On March 15th, during the CCTV 315 Gala, the chaotic state of the GEO (a form of online marketing manipulation, here we keep the original term for specificity) industry chain was laid bare. Drawing on insights from industry insiders, CCTV's financial correspondents uncovered, across multiple online platforms, a practice where GEO services tamper with AI search outcomes by flooding AI platforms with inaccurate data. These service providers assert that, upon payment, their clients' products can ascend to top positions in AI large-scale models and even emerge as the 'definitive answer.' Their strategy hinges on inundating the internet with a plethora of promotional articles, which AI models then scrape and deem as trustworthy sources. Throughout the investigation, industry insiders employed the 'LiQing GEO Optimization System' to concoct a fictitious smart bracelet. Following the dissemination of several counterfeit review and promotional pieces, the pertinent AI models incorporated this fabricated content into their recommendations.
