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Why AI Can’t Replace Human SEO Expertise—But It Can Make It More Effective

by | Jun 16, 2025

AI has revolutionized how many of us work, offering shortcuts for tasks that used to take up hours of our time. The rise of AI in digital marketing and SEO has helped to make it easier than ever to create website pages and offer more content to keep up with the demands of consumers. A common concern that we hear is the question of, “Will AI replace SEO professionals?” At Websults, we believe AI is a powerful assistant but not a replacement for human SEO expertise. Our SEO strategies combine innovative technology with years of real-world experience. Keep reading as we discover why AI can’t fully replace human SEO expertise. Here are our top tips for using AI to your advantage with specific tasks.

 

What AI Brings to the SEO Table

AI can perform a variety of tasks to support your website’s SEO. It’s a great tool to help offer keyword suggestions and content ideas for your website. If you are designing a new website, it could suggest the best pages and topics to add to your site. Data analysis and predictive search trends are other ways SEO thrives when assisting businesses with SEO. Once you have a basis for your site in place, SEO automation can be set up with AI tools. It can add meta tags or format your content and offer basic reporting so that you can continue to improve your site. When choosing the best AI tools, some of the most popular options to help you with these tasks include ChatGPT, SEMrush AI, or Surfer SEO.

 

What AI Can’t Do Without Human Expertise

While AI can help you with many time-consuming tasks, there are certain parts of website design and content creation that we highly advise you to still do with a professional specializing in SEO. AI cannot understand your brand voice, tone, and messaging, and many of these elements need to be written by someone familiar with your brand and who understands the message you are trying to convey on your website. While AI can suggest keywords and topics for you, it cannot offer strategic thinking and can’t take on tasks like choosing which keywords to target based on your business goals.

Once you’ve received reports and analytics, you’ll want to manually interpret them to ensure you are reviewing them with the proper context. AI cannot offer you real collaboration and can’t suggest the best ways to adapt to your changing business goals. You still need to undertake these tasks with human SEO expertise to ensure that you are supporting your business growth and not leaving it up to chance. Our team will also be able to work on local SEO customization and competitive positioning to ensure you rank highly in your local area or within the market you are trying to compete in.

 

Websults’ Approach: Combining AI with Proven SEO Strategy

As you can see, there are tasks that both AI and human SEO experts can support you with to get the best results and benefit from the time-saving opportunity that AI provides. Here at Websults, we have been designing websites and providing SEO services for several years. Our team blends technical knowledge, marketing insight, and AI-powered tools within our SEO services to offer our clients the best results. Once we have an initial consultation with your team, we can develop a plan to help you reach a wider online audience and continually improve your site to meet current consumer expectations.

The SEO services we offer include keyword research, as we always recommend clients take the time to brainstorm keywords and build a solid base. We can support you with content planning and on-page and technical SEO to improve your website’s online performance. Finally, if you want to expand your knowledge of SEO, we can provide you with one-on-one WordPress SEO training from beginner to advanced levels for yourself or your team members. Our team will work with you to understand your business needs and assemble a service package based on your current goals.

 

Real Results Require Real People

It can be tempting to rely on technology for every aspect of our lives today, but you’ll get the best results when you combine real people and their years of experience with AI. Top business owners know that AI can’t build trust, communicate with nuance, or fully understand your business the way humans can. Our team understands the importance of the personal touch. We know that there is never a one-size-fits-all solution for businesses, and so we work to create and execute custom strategies to meet your business goals.

While AI does start to understand your habits, the more you use it, the less you can build a genuine relationship with technology. We work to form strong business relationships and offer ongoing consultations to companies. SEO is a practice that requires constant work, and we’ll be here to support you as trends change and your business grows. We can help you with transparent reporting and making real-time adjustments to keep ahead of the competition, no matter what industry you are operating in.

 

Use AI as a Tool—But Trust the Experts for Results

AI can boost efficiency for business owners and employees, but it needs expert guidance to be effective. Here at Websults, we stay informed about current tools and trends, but never sacrifice quality or strategy by fully relying on technology. Our team has years of experience working with businesses looking to increase their SEO ranking and boost their online visibility. Ready to improve your SEO with the right mix of tech and talent? Contact Websults today to discuss your goals or set up a training session with our team.

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Websults LLC was founded by Jonathan Weindruch, Vanderbilt MBA. Jonathan is a web strategy consultant with expertise in e-business, digital marketing, and web site development projects. Jonathan, a Fulbright scholarship winner, graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt. Over the last 20 years, he has managed the design and development of hundreds of websites for businesses, government agencies, and non-profits.

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