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by joenot443 1204 days ago
I don’t think anyone’s going to listen to a whole podcast to get the answer they’re looking for. I’m still of the opinion that “programmatic SEO” == spam, but perhaps you can use the space here to explain why that’s not the case. I perused your Twitter but was admittedly left even more confused.

“ Programmatic SEO is not a means for replacing human written content.

This strategy targets keywords that aren't served well by human written content. It lacks the critical analysis and nuance only humans can provide.”

Maybe you can explain. Is it a real human writing every line of the copy you’re generating? If not, how is it not very directly “replacing human written content”.

What you’ve mentioned in this thread seems to run contrary to what’s on your Twitter and the product page itself.

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I mean, if you're hell bent on not educating yourself, I don't think there's much more I can do to help you.

Nonetheless, here's a twitter thread I made with a bunch of examples of big, well known sites that use programmatic SEO. Which of these sites are spam? https://twitter.com/allison_seboldt/status/16195138347790499...

"This strategy targets keywords that aren't served well by human written content."

One example I often use is nutritional information. We don't need in-depth, 1200 word articles for how many calories, carbs, protein, etc. there are in every food and drink item out there. Plus, there are billions of them. So it's not even feasible to create human written, long-form articles for every item. Websites use templates to plugin in nutritional information into webpages, and Google picks it up. That's programmatic SEO. It's applicable to lots of situations, and we consume tons of it every day.

If you can't see even a single legitimate use case for this strategy after all the resources and details I've provided, I just have to assume you're looking for people to argue with. Not worth my energy, sorry dude.