'RIP SEO / SEO is dead' viral hype and mega-prompt hacks
Evidence: 1/10 · Practitioner claim
Viral 'a16z declared SEO dead + here's my mega prompt' posts (200K+ views) sell prompts/files that do nothing; every serious study shows SEO fundamentals drive AI visibility; AI tools are ~2% of referral traffic vs search 24% (SimilarWeb Jan 2026)
Source-bias note: High (engagement-bait) — weigh the claims accordingly.
How to implement this
- GEO vs SEO: What Actually Changed (and What Didn't) →
GEO and SEO are not rivals: AI engines pick citations from search results, so SEO remains the foundation. Here is exactly what changes on top of it.
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