u/Ambitious_Local5218

I created a sports website about a year ago, and I’m honestly at a loss right now.

The site publishes a lot of daily content: daily articles, game previews, betting/stat previews, and daily data reports. Some of the data report pages are mostly numbers, tables, records, and stats.

A while back, I listened to AI advice that told me to de-index a bunch of these pages because they might be considered thin, repetitive, or low-value content. I also got confused about whether daily preview pages and daily stat/data pages should be included in the sitemap or left out.

Before all of this, the site was getting around 4,000 to 5,000 impressions per day in Google Search Console. Now it is down to about 10 impressions per day.

I’ve put a full year of blood, sweat, and tears into this site, and watching it collapse like this after following what turned out to be bad AI advice has been brutal.

I’m trying to figure out how to recover and what the best path forward is:

Should daily sports articles and previews be indexed?

Should number-heavy daily data reports be indexed or noindexed?

Should these types of pages be included in the sitemap?

Is there a way to safely undo the damage from noindexing too many pages?

How would you approach recovery if impressions dropped from thousands per day to almost nothing?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’m not looking for a magic fix. I’m just trying to understand what I should do next without making things worse.

I created a sports website about a year ago, and I’m honestly at a loss right now.

The site publishes a lot of daily content: daily articles, game previews, betting/stat previews, and daily data reports. Some of the data report pages are mostly numbers, tables, records, and stats.

A while back, I listened to AI advice that told me to de-index a bunch of these pages because they might be considered thin, repetitive, or low-value content. I also got confused about whether daily preview pages and daily stat/data pages should be included in the sitemap or left out.

Before all of this, the site was getting around 4,000 to 5,000 impressions per day in Google Search Console. Now it is down to about 10 impressions per day.

I’ve put a full year of blood, sweat, and tears into this site, and watching it collapse like this after following what turned out to be bad AI advice has been brutal.

I’m trying to figure out how to recover and what the best path forward is:

Should daily sports articles and previews be indexed?

Should number-heavy daily data reports be indexed or noindexed?

Should these types of pages be included in the sitemap?

Is there a way to safely undo the damage from noindexing too many pages?

How would you approach recovery if impressions dropped from thousands per day to almost nothing?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’m not looking for a magic fix. I’m just trying to understand what I should do next without making things worse.

Los Angeles Angels team total under 3.5 (3 units) -150
Cleveland Guardians moneyline (3 units) -150
Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds over 9 (3 units) -115
Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres first 5 innings under 4.5 (3 units) -160
Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves under 9 (3 units) -132

Los Angeles Lakers +11 at -110 (3 units)
Houston Astros ML at +124 (1 unit)
Baltimore Orioles Team Total Under 4.5 at -180 (3 units)
Tampa Bay Rays Team Total Under 3.5 at -135 (1.5 units)
Astros/Mariners Under 9 at -115 (3 units)
New York Yankees ML at -142 (2.5 units)
Blue Jays/Rays Under 7 at -105 (1.5 units)

Cincinnati Reds Team Total Under 4.5, Team Total, -130 (2.5 units)
Baltimore Orioles Team Total Under 4.5, Team Total, -110 (1.5 units)
Washington Nationals/Miami Marlins Under 9, Total, -150 (3 units)
Miami Marlins Team Total Under 4.5, Team Total, -130 (1 unit)
Seattle Mariners Moneyline, Moneyline, -124 (3 units)
Chicago White Sox Team Total Under 3.5, Team Total, -115 (3 units)
Chicago White Sox/Seattle Mariners Under 8, Total, -110 (2 units)

www.trustmyrecord.com

Colorado Rockies Moneyline +172 (2.5 units)
Washington Nationals Moneyline +139 (2.5 units)
Houston Astros Moneyline +142 (2 units)
Atlanta Braves Moneyline +152 (1.5 units)
Kansas City Royals Team Total Under 4.5 -110 (2.5 units)
Detroit Tigers Team Total Under 4.5 -130 (2 units)
Detroit Tigers/Kansas City Royals Under 9 +100 (3 units)
Los Angeles Angels Team Total Over 3.5 +100 (1.5 units)
Tampa Bay Rays Team Total Over 3.5 +105 (1 unit)
Colorado Rockies Team Total Over 3.5 -105 (2 units)
Houston Astros Team Total Over 3.5 -115 (2.5 units)

Marlins Team Total under 3.5 +110, 1 unit
Rockies +1.5 -125, 1 unit
Royals Team Total under 4.5 -130, 3 units
Ducks/Golden Knights under 6.5 -130, 2.5 units

Been posting picks in here for a couple weeks now, and I wanted to mention something that actually feels relevant to these threads.

