HOW DID YOU ALL SURVIVE THE AUGUST ALGORITHM TSUNAMI? HERE IS HOW I SAVED MY AI SITES AND CAME OUT ON TOP
Description and use
<p>The August Google core update hit us hard. Scanning through various SEO communities, I saw so many peers devastated as their high-performing sites went into a freefall—some even wiped out completely. What did all these hit sites have in common? They heavily over-relied on AI to churn out endless low-value content, published thin information, and fell right into the keyword cannibalization trap.</p> <blockquote> <p>Many of you messaged me asking: <em>"Is AI content dead? Should we drop AI entirely and go back to 100% manual writing?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>With over 15 years in the SEO tr
Problem
<p>The August Google core update hit us hard. Scanning through various SEO communities, I saw so many peers devastated as their high-performing sites went into a freefall—some even wiped out completely. What did all these hit sites have in common? They heavily over-relied on AI to churn out endless low-value content, published thin information, and fell right into the keyword cannibalization trap.</p> <blockquote> <p>Many of you messaged me asking: <em>"Is AI content dead? Should we drop AI entirely and go back to 100% manual writing?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>With over 15 years in the SEO tr
Outcome
<p>The August Google core update hit us hard. Scanning through various SEO communities, I saw so many peers devastated as their high-performing sites went into a freefall—some even wiped out completely. What did all these hit sites have in common? They heavily over-relied on AI to churn out endless low-value content, published thin information, and fell right into the keyword cannibalization trap.</p> <blockquote> <p>Many of you messaged me asking: <em>"Is AI content dead? Should we drop AI entirely and go back to 100% manual writing?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>With over 15 years in the SEO tr
Evidence
HOW DID YOU ALL SURVIVE THE AUGUST ALGORITHM TSUNAMI? HERE IS HOW I SAVED MY AI SITES AND CAME OUT ON TOP
- Record date: 2026-09-18T17:45:39.304Z