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Reddit AI search spam enforcement scale: 23 million spam views blocked daily narrowing to 25,000 spammy posts and comments caught daily, showing the gap between visibility blocked and content removed.

Reddit AI search spam hits 25,000 poisoned posts daily

Reddit AI search spam floods the platform as brands chase chatbot citations. Reddit catches 25,000 spammy posts daily and blocks 23 million views.

Lars Cornelissen · Aug 4, 2026

Bar chart of content tactics and their effect on source visibility in AI answers: citing sources +40 percent, adding quotations +38 percent, adding statistics +37 percent, fluent writing +15 percent, keyword stuffing minus 3 percent.

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Generative engine optimization: how to rank inside an LLM

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the practice of getting your content cited inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews. Here is what earns a citation and what to change on your site.

Lars Cornelissen · Jun 12, 2026

Google AI opt out chart showing lower click rates when AI summaries appear in search results

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Google AI opt out gives publishers a real lever now

Google AI opt out rules in the UK give publishers control over AI Search, but the hard choice is whether to trade traffic for leverage.

Lars Cornelissen · Jun 3, 2026