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INSIGHTS | AI in Context - October 2025

INSIGHTS | AI in Context - October 2025

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Can AI really handle your dealership's SEO?
In this first episode of In Search of Insights — a new spinoff of the In Search Of podcast — Wikimotive Co-Founder Zach Billings joins Dan Barker to unpack the realities vs. misconceptions surrounding generative AI in automotive marketing.Why Watch
  • Understand where AI tools actually fit into dealership marketing workflows
  • Learn why AI content can't simply replace human SEO strategy
  • See how Google's AI Overviews are impacting blog traffic and search behavior
  • Get a preview of real data from ongoing studies into LLM behavior, content performance, and consumer search habits
  • Walk away with clarity on what matters heading into Q4 — not just hype
In This Episode
00:00 – Intro: Welcome to In Search of Insights
01:00 – Zach's preferred LLM & why switching is a pain
05:15 – Early AI in automotive: From Anabot to GPT-3.5 hype
10:30 – Why early AI SEO claims were overblown
15:40 – What's actually changed (and what hasn't) in AI + search
19:35 – Google Analytics blog traffic drops & AI Overviews
23:10 – Human content vs. AI content: what Google actually respects
25:55 – Learning to prompt vs. learning to search
31:00 – LLMs vs. Google: different tools, different roles
36:05 – Common dealership misconceptions about AI content
40:05 – Upcoming studies: content length, transactional search, and LLM data
41:25 – Wrap-up & looking ahead to MRC presentationAbout In Search of Insights
A monthly, no-fluff snapshot of the automotive marketing landscape — designed for dealership stakeholders, management, and marketers who want clarity, not hype.
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