Google Search erases 22-year-old Pokémon wiki

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Google Search erases 22-year-old Pokémon wiki

Pokémon Central, a major Italian Pokémon encyclopedia, reports a sudden and total removal from Google Search results. The incident highlights growing tensions as Google’s Gemini appears to "milk" wiki data while source sites are erased from traditional listings.

// ANALYSIS

Google’s shift to AI-generated answers is effectively "milking" independent wikis for data while cutting off their traffic.

–Pokémon Central saw its search visibility drop to zero exactly as its content became a primary source for Gemini's Pokémon queries.
–The 22-year-old site’s erasure is being cited by the community as evidence of Google’s indifference to the creators it relies on for training data.
–While algorithmic penalties are possible, the timing suggests a broader trend of "AI summaries" displacing the independent web.
–This incident serves as a warning for specialized knowledge bases: your data is valuable to the AI, but your traffic is not.

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2026-05-20

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2026-05-20

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