E439: The GPT-based Chrome Extension in this episode ranked on Google for 213,000+ keywords on Google (2,200 rankings in positions 1-3) with a site that was well under one year old.

No 301-redirects. No acquisitions. Normal SEO, heavily augmented with programmatic AI pages.

Then, during the panic of Google penalizing AI sites in early 2024, this site completely scrapped all its AI pages.

Then… it brought them back.

And now, nearly two years after the website was created, it ranks for a fraction of the keywords it once ranked for - likely because of Google’s March 2024 update and due to the website being harmed by scrapping so many previous pages.

This is an epic SEO story with ups, downs, and lessons.

The article: https://edwardsturm.com/articles/this-website-didnt-exist-one-year-ago-remarkable-seo-story/

The Berghain Techno playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2B8zE3BZbKV9x97KOJ4y75?si=d6aa588608a44c43

00:00 Introduction to a Crazy SEO Discovery 00:54 The Mysterious Rise of Eightify 02:50 Unveiling Eightify’s SEO Strategy 06:07 The Ouroboros Effect and AI Risks 08:57 Eightify’s Downfall and Lessons Learned 11:23 Recommendations

The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

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