More bad advice from AI

If you ask AI whether you should post the full text of an article on platforms like Medium or Reddit, it will almost always say you should post a preview of 1-2 paragraphs, a hook, and include a link to your website with the full version of the article at the end. Because if you post the entire text, you’ll be giving away seo traffic to that platform. AI doesn’t give a damn that this is a complete lack of respect for the audience, if there’s just one paragraph and “read more on my blog” at the end. We’re not in 2017 anymore, are we?

It might also suggest not posting a copy of the text, but creating an adapted version for each platform. That’s nonsense. You’d have to spend time adapting the text to turn one article into several different ones, and what’s the point if you’re just going to give seo value of the adapted version to that platform anyway?

If you tell AI that this doesn’t suit you, it’ll say that you shouldn't post your content on other platforms at all, you should only keep an archive of your texts on your own site. It doesn’t care that seo traffic won’t come for several years, until search engines start trusting the site.

This is yet another example of how asking AI for advice, let alone following it, can be harmful. When it comes to marketing, advertising, and user acquisition, AI is almost useless.

It’s much more effective in the early stages to publish your content wherever possible. The full text, not a teaser or an adapted version. And add a link to your blog at the end.