incident where metamask did block or put cointelegraph on their blocklist site. Probably the company behind CT is working to fix that problem as it affect so much their site's organic visibility.

[tabas]

I thought that coindesk acquired them because of what the page of coindesk is telling, it seems that their competitor is also aware of what's happening on them.

CD is cooking up something to increase retention, they are aware that CT also has high traffic despite experiencing serious "disruptions"

They know how to play SEO and keywords and the other competitor is having that issues. So, if someone searches for it, their website is what is going to appear on the results. It's a brilliant idea to be honest and that's part of having a business. Whenever someone searches for CT, it appears that their X account is on the top search. I guess this is a better result now compared to few days ago that none of their social is coming out although on the 2nd result, it still shows CD and not CT's website.

[LTU_btc]

When I find on Bitcointalk someone sharing news from a barely known news website, I always type the title in a search engine to check whether the same or similar news is published by other famous news websites. Recently I noticed that I no longer see a result from Cointelegraph in Google. Today, I tried to type Cointelegraph.com in Google's search engine and I didn't get any result. Did Google completely remove Cointelegraph from its search engine? That's strange, Google hasn't removed torrent websites from its search engine and what issue did they have with Cointelegraph?

Looks like cointelegraph SEO dropped and maybe this is the reason on why they can't be found when people search them on google.

I also  tried to use microsoft bing and their site show up at top the same as what @crwth shown.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/11/13/UPHe1f.

Also if you used brave you can see their site there.

So most likely there's an issue on their SEO that's why it didn't show up when we use google.

I think it has nothing to do with SEO. Even if you enter site:cointelegraph.com you won't get anything in search results. Don't know I'm using right term to call this situation, but it more looks like shadow ban from Google. You can like Cointelegraph or not, but such things from Google isn't something good.
BTW, does people actually use Bing as their main search engine? I remember trying it longtime ago and it was terrible so I never looked back.

[ABCbits]

BTW, does people actually use Bing as their main search engine? I remember trying it longtime ago and it was terrible so I never looked back.

I actually use DuckDuckGo, where many of the search result comes from Bing[1]. The result is good enough for what i need, although i occasionally had to use google search when result i can't find what i look from on DuckDuckGo. I also notice more people use Edge (windows default browser) and Bing these days.

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources