After the release of Google’s own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, the tech giant has made yet another announcement. On March 21, Google released guidelines on AI-generated content to provide insight into how AI can effectively create helpful content.

Google’s focus has primarily been on ensuring that search intent is met with high-quality content. At the moment, OpenAi’s ChatGPT is leading the way, but Microsoft Bing is not far behind, and has also recently joined the AI and machine learning community.

Google has announced that content creators using AI won’t necessarily be penalized; however, it has clarified that AI should not be used as a replacement for human creators. It will come down to how you use AI tech like ChatGPT, which will determine whether or not you will face any ranking penalties. 

For example, using an AI bot to fill content for almost identical doorway pages, for example, you should definitely expect to receive some form of penalty. What that may look like, however, is yet to be determined.

Essentially, a good way to look at incorporating AI is that it can help boost efficiency. From a search engine optimization (SEO) standpoint, it can be quite effective in speeding up the process of forming the basic framework of your content. After this, SEO professionals are urged to incorporate strategies that focus on the psychological needs of the consumer. By adding nuanced, valuable content to the AI-created framework, content creators can push high-value content at a faster rate.

For more insights, visit Search Engine Land here.

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