I recently built a free platform called Trust My Record: https://trustmyrecord.com

The idea is pretty simple. Instead of one person having to manually track everybody’s picks, records, units, sports, wager types, totals, team totals, moneylines, props, and everything else by hand, people can create a free account and have their records tracked publicly in one place.

It also keeps advanced capper analytics, which is honestly one of the most useful parts of it. It tracks your stats across every sport and every wager type separately, so you can actually see where you’re strongest and where you need to improve. You can filter by sport, bet type, totals, team totals, moneylines, props, units, results, and more instead of just looking at one basic win loss record.

It is also built as a sports competition site, not just a spreadsheet replacement. There are public records, capper profiles, leaderboards, contests, challenges, forums, polls, trivia, and community features. It’s still new and we’re still expanding it, but the goal is to make it a useful tool for anyone who wants cleaner tracking, better analytics, and a more transparent way to compete with other handicappers.

I know the people who maintain these pick threads put in a lot of work keeping everything organized, so I figured it was worth mentioning. Not trying to spam the thread. I’ll still post the card here like usual. Just thought some of you might find it useful if you want a cleaner way to track your own picks and records.

Good luck today.

Mets Moneyline -137 (2 units)
Guardians Moneyline +127 (1.5 units)
Rangers Moneyline +123 (1 unit)
Yankees Team Total under 4.5 -120 (1.5 units)
Reds Team Total under 4.5 -110 (2.5 units)
Rangers Team Total over 3.5 -145 (3 units)
Hurricanes/Flyers under 5.5 -142 (3 units)
Flyers Team Total under 2.5 -140 (2.5 units)

May 6, 2026

Full card is posted for today. All plays are listed below with odds and units.

Los Angeles Dodgers Team Total Under 5.5 -130 (3 units)
Seattle Mariners Team Total Under 4.5 -145 (3 units)
Houston Astros Moneyline +195 (2 units)
Athletics Moneyline +156 (2 units)
Cleveland Guardians Moneyline +121 (1.5 units)
Arizona Diamondbacks Moneyline +115 (1 unit)
Buffalo Sabres/Montreal Canadiens Under 6.5 -165 (3 units)

May 5, 2026

Tigers Team Total Under 4.5, -115, 2.5 units
Diamondbacks Team Total Under 4.5, -130, 2 units
Giants Moneyline, -126, 3 units

May 4, 2026

Guardians ML +109 Moneyline (2.5 units)
Brewers/Cardinals First Five Innings Over 4.5 -120 Total (2 units)
Braves Team Total Over 3.5 +110 Team Total (1 unit)
Rockies Team Total Over 4.5 -110 Team Total (2 units)
Marlins Team Total Over 3.5 -135 Team Total (2.5 units)

 

Diamondbacks Team Total under 5.5, -135 (1 unit)
Cardinals Team Total under 4.5, -145 (3 units)

May 3rd Picks

Diamondbacks/Cubs Under 11.5, 2 units, -107

Orioles ML, 1.5 units, +189

Orioles +1.5, 2 units, -108

White Sox ML, 2 units, +159

Raptors +8.5, 2.5 units, -110

Magic +8.5, 2.5 units, -110

Cubs ML, 2 units, -156

Tigers/Rangers Under 8, 1 unit, -105

Rockies ML, 1.5 units, +142

Cardinals ML, 1.5 units, +123

Astros ML, 1 unit, +135

Wild +1.5, 2 units, -160

Lightning ML, 3 units, -160

Hey everyone,

I made a platform called Trust My Record because sports betting records online are a mess.

People post wins, hide losses, delete bad picks, claim records nobody can verify, and then everyone is supposed to trust screenshots. I wanted to build something cleaner where people can post picks publicly, track their results, and create an actual profile around their record.

The site is still early, but it is live and functioning. I probably pushed it a little earlier than I should have because I wanted real users testing it instead of endlessly tweaking it in private.

