I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me with writing SEO content. It’s been useful but I’ve hit a few roadblocks. I’m wondering if anyone has had better luck with it?
This is what I’m doing right now:
Keyword research - I still have to do this manually since I haven’t found ChatGPT very helpful here. It slows me down a bit.
Writing content - ChatGPT helps a lot but sometimes what it writes feels too much like a robot. If I don’t guide it carefully, it just doesn’t sound human enough. My SEO results also don’t improve much unless I give it super detailed directions.
I feel like I’m not getting the best out of AI for SEO, especially when I want to scale my content while keeping the quality high.
So… anyone got any tips or had success using ChatGPT or AI for SEO?
Some specific questions:
Has anyone found a better way to get AI to help with keyword research?
How do you make AI-written content sound more natural and human?
What’s the best way to speed up content creation while still keeping it good?
Any tips for using other tools with ChatGPT to save time?
I’d love to hear your ideas or workflows! Thanks in advance!
Here’s my take, as someone who’s been doing SEO for 15 years:
Keyword research: I still do most of it manually, but ChatGPT can help find some keywords I might have missed. When I build keyword lists, I search for words that can be grouped into phrases. ChatGPT helps by suggesting terms I might not have thought of.
Content writing: It’s good for writing short sections, like a few paragraphs or slide content, but don’t expect it to write an entire page that’s perfect. I also think Claude is better for this right now.
Troubleshooting: Amazing for fixing technical issues. In the past, I’d spend hours searching through old message boards, but now I just ask ChatGPT, and it usually gives a more elegant solution than what I found before.
Images: Google loves unique images. DALL·E helps me generate relevant graphics, and I always change the file names and dimensions, plus remove metadata, so bots don’t detect them as AI-generated too easily.
For me, using ChatGPT has improved my work by about 20%, and I’m saving around 20% of the time too.
I get ChatGPT to help me brainstorm topics, then I feed it some example titles and an outline. I make changes to the outline and ask it for more ideas on what I should include.
It looks so much better than my competitors’ content. They can’t write for anything.
I use ChatGPT to outline or analyze competitor copy, and then I use Claude for writing SEO-optimized copy that’s better than theirs. It’s also awesome for planning out sales pages. I’m happy with the results.
To be real, I wouldn’t rely too much on AI for writing content. Google is already hitting AI-written content hard and lowering its rankings.
If you use AI, it should be more for research or finding out what your competitors are doing, then use that info to create your own. You’ll get better results in the long run.
Search engines are rewarding well-written and engaging content, not just AI-mixed stuff that’s already out there
SHANE said:
I actually came to this forum to see if anyone else had the same problem as me. I’m in the exact same situation as you.
Yeah, seems like we’re both in the same boat! SEO takes so much time, and I don’t even have a chance to focus on other traffic sources anymore, like ads.
AI can be great for generating ideas, but just be careful… search engines might flag AI-generated content, and it won’t rank as high.
My tip: Use AI for ideas or basic outlines. You need to add your own keywords because AI sometimes doesn’t use enough of them, or it doesn’t get them right. Tweaking it yourself can also help avoid getting flagged as AI-written.
As for keyword research, AI tools can be outdated. It’s a good starting point, but I’d still use tools like AnswerThePublic or SEMrush for more detailed research.
