{"id":5784,"date":"2024-04-10T17:18:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:26:18","slug":"i-tried-7000000-ai-articles-heres-what-google-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/i-tried-7000000-ai-articles-heres-what-google-did\/","title":{"rendered":"I Tried 7,000,000 AI Articles. Here&#8217;s What Google Did&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: <\/em>AI content experiment shows massive scale brief success; long-term success likely favors quality over quantity, impacted by Google updates.<\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;I Tried 7,000,000 AI Articles. Here&#8217;s What Google Did&#8230;&#8221; by Matt Diggity<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHv4D-pi168?si=QX1kcTLeBmJ4sptN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Massive Scale AI Content<\/strong>: The experiment involved publishing a vast amount of AI-generated content (7 million articles) to test its efficacy in ranking on Google post the helpful content update.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Initial High Traffic<\/strong>: Initially, websites publishing large volumes of content saw significant traffic; one site achieved 22,800 organic visits in a month.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short-lived Success<\/strong>: The high traffic from mass content production was not sustainable. One site\u2019s traffic plummeted after an initial surge, suggesting Google&#8217;s potential penalization for perceived spam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drop in Participation<\/strong>: From 174 original participants, only about 50 remained active after four months, indicating a high dropout rate due to various challenges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance of Content Quality<\/strong>: Sites with fewer, higher-quality articles tended to perform better over time, emphasizing the importance of content quality over quantity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact of Google\u2019s Updates<\/strong>: The experiment started shortly after Google&#8217;s helpful content update, testing how AI content performs under new SEO conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diverse Performance Across Niches<\/strong>: Participants in various niches experienced different levels of success, highlighting niche selection&#8217;s impact on SEO outcomes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Engagement and Sharing<\/strong>: Participants shared results and strategies on a community platform, fostering a collaborative environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-Time Adjustments<\/strong>: The ongoing nature of the experiment allowed participants to adjust their strategies based on real-time data and results.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long-Term Strategy Indicators<\/strong>: Early indications suggest that a more methodical and quality-focused content strategy might be more effective long-term.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI content experiment shows massive scale brief success; long-term success likely favors quality over quantity, impacted by Google updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo","category-41","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5786,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}