Ethan Smith recently joined Kieran Flanagan and Kipp Bodnar on the Marketing Against the Grain Podcast to talk about the future of SEO & AI. He shared his perspective on how AI is currently affecting search, presenting the latest research conducted by Graphite’s data science team that shows evidence that human generated content is still outperforming heavy AI content across many categories. While much of the discussion about AI and SEO today centers around genAI and LLMs, Ethan explains how Graphite is applying AI in many other ways that can improve SEO strategy and accelerate impact. Ethan also weighs in on the future state of search and what companies may need to do to gain visibility on ChatGPT and other chatbots. Link in the comments for the complete video.
Interesting, Ethan. The narrative around AI-generated vs. human-created content often lacks the nuance necessary to understand the full landscape. When we discuss 'AI-generated content,' are we referring solely to the text production, or does it include the entire content creation process, from research to writing? AI's capacity to generate text has reached impressive levels of coherence and relevance, often surpassing human output in terms of efficiency and even quality in certain contexts. However, the crucial stages that precede text generation—such as research, contextual understanding, and emotional engagement—still benefit significantly from human intuition and expertise. The real strength lies in a collaborative approach, where AI and human efforts are not seen as competitors but as complementary forces. By leveraging AI for what it does best—processing information and generating text—and combining it with research and context input of humans, we can produce content that is not only high-ranking but also deeply engaging and valuable to readers. This nuanced perspective could help shift the debate from a binary 'human vs. AI' to a more constructive discussion on how best to integrate these tools for optimal results.
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Thanks for sharing, Ethan Smith! It's insightful to see the data on how AI content affects SEO. I'm particularly interested in strategies for optimizing pages for SGA. As SGA becomes the primary result in search engines, it seems like maintaining high click-through rates will be increasingly challenging. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this
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5moHow do you think Google will interpret helpful AI content that is nested within human generated useful content where the AI content is not the primary focus of the page. Do you think that the useful AI content will depress the value of the useful human generated content?