Fake-stats site deindexed by Google was still cited by ChatGPT for 7 months
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-10-21
A site with 50,000 fake statistics built in a single day was deindexed by Google, yet ChatGPT kept citing it for 7 months, backed by 330+ referring domains including Shopify and DHL. The fabricated data even made its way into academic and financial research — a stark illustration of how LLM data pipelines can launder and legitimize misinformation long after search engines catch on.
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