Google searches for AI content skyrocketed and have remained high throughout 2023 as businesses and creators tap into new opportunities to scale. By March, 60% of writers already used AI in their work, a Hackernoon poll showed. But while generative AI offers amazing content generation and optimization opportunities, balancing its capabilities and limitations is essential. … Read more
TikTok is launching a new label to help creators tag their AI-generated content. Creators are advised to use this label on content that’s been fully or heavily edited by AI to comply with the platform’s rules on synthetic media. Additionally, TikTok is planning to test an automatic “AI-generated” label that will be added to any … Read more
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 … Read more
Earlier this month, we reported that Google was testing three-different citation and link formats in the Search Generative Experience AI-generated answer. It seems that as of yesterday, Google has pulled back that test and removed the links from those answers. Britney Muller noticed they went away yesterday afternoon and posted about it on Twitter. “Have … Read more
Amazon is testing highlighting product features and customer sentiment as part of a generative AI “customer review highlights” feature. This seems to be an expansion of the test we reported on in June. Why we care. If you sell products on Amazon, this feature could lead to more sales. Reviews remain critical as consumers decide … Read more
Newegg, an American online retailer, now summarizes customer reviews using ChatGPT, the company announced. The AI-generated summaries of customer reviews – called Review Bytes – appear on product pages, highlighting pros and cons. Why we care. This is innovative and smart use of AI in ecommerce that could potentially drive more sales for the company. … Read more
Google is now clamping down on its stance against artificial intelligence or AI-generated content. In their latest Google Merchant Center announcement, they said they’ll be updating their Product Ratings policies by August 28, 2023. This update includes a new section called “Automated Content.” Here’s what the new section says: “Automated Content: We don’t allow reviews … Read more
Google is also adding videos to its Search Generative Experience AI-generated answer section. So now when Google thinks a video is helpful to answer the question, Google may embed a playable video directly in the answer. To be clear, these videos are not generated by AI – they are normal videos Google finds on YouTube … Read more
Google’s new Search Generative Experience now can not just show images in the AI-generated answer but also can show playable videos. “Over the next week, you’ll begin to see videos within some overviews where it’s helpful to see something in motion,” Google wrote. What it looks like. Google sent us a screenshot for a query on … Read more
It looks like all the negative feedback around the lack of links within the AI-generated answers that Google’s Search Generative Experience generates has made a difference. Google is testing links directly in those answers in the SGE results. We are seeing these links in the form of classic-looking citations, in the form of button overlays … Read more
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