The Worldday Files · Case 369
They called it AI spam.
In 2024 I built worldday.de with AI – 100% AI content. It hit 1,000,000 visitors a month. SISTRIX ranked it the fastest-growing domain in Germany. In the same article, the editors called it "AI spam" and hoped it would crash. Here is the evidence.
Exhibit 01 · Google traffic
510,646 Google visits a month
Ahrefs estimate for the week of 10–16 June 2024. Ahrefs counts Google organic traffic only. Total traffic including Discover, direct and social: about 1,000,000 a month (own figures).
Exhibit 02 · The imprint
My company
The imprint of worldday.de as saved by the Internet Archive on 1 May 2024: Elci Solutions Agency FZCO.
Exhibit 03 · The sale
€60,750 · 13 May 2024
Bank statement, redacted. Only the payment line is visible.
What they wrote · translated from German
"without any personal experience"
"made with ChatGPT & co."
"We can only hope the site crashes as quickly as possible."
SRC: SISTRIX IndexWatch Q2/2024, 04.07.2024 · worldday.de #1 relative winner, +273.53 % (2.47 → 9.24)
May 13
Sold
June
Peak
July 4
"AI spam"