Google explains how AI-generated content fits into their long-established approach of displaying relevant material to users on Search.
Google's ranking algorithms recognize & reward unique, high-quality content that exhibits the E-E-A-T qualities: expertise, experience, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.
Despite this, it's crucial to understand that not all automation, including AI generation, results in spam.
Creating useful material, like sports results and transcripts, has long been automated.
Creators must adhere to the concept of E-E-A-T and keep track of what the algorithm expects, irrespective of AI’s involvement in the creation.
Appropriate use of AI or automation is not against Google's guidelines.
This means that AI should not be used to manipulate search rankings, which is against Google spam policies.
Whether AI or human-generated, on critically important topics—like health, civic, or financial information—Google’s systems greatly emphasize reliability signals.
Google advises adding disclosures on AI or automation to content where viewers might wonder, "How was this created?" Add them when it would be reasonable to expect them.
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