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Claude Now Watermarks AI-Generated Content—What It Means for Your SEO Strategy

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Anthropic's Claude is watermarking AI-generated content, but Ahrefs' research suggests this won't meaningfully impact SEO since Google ranks AI content already.

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Ahrefs reports that Claude now watermarks all generated text, raising questions about whether this matters for SEO professionals. The outlet's analysis suggests it likely won't—Google has long stated it doesn't police how content is produced, only whether it's created to manipulate rankings, and Ahrefs' own data shows AI-generated content already performs in search results.

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