Polymarket appeared briefly in Google News results before Google removed the links, according to reports.
Summary
- Google has removed Polymarket from News results and said the site appeared there by mistake, according to reports.
- Polymarket continues to expand with Google Finance, X, MetaMask, and World App despite the news removal episode.
- The new wallet data shows only a very small percentage of Polymarket traders are earning a steady profit.
Listings are displayed alongside articles from established news outlets during searches related to live events.
Google later said the appearance was a mistake. A spokesperson told The Verge, “This site appeared briefly in Google News by mistake, and is no longer in news.”
Polymarket links appeared under general news coverage in event-based searches. One example cited by Futurism involved the question “ships will pass through the harbor,” which referred to the Strait of Hormuz.
That search placed Polymarket’s prediction market alongside reports from Reuters and The Guardian. A recent search on Sunday showed no Polymarket results for the same query.
The episode drew attention because Google News often features reports from publishers covering current events. Polymarket, in contrast, offers betting markets based on the possible outcomes associated with those events.
Google hasn’t announced any broad changes to its News eligibility rules in relation to prediction market platforms. Available comments say the listing appeared in error and was later removed.
Polymarket expands through partnerships
The brief appearance of Google news comes as Polymarket continues to secure distribution deals. Last year, Google partnered with Polymarket and Kalshi to bring their data to Google Finance.
UX also named Polymarket its official prediction market partner in June. That agreement aimed to link market forecasts with discussions taking place on social media.
Other crypto and digital identity platforms have also added access to Polymarket. MetaMask said in October it will integrate Polymarket, and World App is also adding the service this month.
This partnership shows that prediction market platforms continue to seek wider visibility. Still, the Google News issue suggests there are still limits to how these services can evolve within news-focused brands.
Many sellers are still struggling to make a profit
Polymarket has received attention as a growing crypto use case, but the results for traders remain uneven. The data shared by the analyst Andrey Sergeenkov showed that only a small part of the users posted a strong and stable monthly profit.
According to the data, about 1% of sellers make a profit of more than $5,000 in one month. Only 0.015% managed to maintain that level for four straight months.
The same findings showed that only 0.033% of wallets recorded more than $100,000 in total revenue. Statistics suggest that although speculative markets attract strong interest, fixed returns remain elusive for many users.
