Bankrate is Using AI To Write 100s of Articles: Here’s a Look at The Results
I saw someone post on Twitter about how Bankrate.com has been posting AI-generated content on their website. And they’ve been telling everyone exactly what they’re doing.
Bankrate is a huge website in the financial industry. They have tens of thousands of articles about personal finance, credit cards, real estate, and retirement.
Google says they have stricter guidelines about YMYL (your money, your life) topics, which includes personal finance.
Google says:
For pages about clear YMYL topics, we have very high Page Quality rating standards because low quality pages on such topics could potentially negatively impact a person’s health, financial stability, or safety, or the welfare or well-being of society. (source)
Bankrate’s articles fall into the YMYL category, so Google should be especially strict. If Google doesn’t like AI-written content, they definitely won’t put Bankrate’s articles near the top of the search results.
Bankrate has published 168 AI articles
Unlike most people who are trying to hide their use of AI, Bankrate is very open about using AI to create content.
