At this point, AI is nothing new.
We’ve had AI tools for many years now, and we’ve had a couple of years to get used to generative AI.
But now, we’re entering a new generation of AI tools for business.
Most notably, agentic AI is starting to make waves.
In the white label SEO world, professionals are starting to take note.
Could agentic AI eventually replace white label SEO altogether? And if so, what would that look like?
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A Primer on White Label SEO
White label SEO is a collection of services related to search engine optimization (SEO), but provided in a white label capacity.
Typically, the white label SEO partner takes care of some collection of SEO-related responsibilities, including but not necessarily limited to content marketing, link building, and technical optimization. The person or entity enlisting these surfaces gets to market them as their own, taking advantage of the white label to brand them however they see fit.
The end client gets access to superb SEO services. The agency or firm branding those services gets to take credit for the quality work and avoid hemorrhaging resources in pursuit of these strategies on their own. And of course, the white label service provider gets to make a profit without ever interacting with the end client directly.
Hypothetically, it’s an arrangement that works for all parties.
What Is Agentic AI?
What exactly is agentic AI?
Agentic AI utilizes the most recent, most sophisticated forms of AI technology to tackle a wide range of responsibilities. In most applications, agentic AI is more focused on making decisions and automating processes than it is responding to individual prompts.
In a sense, most of us have already had experiences with agentic AI. Personal digital assistants, like Siri or Cortana, are early examples of agentic AI in practice. Typically, agentic AI focuses on tasks and objectives, and it can help you with innovation, decision making, automation, and much more.
Agentic AI vs. Generative AI
Agentic AI and generative AI are similar in some ways, but we should think of these as discrete technologies.
Generative AI typically focuses on things like:
- Content generation. Most people are familiar with generative AI for its ability to generate content, including written content, images, and even videos. Although it’s possible for agentic AI to pursue these as goals, content generation isn’t its primary purpose.
- Data analytics. Generative AI is also extremely skilled when it comes to processing data and analyzing it. Again, agentic AI can do this, but generative AI focuses more concretely on crunching numbers than it does on forming conclusions or making decisions.
- Personalization. Generative AI is also very good at personalization. If you want to rewrite a swath of content with a different tone or purpose, or if you want to appeal to specific individuals, it’s an incredible tool.
- Adaptability according to prompts. In most cases, generative AI is almost entirely dependent on user prompts. In the hands of a skilled user, it’s possible to guide and refine the results of generative AI by issuing modifying prompts and subsequent adjustments.
Agentic AI is different, in that it focuses on things like:
- Decision making. Unlike generative AI, agentic AI has the ability to reason and sort through complex ideas. It’s not truly conscious or intelligent, but it can use sophisticated processes to make intelligent decisions. It gets even better when properly trained and guided.
- Problem solving. Agentic AI is also formulated to assist with problem solving. Generative AI might be good at summarizing complicated information or restating things in creative ways, but it’s not especially skilled at helping you think through problems or brainstorm solutions. Agentic AI attempts to break from this, offering support for a variety of problem solving efforts.
- Total autonomy. When working with generative AI, users have to issue a number of successive prompts. Without sufficient prompts, generative AI can do basically nothing. However, agentic AI is differentiated because it can function almost totally autonomously. Once it’s given an objective or directive, it can take care of the rest on its own.
- Conversational interactions. Although generative AI does offer some kinds of conversational interactions, agentic AI is much more forward and formal with this aspect. Some agentic AI systems even attempt to replicate the experience of having a personal assistant or collaborator.
- Big picture planning. Finally, agentic AI is exceptionally good when it comes to big picture planning. Most CEOs and similarly authoritative decision makers wouldn’t deign to use generative AI as a tool to improve their decision making or long-term planning – but they might use a sufficiently powerful agentic AI tool.
The Current State of Agentic AI
Agentic AI isn’t perfect, and it’s still undergoing rapid development, but even in its current state, it’s useful in a variety of applications, such as:
- Customer service. One of the most common ways for businesses to use agentic AI is to provide customer service. In this way, agentic AI functions as a kind of digital customer service representative, greatly improving upon what previous generations of chatbots have been able to do.
