SEO, AI, and LLMS.txt - Part 1 Probably - Episode 115

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1:48 How to arrange a Zoom SEO Advisory Call with me

2:48 Is AI going to replace SEO?

3:49 Is AI really stealing your SEO traffic?

5:06 Most AI articles are clickbait

5:38 No one knows how AI works for SEO

5:57 AI services are probably scams

6:47 AI did not steal 70% of your traffic

7:21 AI problem vs SEO problem

7:40 People are trying to sell you dumb nonsense because you are afraid of AI

8:26 Being listed vs. ranking

9:27 Problems with AI

10:30 AI fatigue

11:22 Is AI content ok?

12:30 Avoid buying backlinks from AI sites, AI slop

13:13 Hypothetical explanation of how search engines would penalize AI

14:22 What do search engines do?

14:54 Examples of things that are spammy

15:51 Good quality content comes form popularity, not content

16:43 The other side of the argument

17:29 Don't have an entire website that is AI

18:20 How to get your website found in AI

18:46 llms.txt

19:41 ahrefs article stating llms.txt isn't considered by LLMs

20:41 Whose traffic is actually declining?

20:03 How do people use AI?

22:28 AI is different than SEO

23:47 AI saves time

24:10 Not visiting a website isn't bad for SEO

24:36 AI is probably trained by information that is biased

25:28 Search engines are just fine.

26:04 There are only a few ways that AI can consider a website

26:59 AI will plausibly have a popularity metric like backlinks

27:24 You rank because you're popular, not because you're useful