John Mueller: Search Systems Will Eventually Catch AI Spam Tactics
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-10-30
In an interview with David Iwanow, Google's John Mueller said listicles aren't inherently spam, but building an entire strategy on thousands of them is risky: people will use them "in a particularly bad way and then at some point the systems catch them," throwing away all that effort. He advises publishers to build foundations search engines and AI systems want to surface long-term. Lily Ray notes this describes "the cycle of SEO."
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