- Workflow/process automation. Agentic AI is also useful for improving workflows, automating processes, and planning campaigns. Already, you can probably see why agentic AI is so useful in the realm of SEO. It can even hypothetically help you find free link building opportunities – and take advantage of them.
- Risk management. Some business leaders have latched on to agentic AI because of its utility and risk management. With the help of the data processing and objective reasoning of these types of tools, business leaders can do a much better job assessing risks, catching fraud, and generally managing and mitigating potential issues.
- Decision making. And of course, most agentic AI proponents use this technology for improved decision making. It’s one of the best tools available for making smarter, more objective business decisions. This includes both high-level strategic considerations for SEO campaigns as well as ground-level, tactical considerations in their execution.
The Limitations of Agentic AI
That said, there are some limitations of agentic AI that make it not quite as threatening to white label SEO service providers.
- Autonomy. Agentic AI tools are often marketed as autonomous, but as you might suspect, they aren’t totally autonomous. There’s currently no agentic AI tool available that can instantly and automatically begin working on your SEO campaign. Instead, you’ll need to train, guide, and develop agentic AI to serve your purposes specifically.
- Reliability issues. As was the case with generative AI and other predecessor tools, agentic AI isn’t perfectly reliable. It’s capable of making mistakes, it doesn’t have perfect access to information, and its reasoning doesn’t always fall in line with yours.
- Lack of nuance. Although agentic AI is superior to generative AI and its ability to parse and understand complex ideas, it still doesn’t have the human ability to sort through very tricky or nuanced issues. It doesn’t have a real intuition, nor is it going to think things through the way a human would.
- Lack of transparency. Similarly, we don’t always have access to the reasoning behind agentic AI decisions and recommendations. Like most other types of AI, it exists in a black box that we can’t peer into. This lack of transparency leads to some issues and complications in certain applications.
- Governance and compliance. If your business is one that has to significantly plan around governance and compliance, agentic AI can pose some concerns. This was also an issue with generative AI.
- Learning pains. There’s also a learning curve associated with the use of agentic AI. As you become familiar with these types of tools and technologies, you may not be able to perfectly harness them for your desired applications.
How Agentic AI Can Replace White Label SEO
There is a conceivable reality in which agentic AI replaces white label SEO entirely. Because it’s exceptionally skilled at recognizing patterns, analyzing data, and even making objective decisions, it can serve the role of an SEO advisor once properly trained. If these tools become sophisticated enough, they can take the place of a human consultant and execute much of the work necessary to keep your SEO campaign going.
It’s not hard to imagine a future in which these technologies grow advanced enough to handle almost everything without manual intervention. Of course, if this reality does unfold, it will present a host of new issues – the most important of which is “what happens when everyone in the world has access to automation that can help them climb to the top of search engine results pages (SERPs).” It’s not entirely clear what Google would do about this type of situation, or if search engines and results pages would even be relevant in such a world. After all, if agentic AI is advanced enough to handle SEO campaigns entirely autonomously, it’s probably advanced enough to handle most human responsibilities, completely eliminating the need to conduct searches in the first place.
It’s an interesting thought experiment, if nothing else.
Why Agentic AI Isn’t Ready to Replace White Label SEO (Yet)
We aren’t shy about saying that AI is an extremely useful tool in the realm of SEO. But when it comes to replacing white label link building, agentic AI just isn’t there yet. It’s useful for crunching numbers, analyzing trends, making recommendations, and even producing a wealth of resources for SEO campaigns – but it isn’t perfect and it doesn’t know everything.
For the time being, white label SEO is still white label SEO, and even the best AI tools on the market haven’t been able to encroach on the territory of skilled, experienced experts in this field.
And although AI does advance quickly, like most other modern technologies, it’s unlikely to replace human beings in this field in the next few years, at minimum.
The right white label SEO team can serve your clients better, save you time and money, and ultimately bolster your reputation.
It’s an investment that allows your business to become more profitable, more efficient, and more reputable, and it requires almost no additional time on your end.
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