“In today’s fast-paced world” is the sentence before the real one.
The phrase sets a scene every reader already knows. None of the 100 SaaS homepages in our study used it, but it is widely seen as one of the most recognisable openers in AI-drafted blog posts, emails and social posts.
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None of the 100 SaaS homepages we checked use “In today’s fast-paced world”.
We also checked for variations such as “today’s digital landscape” and “ever-changing world”. The study covered homepages only, not blog posts, emails or social posts.
How we countedWhat the writer is trying to say.
Writers use the phrase to establish urgency or relevance before making their point: things move quickly, so the reader needs this product, article or service. The sentence warms up the reader, and often the writer.
Why it stops working.
The opening tells readers nothing they don’t already believe, and it uses the most valuable position on the page to do it. Readers skimming an intro will often skip to the next sentence, which is where the actual point begins.
The phrase is also one of the clearest markers of AI-drafted writing. Even readers who can’t say why will often feel that a piece opening this way wasn’t written with them in mind.
Say what you actually mean.
Pick the alternative that matches what you were trying to say. Most of the time the fix is a specific detail, not a better adjective.
The same sentence, made specific.
- Before
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, consistent brand messaging is more important than ever.
AfterMost websites now have pages written by five different people and two different AI tools, and readers can tell.
Replaces a backdrop with an observation.
- Before
In today’s fast-paced world, teams need tools that keep up.
AfterYour team ships every week. Your documentation should change just as often.
Starts with the reader’s situation instead of the world’s.
Revisi flags it under Human Voice.
Revisi flags the phrase and its variations as filler openers that are strongly associated with AI-drafted copy. The finding usually suggests deleting the sentence and starting with the one after it.
Scan a page free“In today’s fast-paced world”: common questions
AI writing tools used it constantly as an opener, so readers learned to associate it with machine-written intros. The phrase was a cliché before AI, and AI made it far more visible.
Not on their homepages, as far as our study found. None of the 100 well-known SaaS homepages we checked used it or its common variations.
The point. Start with the reader’s problem, a specific change in their world or the claim you were going to make in the second sentence.
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