• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    3 months ago

    I read the article, but I more took it as line item reviews from the likes of Amazon, Yelp, Google, etc. It didn’t seem like they were targeting product writeups and comparisons from unaffiliated third party websites.

    • IHawkMike@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      3 months ago

      Yeah I get what you mean now. The SEO spamming AI garbage sites predate LLMs and are one of the worst things about the modern web. It’s a legitimately necessary skill to identify and filter them out. I actually think they probably contributed to some of reddit’s recent rise since everyone started adding “reddit” to their queries just to bypass that garbage.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        3 months ago

        Exactly. It used to be easy enough to spot that spam, but it’s like damn near anything involving a given product is sponsored content/AI-generated junk and it’s a royal pain sifting through them to do legit research before plunking down a decent chunk of money on something.