Don't Set Yourself Up To Fail!

I am not writing this blog post to be negative; it’s really because I want to see members succeed! I don’t know how many of you use Google Alerts, but I do use the alerts and find them very helpful. You can set an alert for any subject you require, even your name. They are also useful if you want to see when a particular post is indexed, provided you have an alert set up for that subject.

Dale from Wealthy Affiliate has a very short training video on Google alerts and backlinks. You can see the training video below.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/dale123/blog/using-google-alerts-to-get-backlinks

Now, coming back to the subject of not setting yourself up to fail. One of my Google alerts is set up for “Wealthy Affiliate Reviews” This is not an alert that I really study. However, the other day, I did look, and I was amazed at how many members are using AI to create content. The fact that your post has been indexed on Google doesn’t mean that it will rank highly; in fact, I can almost guarantee that you are wasting your time if you are using total AI content.

As many of you know, I have many reservations about the use of AI. However, through going through some of the AI training on the platform, I have changed my mind that AI can be a helpful assistant, but not to fully create content. As Kyle wrote in one of his comments back to me, “And yes, we will continue to teach AI properly. We are living in an AI-assisted world, not created one.” Very wise words from Kyle, I believe!

The idea of writing content is to share our knowledge on a particular subject. This is why it’s so important to find a niche that you have a passion for, as we can write very freely when we have knowledge of our niche.

When I see a Wealthy Affiliate review post that have words like “ecosystems”, that is absolute fluff and nonsense!

I’m not sure that Wealthy Affiliate is an “ecosystem”; however, AI loves to refer to everything as an ecosystem, it’s a word I see a lot! It’s so important to write from the heart and to share our genuine knowledge. Even if we are very new to writing blog posts, we are better off saying that we are in the learning process, but we are growing rapidly due to the excellent training at Wealthy Affiliate. I believe that honesty and being real pays off in the long run.

Then I see words like “delve”, “given the pin”, “in today’s digital age”, “treasure trove”, “let’s explore”, etc. I haven’t fully quoted the full sentences as I want to protect the writers. But it’s so blatantly obvious that it's AI content!

I think we all know that we can potentially create content really quickly with AI, but the problem is it really lacks originality. Most people want to hear something that’s the truth not just something that’s been regurgitated, which is really what AI content is.

We have also to remember that AI can be very inaccurate, and it’s easy for content to be interpreted wrongly. We are not careful; these mistakes can quickly damage our credibility and reputation.

The other fact is that AI content is very impersonal; it lacks depth and genuine human experience. Don’t forget to remember that AI is a helper rather than a replacement.

I know many people come to Wealthy Affiliate with very high expectations and potentially work very hard. I believe that if you continue to use AI-created content, your hard work will sadly be in vain. By all means use AI as a helper, but remember Kyle’s words; “And yes, we will continue to teach AI properly. We are living in an AI-assisted world, not created one.

Thank you for reading.

Roy