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Hey, we're famous for getting ripped off :) businessinsider.com/seo-heis…

Audacious new schemes known as 'SEO heists' are posing thorny questions for Google

The tech-help website Exceljet was cloned by a competitor using AI. It poses thorny questions for Google.

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Hey @ZebraBI - the @msexcel team will be surprised to learn that Excel has a STRIKETHROUGH() function! 😀 Currently #1 in Google for "Excel strikethrough". cc @MrExcel ,@LeilaGharani, @googlesearchc zebrabi.com/guide/how-to-str…
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See your instructions here:
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On Bing, the same article is on page #3, FWIW.
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The new functions in #Excel are useful. The "old" formula to get the last name: =MID(B5,FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(B5," ","*",LEN(B5)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B5," ",""))))+1,100) The "new" formula: =TEXTAFTER(B5," ",-1) We like the second option :)
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The cool thing in the example is the *negative* instance number in TEXTAFTER. This tells TEXTAFTER to get all text after the *last* space. Excellent feature, useful in many situations.
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What about advanced techniques?! They have it covered. Check out this word salad:
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Not helpful? Here are two more articles on the same topic:
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Bottom line: at over 2000 words, this article is mostly just AI-generated fluff. Yet, for some reason, Google is ranking it #1. Please do better Google! There are many great Excel sites out there. More words <> more quality. cc @JohnMu
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Plus, you can also use macros to automate the process! Yes. But do be careful if you go this route, because "macros can be risky". Actually, there is no code or instructions, so most people probably won't try macros?
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Followed by some nonsense about creating a weighted average with multiple criteria. Seriously, give these 4 steps a try, and let us know how it goes!
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Another fluffy AI-generated article from @ZebraBI, currently ranking #1 as the "featured snippet" for "Excel weighted average" on @Google. (The screenshot comes from Exceljet, but that's for another day)
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Maybe the most interesting thing about this article is that there is not a single working formula or screenshot. The closest we get is this how-to:
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Yes, AI is cheap. But there are other costs...
JH Scherck
@JHTScherck30 Nov 2023
Update on Causal - this is just a lag with Ahrefs data, they have tanked. Give it a few more days and it's going to be sub 100K visits a month.
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Another garbage AI-gen article about Excel, this one on "How separate names in Excel". Ranking today as the "featured snippet" in Google, courtesy of @ZebraBI. Thread 🧵cc @lilyraynyc ,@CyrusShepard, @RossHudgens, @darth_na, @JHTScherck
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Conclusion: Good AI gen effort! But this article is crappy and shouldn't be anywhere near page 1 on @Google. Real humans will waste time trying to sort it out, assuming it's the "best" result available.
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The article itself is here: zebrabi.com/guide/how-to-sep…
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