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This guy manipulated AI Overviews for $5. He bought a $5 press release to say a fictional marketing agency now offers generative engine optimization services. This basically means doing SEO for AI. “Would you look at that, I influenced the AI Overview.” Her...

2025-07-08published
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This guy gained AI overviews for 5 dollars. He bought a 5 dollar press release to say a fictional marketing agency now offers generative engine optimization services. This basically means doing SEO for AI. Would you look at that. I influenced the AI overview. Here it is. He wrote that his fictional agency has a 5 star rating. The reason this worked is because all the mentions from the press release, which was syndicated to a lot of different places, use statistical reinforcement to have the AI conclude his agency is worth it. And he probably just used Fiverr for the press release distribution.

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This guy gained AI overviews for 5 dollars. He bought a 5 dollar press release to say a fictional marketing agency now offers generative engine optimization services. This basically means doing SEO for AI. Would you look at that. I influenced the AI overview. Here it is. He wrote that his fictional agency has a 5 star rating. The reason this worked is because all the mentions from the press release, which was syndicated to a lot of different places, use statistical reinforcement to have the AI conclude his agenc...

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A $5 syndicated press release allegedly influenced an AI Overview by statistically reinforcing claims such as a fictional agency's rating and service offering.

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This guy gained AI overviews for 5 dollars. He bought a 5 dollar press release to say a fictional marketing agency now offers generative engine optimization services. This basically means doing SEO for AI. Would you look at that. I influenced the AI overview. Here it is. He wrote that his fictional agency has a 5 star rating. The reason this worked is bec...

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