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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBut where am I going to put the six paragraph AI generated anecdote about my grandmother?
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIn white text on white background at the bottom of the page where the rest of the SEO goes.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou know, I don’t hate this. Let’s simplify websites significantly. Everything SEO/AI slop appears below the fold in white text.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe point of the AI slop / random pointless exposition is to maximize the number of ads a user has to scroll past to see the actual recipe. What incentive would a website have to put that at the bottom?
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt started as a SEO thing where websites with longer texts got a better indexing on Google, thus more ad revenue.
minus-squareNottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago“And Nanny only used Hershey cocoa powder. Click my Amazon link to buy it from my shop!”
But where am I going to put the six paragraph AI generated anecdote about my grandmother?
In white text on white background at the bottom of the page where the rest of the SEO goes.
You know, I don’t hate this.
Let’s simplify websites significantly. Everything SEO/AI slop appears below the fold in white text.
The point of the AI slop / random pointless exposition is to maximize the number of ads a user has to scroll past to see the actual recipe. What incentive would a website have to put that at the bottom?
It started as a SEO thing where websites with longer texts got a better indexing on Google, thus more ad revenue.
“And Nanny only used Hershey cocoa powder. Click my Amazon link to buy it from my shop!”