[bennycha]

I always assumed something like ChatGPT is artificially boosted by Google... do they really have people doing SEO?

[8n4vidtmkvmk]

Why would Google artificially boost it? They're competing. They shouldn't give it any special treatment whatsoever

[ein0p]

Are they? Have you tried Gemini lately? They might be competing on the services side, but the only two peer competitors in the chatbot space are Anthropic and OpenAI.

[j0hnyl]

Are you suggesting that chatgpt is as popular as it is because it's propped up by google in the serps?

[hanspeter]

I think they're suggesting that highly popular sites like ChatGPT get a ranking boost beyond regular page rank, making SEO efforts unnecessary.

But I don’t think that’s the case, at least not artificially. These sites tend to rise naturally in search rankings because they have a huge volume of links and media coverage. Which still makes SEO efforts unnecessary.