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The Future of Clicks, Commerce, and Communication in the Age of AI
Chapter 1: The Day the Internet Shook On August 22, 2022, Google rolled out the Helpful Content Update, a quiet but seismic shift. It marked the end of content-for-traffic and ushered in the era of content-for-humans. Entire verticals were decimated overnight: affiliate blogs, review farms, content mills all saw traffic