Did AI Just Kill Affiliate Marketing? With Greg Elfrink [The Opportunity Ep.124]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI has been the talk of the town among affiliate marketers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some hail it as a hero that will usher in a new age of efficiency and money-making opportunities. Others see AI as their downfall and are ready to grab their torches and pitchforks to defend their livelihood. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, is AI the beginning of the end for affiliate marketing? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That is the question that Greg seeks to answer in this week’s episode. Greg assesses the most common fears content site owners have when it comes to AI. These fears include Google punishing AI content, and AI-powered search killing organic SEO.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greg counters these arguments by breaking down the many uses of AI in affiliate marketing and explains that Google can’t afford the financial costs of deploying AI-powered search or the resulting loss of paid advertising revenue.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Even if AI were to reinvent SEO, Greg doesn’t believe it will happen any time soon. He explains,</span></p> <blockquote> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></em><strong><em>SEO as we know it will change</em></strong><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">… after a while. The overnight destruction of content websites as we know it won’t happen in the span of weeks. At lightning speed,</span></em> <strong><em>we might see a significant shift in 2 years</em></strong><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, more than likely we’re over 5 years away from a significant change.”</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lastly, Greg takes a closer look at Bing’s role in the AI revolution and explains how Bing could use AI as a weapon against their oldest foe Google.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><