Hundreds of Websites Using AI Content Removed from Google Search
• Hundreds of websites deindexed in early stages of Google's March 2024 Core Update targeting AI-generated spam • Analysis shows over 800 out of 49,345 monitored websites completely removed from search results • Affected sites accounted for estimated monthly loss of 20.7 million organic visits and $446,552 ad revenue • Study found 100% of deindexed sites showed signs of AI-generated content, 50% had 90-100% AI-created posts • Update signals Google's efforts to reshape search landscape by prioritizing quality, original human-generated content