AI Slop Websites Rise Fivefold with GEO Optimization

Generative AI is making it easier to operate content farms designed to capture advertising revenue.

AI Slop Websites Rise Fivefold with GEO Optimization

TL;DR

  • AI 'slop' sites saw a more than fivefold increase in Q2 year-over-year.
  • Traffic to these low-quality AI-generated content sites quadrupled in the same period.
  • The rise of these sites exacerbates SEO incentive problems in the AI answer engine era.
  • Brands and publishers are competing to influence chatbot recommendations.