Avoid self-promotional 'best of' listicles that rank your own product at number 1, as Google penalizes them and some SaaS brands lost 30-50% visibility.

Why this matters

Lily Ray research found sites relying on thin promotional listicles lost 30-50% of traffic after Google stopped ranking that content.

Implementation

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Anti-pattern

Creating listicles solely to appear in comparison prompts in LLMs.