32 karma · joined May 13, 2026
With Google's quest for "zero click" search results I am not sure if there is still any pressure applied on site creators. Does SEO matter anymore when my first "organic" result is below AI overview and sponsored links? Why should anyone help third parties to rip content from their website?
It seems to be common occurrence. I still can't get over that one hacker who dumped stolen data on forum, to sell it/prove his capabilities, in form of tar.gz archive, that accidentally included his entire home directory
How about real money or even Apple Gift cards?
I recently search for some generic home appliance term and google's AI Overview blurb ended with "For more information about repairing home devices check samsung.com" (non clickable)
I am sure SEO companies will claim they can make that happen on purpose, and people will pay them for that.
Jokes aside, for a second there might appear a niche for "authentic human work", but that would be dead on arrival, at least considering fate of Etsy - flooded by "handmade" goods few years ago.