Here's how RankBrain does (and doesn't) impact SEO

In the past couple of weeks there has been a reinvigorated fervor surrounding artificial intelligence, with "AIO" (Artificial Intelligence Optimization) rearing its head on agency websites and blogs. HTTPS and mobile first seem to be cooling as topics, so attention is turning to RankBrain. The reality of this however is that artificial intelligence optimization is seemingly a paradoxical notion. If we imagine that Google is a child, when the child goes to school and reads a book, we want the child to learn and understand the information in that book. If the book isn't "optimized" for the child to learn – structured information, images, engaging, positive user experience etc. – then the child won't learn or understand the content.