The bigger goal is to turn it into a sports social platform with public records, leaderboards, forums, polls, challenges, contests, and profile pages that actually show how someone is doing over time.

I’d love feedback on the idea, the current version, and what would make you trust a public record on a platform like this.

Site: https://trustmyrecord.com

Thanks to anyone who checks it out. Early feedback genuinely helps a lot.

Hey everyone,

I’m working on a platform called Trust My Record and I’m looking for early users, testers, and honest feedback.

The basic idea is to make sports pick tracking more transparent. Instead of people just claiming records on social media, users can post picks, build a public profile, and track their performance in one place.

The site is still early, but the core version is live. Right now the focus is on user profiles, posted picks, public records, and making the whole thing feel more like a sports social platform instead of just a boring spreadsheet.

The bigger goal is to add leaderboards, forums, polls, contests, challenges, and cleaner profile pages so people can actually compete, interact, and build credibility around their picks.

I’d love feedback from anyone who follows sports, tracks picks, bets casually, builds products, or enjoys testing early platforms.

Main things I’m trying to figure out:

What would make you trust someone’s public sports record?

What stats or profile features would make the platform more useful?

What would make you actually come back and use it?

Site: https://trustmyrecord.com

Appreciate anyone who checks it out. Early feedback genuinely helps a lot.

I’m building a site called TrustMyRecord and any feedback would be appreciated.

Site: https://trustmyrecord.com

The basic idea is a sports social and competition platform. It is for casual fans who want to talk sports, people who want to track public handicapping records, users who want to compete in trivia and polls, and gamers who want to challenge each other in MLB The Show, Madden, NBA 2K, FIFA, and other sports games.

Long term, I’d like it to include leaderboards, verified records, contests, online leagues, sponsored events, and community challenges.

I’m still trying to get the look and messaging right. Honestly, I don’t really like how it looks yet, and I’m not sure if the homepage explains the full idea clearly enough. I’m worried it comes across too much like a basic betting tracker, when I want it to feel more like a sports social media and competition site.

Any honest feedback would help, especially on:

Does the site explain what it is?

Does the homepage look trustworthy?

Does the design feel too cluttered or confusing?

Would you know what to click first?

What would make it feel more modern or more useful?

I’m not trying to promote anything. I’m just looking for outside opinions because I’ve been staring at it too long.

I don’t want to say my exact age, but I’ve been around long enough to notice certain patterns in people.

And honestly, the longer I live, the more I get this weird feeling that something about all of this is off.

I’m not saying I have some grand theory or that I can prove solipsism. I can’t. I’m not even sure I fully believe it in a literal sense. But I keep finding myself pulled back toward it, mostly because of the way people act.

A lot of the time, people just don’t feel real to me.

Not in a cartoonish way. Not like I think everyone is secretly an NPC or anything. It’s more subtle than that. It’s the way people repeat the same behaviors, say the same kinds of things, chase the same approval, avoid the same uncomfortable thoughts, and seem to move through life without ever really looking at what they’re doing.

Sometimes I’ll be watching people talk and it feels like I’m watching a performance. Like everyone knows the lines, everyone knows when to laugh, when to act offended, when to pretend they care, when to move on. And I’m sitting there thinking, is there actually a person behind this, or am I just projecting depth onto it?

I know that sounds arrogant, and maybe it is. I’m not trying to say I’m special or smarter than everyone. I’ve got my own flaws and stupid routines too. But the feeling is hard to ignore.

The older I get, the more human behavior starts to feel repetitive in a way that messes with my head. People lie the same way. They defend their ego the same way. They follow the crowd the same way. They act like they’re being original while doing the exact same things everyone else is doing.

And after seeing that for years, it starts making reality feel thin.

The reasonable answer is that other people have inner lives just like I do, and I’m only seeing the outside. I get that. That’s probably the healthiest answer.

But on a gut level, I don’t always feel it. A lot of the time, the world feels like it’s populated by extremely convincing imitations of people rather than people themselves.

Maybe that’s just alienation. Maybe it’s depression. Maybe it’s getting older and losing the ability to romanticize people. Maybe solipsism isn’t true, but the older you get, the more understandable it becomes.

I’m curious if anyone else got pulled toward solipsism this way. Not from reading philosophy first, but from just living long enough and watching people until something about them started to feel unreal.

I wish they had a conscience like I do. If they did I probably would not be the way that I am.