03/30/2026
Around the time ChatGPT launched, even a little before, a lot of executives had a similar dream for their marketing teams: Publish way more. Cover way more keywords. Win on a massive amount of volume.
The problem is that strategy fails in two different ways.
First, generic content does not do much when a real person lands on the page. If it reads like AI-generated filler content, they're going to leave.
Then the second failure comes later. Search and answer engines, especially those powered by LLMs, get better at filtering out the same low-effort content you were hoping would help you.
That is where most people have landed with AI and content. Not to mention, it is easy for everyone to generate AI content, so there is no differentiation, even if it worked. But it does not.
The old rules are the same rules we have today and they have gotten even more valuable.
You must give your readers real perspective, real expertise, and real answers to their problems.
Read more here:
https://www.mostlyserious.io/insights/write-for-people-not-algorithms