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Why does creating more AI-generated content fail at generative engine optimization?

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Drawn from Lutz Finger's Forbes column, LinkedIn writing, and Cornell teaching. Sources are cited inline so you can read the originals.

More AI content does not win at generative engine optimization.

Executives wrongly assume that because more pages once won at SEO, more AI-generated content will win at GEO. The opposite is true. AI trained on AI degrades, and model providers actively suppress pages that read like machine-generated filler. Pumping out slop is the fastest way to become invisible to the very engines you are chasing. The fix is to give models what they actually reward: novel, unique, and authentic content. That is exactly why large language models lean so heavily on sources like Reddit and LinkedIn when they train.

— Three Mistakes Brands Make In The Age Of AI-Driven E-Commerce · Forbes


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