by Julia McCoy for Search Engine Land Do you know that a whopping 85.1% of marketers now use AI in their content production workflow? With the proliferation of AI-generated content, are you obliged to disclose to search engines and readers that a bot created your content? This is a question many have been asking as the latest AI platforms help people create near-perfect content. So, is it necessary to label content that’s been produced using AI? Is this beneficial to publishers and readers? Those are the questions we’ll be tackling in this article. What is AI labeling? AI labeling simply means letting…
Can AI-Generated Content Hurt Your Search Ranking? [Insights from HubSpot, Litmus, Casted & 500+ Marketers]
by Erin Rodrigue for HubSpot AI is giving marketers a newer, faster, and easier way to create content. But will the convenience of AI come at the expense of your search ranking? After all, if everyone can use AI to create high-quality content at lightning-fast speeds, what will be the great differentiator in search results? Here, we'll explore everything you need to know about AI-generated content — including how it performs in search results, its limitations, and tips for leveraging it. Free Report: The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2023 Table of Contents Can AI-generated content impact my search ranking? The Limitations…
McDonald’s Just Wrote an Ad With ChatGPT. The Results Were More Inspiring Than You’d Think
BY BILL MURPHY JR., FOUNDER OF UNDERSTANDABLY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, INC Imagine if you hired a lawyer, or a marketer, or an advertising agency to do some work for your business. Next, imagine that they came back with a bill for their services. Finally, imagine that when you looked at their work product, you realized they'd simply asked ChatGPT for an answer, and passed it along to you verbatim. Would you be disappointed? I think you might. But there are exceptions to every rule, and that's where McDonald's comes into this story. Earlier this month, McDonald's apparently unveiled an advertisement in Brazil that consists…
The 6 Risks of AI Content
by Ryan Law for Animalz There are already plenty of use cases for generative AI in marketing. Industry and article research. Getting to first draft faster. Creating content briefs. Brainstorming titles and headers, angles, and introductions. Programmatic SEO, at a scale and sophistication previously hard to imagine. Repurposing content from one format to another. Personalizing ABM campaigns. These use cases have risks associated with them. There is the risk of factual inaccuracy and hallucination. Risk of copyright infringement and legal challenges. Risk of Google penalization. Risk of mediocrity and pumping out a ton of content that doesn’t help the bottom line.…