The SEO Insights Blog

One red file folder standing out among a row of gray folders

Pew: 1 in 10 webpages show AI authorship, .com domains lead

Pew Research Center reveals 10% of webpages show AI authorship, rising to 35% post-ChatGPT. Commercial (.com) sites are...

Joyce de Castro

August 24, 2026

SEOs Are Becoming The Tools Of Their Tools – The AI Slop Backlash

Digital Platforms Combat Low-Quality AI Content, SEOs Adapt

Platforms like Spotify and Reddit are tightening content rules against AI ‘slop,’ compelling SEOs to shift strategies to...

Palumbo Angela

August 24, 2026

SEO Pulse illustration showing a professional working at a laptop

Google Expands Social Reporting, AI Content Affects Rankings

Google introduces social search reporting, while AI-flagged pages show lower rankings and opting out of AI features may...

Palumbo Angela

July 31, 2026

Writer reviewing data on a laptop with percentage and chart overlays

AI-generated content ranks lower in Google, Ahrefs data shows

New Ahrefs data reveals AI-heavy pages still rank on Google, but generally lower, with fewer indexed. Quality remains ke...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

July 28, 2026

Google may be using a new definition of thin content to penalize a site for AI-generated content.

Google ‘Thin Content’ Penalty Sparks AI-Generated Content Debate

A forum’s ‘thin content’ penalty from Google raises questions, with SEOs suspecting it’s a new crackdown on AI-generated...

Palumbo Angela

July 27, 2026

YouTube details content categories that disqualify creators from payments

YouTube details content categories that disqualify creators from payments

YouTube clarifies three content categories—Generic/Repetitive, Off-putting, and AI Personas in Sensitive Topics—that can...

Palumbo Angela

July 23, 2026

AI Content Fails to Engage as Zero-Click Searches Rise

AI-generated content often fails to engage readers, prompting businesses to shift towards outcome-driven, personalized s...

Joyce de Castro

July 22, 2026

Scaled AI Content Often Fails & Google's Crawl Economics Explain Why

Google’s crawl economics explain why scaled AI content fails

Mass-produced AI content often fails to rank on Google due to crawl economics, indexing thresholds, and quality controls...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

July 14, 2026