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A recent study conducted by the European Commission highlights a concerning trend among social media influencers, with the majority failing to disclose paid content. This omission not only contravenes advertising guidelines but also raises legal implications for both influencers and the brands they promote. European Union regulations mandate influencers to maintain transparency in their posts, ensuring they do not disseminate false or deceptive information about products or services. Specifically, influencers must disclose any financial or non-monetary benefits received from endorsing a brand's offerings. The study examined  posts from 576 influencers across major social media platforms and uncovered significant deficiencies. While nearly all influencers (97%) shared content with commercial intent, only a minority 2 in 10 (or 20 percent to be exact) consistently disclosed the promotional nature of their posts. A notable portion (30%) omitted essential company details, such as conta...

  You might think that text generated by AI would be extremely easy to spot, but in spite of the fact that this is the case, it has become increasingly effective at passing as human written content. It turns out that AI generated has become so advanced that it might even be surpassing human written copy in terms of quality. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that a survey conducted by  Semrush reveale d  something surprising. 54% of people that responded to this survey preferred content that had been generated by an AI. It also won in terms of product descriptions and social media posts, both of which were preferred by 65% of respondents, as well as 70% for social media ads. 38% of the people that responded to this survey were between the ages of 25 and 44, with 12% aged from 18 to 24, 18% between 45 and 54, and 32% 55 or older. The respondents that liked AI copy better said that it didn’t waste any time before diving into th...

  The prospect of your webpage failing to achieve a high enough ranking on the SERP can be frustrating because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up holding your website back. It turns out that Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan  has offered some important advice  on the manner in which you should optimize your site for the purposes of getting it a higher ranking than might have been the case otherwise. The first thing that he mentioned in a Twitter post responding to  a query  from a blog owner was that the originality of your content should be readily apparent for all to see. What this basically means is that you should make it absolutely certain that the content comes from personal experience and isn’t just a rewritten version of the same things that people have said previously, and it can’t seem like a random hodgepodge of descriptions either. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to no...