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Re: Ask HN: Impact of LLMO (SEO for LLM) on software vendors?

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Post by vermorel » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 10:48 AM UTC

palmfacehn wrote: post #3

This isn't fundamentally different from PR speak which is already infesting the web.

Is-it though? Hyperbolic praise of a vendor on the web is quite transparent, hence, a casual reader is hardly going to be fooled. LLM distortion would be just as severe BUT much harder to spot.

Re: Ask HN: Impact of LLMO (SEO for LLM) on software vendors?

#12

Post by palmfacehn » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 10:54 AM UTC

vermorel wrote: post #11

palmfacehn wrote: post #3

This isn't fundamentally different from PR speak which is already infesting the web.

Is-it though? Hyperbolic praise of a vendor on the web is quite transparent, hence, a casual reader is hardly going to be fooled. LLM distortion would be just as severe BUT much harder to spot.

Do LLMs not scrape press releases and generated reviews?

Re: Ask HN: Impact of LLMO (SEO for LLM) on software vendors?

#13

Post by vermorel » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 1:49 PM UTC

palmfacehn wrote: post #12

vermorel wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is-it though? Hyperbolic praise of a vendor on the web is quite transparent, hence, a casual reader is hardly going to be fooled. LLM distortion would be just as severe BUT much harder to spot.

Do LLMs not scrape press releases and generated reviews?

It's safe to assume that anything publicly available on the web is being scraped.