The 'Steal Your Competitor's SEO With AI' Trick, Tested

Originally published on rikuq.com. Republished here for Dev.to's readers.

This is the first post in a series I'm calling AI Slop, Tested. Twitter and LinkedIn are flooded with "I automated [hard thing] with AI, one click, 5 minutes, here's the exact workflow 👇" threads. Most of them are screenshots of a process that technically runs and produces something, dressed up as a result.

So I'm going to actually run them. On real targets. With receipts. Then tell you what's true, what's hype, and whether the 5 minutes buys you anything.

First up, the one that's been all over my feed:

How to STEAL your competitor's SEO strategy with AI in 5 minutes. Step 1: find their sitemap. Step 2-3: download 3-5 sitemaps. Step 4: upload everything into ChatGPT/Claude. Step 5: build a 6-month SEO roadmap.