Google Spam Update Appears to Hit Templated, AI-Generated Programmatic Pages
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-09-29
Veteran SEO Lily Ray reports early signs that the current Google Spam update is hitting sites with highly templated, programmatic, (probably) AI-generated pages — such as one page per phone number/area code. A material risk signal for anyone leaning on programmatic SEO and mass AI content.
Related event: Google's September Spam Update Targets Mass-Produced AI Content(2 posts)→
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