After 6 years of providing cryptocurrency news and analysis it appears the cryptocurrency website CCN.com is closing their doors for good due to a shift in Google’s algorithm. As per the article from CCN: the website experienced a 71% fall in mobile traffic thanks to a recent update to Google’s search rankings. Founder Jonas Borchgrevink posted the news on his site saying:

“CCN was founded in the summer of 2013 as CryptoCoinsNews. We have been around for six years. We are (were?) the crypto-related news site with the highest amount of traffic worldwide. Although CoinDesk and CoinTelegraph have been friendly competitors with us the past six years for the #1 Alexa spot.”

CCN’s Search Engine 71% visibility drop shown below Via CCN;

CCN is one of the most well known websites in the crypto space and began its life as a cryptocurrency-focused news source that had very high traffic and organic search activity in 2013. Recently Google announced a 2019 Core update which has hurt a lot of cryptocurrency based news outlets in regards to search results, what Google called its June 2019 Core Update. Google claimed this update was “designed to improve our results”. The update is being questioned by many as a way to censor views and idea’s surrounding not only cryptocurrencies but also right wing ideologies. Conservative views have seen a crackdown from many tech based companies this recent year and conservative outlet The “Daily Mail” was also hit hard by this update. This trend of censorship against conservative based conversations led CCN founder Jonas Borchgrevink to believe that CCN’s “conservative” posts played a part in Google reducing their search activity.

Borchgrevink wrote:

While CCN is unbiased as a news site – meaning no political agenda from the editorial board – we have allowed all sorts of opinions from journalists and guest writers. From the far left to the far right. Many of our political Op-Eds have been “Pro-Trump.” Remember: We are mainly a crypto centered news site. Cryptocurrencies started with Bitcoin in 2009 as a counteraction against the financial meltdown and the cartel-like power possessed by banks and The FED (which is privately owned). Bitcoin is, or at least was supposed to be, DECENTRALIZED. We are true to the crypto community with our slogan: We Are Anti-Elite, We Are Anti-Centralization.

Concusion:

The loss of CCN is a major blow to cryptocurrency media. CCN was the inspiration for many crypto news based websites including the creation of TheCryptoCation. While we don’t agree with their decision to close shop and quit, we wish all their journalists the best. Censorship is a very tough situation which should be combated as it threatens our society, and is a principle many crypto enthusiasts are against. CCN is currently calling for users to support their journalists on HVY which is a new platform made to support free journalism. They are also calling for users to share their message and sign a petition they created to protect free speech and freedom of press against what CCN is calling a “Googlémocracy”. The petition needs 100000 signatures to get a response from the White House and at the time of writing only has a few signatures.

The closure of CCN inspires us to continue our fight to educate the masses about the emerging technology of cryptocurrencies. We believe that closing shop and quitting empowers organizations like Google and other media corporations to continue censoring ideologies they don’t agree with and emerging technologies that threaten their brand. Luckily TheCryptoCation is a community driven website that remains ad free thanks to user donations and support. If you would like to suggest a topic for us to cover we advise you to email us here: benthompsoncrypto@gmail.com. If you would like to support our vision in educating the masses about cryptocurrencies feel free to check out our in depth guides explaining the technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum or any of our other articles. If you would like to help keep our website running and ad free feel free to donate to our crypto addresses in the plugin below. The loss of one of the most established crypto based websites is a tough pill to swallow however, we must not give in to big organizations afraid of innovative technology and different ideas. Eventually the world may have to accept cryptocurrencies due to centralized corruption or economic failures but until then all we can do is educate people on the benefits that the blockchain and Bitcoin can offer.







