What does contradictory AI copy mean?
It means a generated draft went live with facts the business does not honour — hours, suburbs, prices or a shopfront you do not have.
Typical pattern: a model invented Saturday hours, a reception on a street you left, or “same-day implants” the clinicians do not offer. Customers and the profile now disagree with the page.
Is this scaled AI location pages?
No. That guide is many unoriginal city URLs published to manipulate rankings.
Use whether AI-generated location pages can hurt Local SEO for the factory. This page is one (or a few) contradictory drafts on URLs you intend to keep.
Is this over-optimised local copy?
Only if the problem is keyword stuffing rather than a false fact.
Readability and spam-policy risk are whether over-optimised Local SEO copy can hurt a page. A fluent paragraph that states the wrong closing time is this page.
Copy
Which sentences disagree with the shop? Hours, suburbs served, prices and “we have a reception on X Street” are typical hallucinations that shipped.Facts
What is the internal source of truth? The same record you use for the profile and citations.Profile
Does the Business Profile match that record? Google says profile information should stay current, and structured data must match visible text.Yes
A city-page factory is a different cleanup Use the AI location-pages guide when the problem is scaled unoriginal suburb URLs, not one contradictory draft.Next
Rewrite or remove; do not add unofficial AI schema Helpful content is reviewed before it goes live.
What must structured data match?
The visible text. Google says structured data should match what people see, including for AI features in Search.
Source: AI features and your website. Google’s guidance on AI-generated content still requires accuracy and people-first usefulness. Source: Guidance about using generative AI content.
What should you do with the draft?
Rewrite or remove the false sentences before you add more AI output. Align the profile if it drifted too.
Public NAP conflicts are why business information differs across the web. Do not add unofficial AI schema to “explain” the contradiction.
Copy-conflict decision table
| What you see | What it usually means | Decision | What not to assume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page says walk-in; shop is appointment-only | Unreviewed AI draft | Rewrite to the real access rule | That fluency equals accuracy |
| Dozens of city URLs with swapped names | Page factory | Use the AI location-pages guide | That this page is the factory cleanup |
| Copy is stuffed but factually true | Over-optimisation | Use that guide | That this page is a synonym job |
| Schema hours disagree with the paragraph | Markup mismatch | Make JSON-LD match visible text | That extra schema helps Overviews |
What should I not do?
Action checklist
- List every live claim that contradicts the shop.
- Restore the internal source of truth.
- Rewrite or remove the draft; align the profile.
- Make structured data match visible text.
- If the problem is a city-page factory, switch guides.
- Do not publish the next AI draft unreviewed.
When professional help makes sense
Help is useful when a vendor left AI drafts across many service URLs. It cannot make generative Search ignore a live contradiction overnight, and it cannot promise rankings from a rewrite. If the JSON-LD block itself disappeared after a theme update, use why LocalBusiness structured data disappeared after a template update.
Sources and further reading
- Google Search Central: Guidance about using generative AI content
- Google Search Central: AI features and your website
- Google Search Central: Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content
AI drafts on the site disagreeing with the real shop?
Otepsphere can reconcile published copy with the source of truth — without using AI as a page factory.
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