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Rise above the political chatter with Trial Balloon, a new podcast from Chris Riback and Taegan Goddard. This is the free version. The paid version offers more episodes and a private feed. See trialballoon.fm for more information.
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The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
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Spencer Haws from NichePursuits.com discusses business ideas that actually work. Learn how to build niche websites, market your website through search engine optimization, and much more. In addition, you'll get interviews with leading internet entrepreneurs that provide insight on: authority sites, flipping sites, using Google Adsense, outsourcing, automation tools, linkbuilding, building a real business, software development, creating iPhone Apps, lifestyle business, small business tips, an ...
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How Taegan Goddard’s Political Blog Gets Up To 10 Million Visitors/Month
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Taegan Goddard’s been in the blogging game for a long time, launching his first website before WordPress even existed. He went on to create his current website, Political Wire, which has been not only running but growing consistently for the last 25 years—no easy feat. Taegan has built “the anti-website,” using non-SEO strategies to win over his po…
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413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann
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This again. Once more, let's talk around another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something about it. Sponsored by: Tiptop: A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Star…
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This 8 Letter Tweet Just Changed Search Forever
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared break down the latest news affecting SEOs and small publishers, they share their side hustle progress, and they talk about some weird niche sites for inspiration. They discuss Sam Altman’s tweet - https://x.com/sama/status/1854238332534108188 They go ove…
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Jake Cain Was Inside Google's "Secret" Meeting with 20 HCU Crushed Bloggers. Here’s What Happened
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This week Jared Bauman sits down with Jake Cain, a long-time blogger with a portfolio of sites, a former Niche Pursuits employee, and an attendee at Google’s recent Creator Summit. In this interview, Jake shares his experience at the event, his thoughts on the topics discussed, and the main takeaways he left with. Ready to join a niche publishing m…
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Married Couple Wins €2 Billion from Google for Deranking Their Website
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Welcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Jared and guest host Brooks Conkle take on the latest headlines revolving around Google, large and small publishers, and SEO. They also talk about what's working and what's not for their side hustles, and they share some (successful and not-so-successful) weird niche s…
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412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren
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Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion wit…
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The "Man Who Killed Google Search" Gets Replaced!
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Jared and guest host Thomas Smith talk about the latest news revolving around Google, large and small publishers, and SEO. They also share their (lucrative) side hustles and a few very weird niche sites. They talk about the changes at Google - https://www.searchenginejour…
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How Mads Singers Helps Companies 5x Their Business While Working Less
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Mads Singer has a passion for management and for helping companies increase their revenue exponentially by tweaking and improving their business practices. This Danish entrepreneur travels the world, speaking publicly and consulting privately with businesses and individuals to help them think creatively and “do more with the same.” He has grown his…
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Semrush Buys Search Engine Land! Google Search Falling Apart?
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week Jared and guest host Morgan Overhold discuss the latest news as it relates to SEO, small publishers, and Google. They also share their side hustles and talk about a few weird niche sites. They talk about the repercussions of Semrush buying Search Engine Land They discuss …
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How Jamie Northrup Earns +$6k/Month From Multiple Side Hustles
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Jamie Northrup is no stranger to the “make money online” scene. He’s been doing it for almost 20 years with varying success, depending on the strategy. For years he has been developing different income streams, focusing particularly on side hustles with no customers, with considerable success. When he was laid off, he was lucky he didn’t have to wo…
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DOJ Tries to Break Up Google Chrome, Android, and Search Monopoly
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week Spencer and Jared discuss the big news related to SEO, small publishers, and Google. They also share updates on their side hustles and more than a few weird niche sites. The big news is that Google might be sanctioned They talk about severe sanction scenarios Google respo…
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How Joe Saul-Sehy Grew His Financial Podcast to 180k Listeners
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After close to 2000 podcast episodes, Joe Saul-Sehy knows a thing or two about growing an audience. In fact, his finance podcast, Stacking Benjamins, has amassed a massive following of 180k listeners, with shows averaging around 40k listens/episode. Joe’s no stranger to awards, either. Stacking Benjamins was named Best Personal Finance Podcast 3 ti…
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411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman
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Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Tyler Stalman on YouTube: iPhone 16: A Photographer's Revie…
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Runaway Parasite SEO! Google Penalizes Forbes!
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week Jared and guest host Thomas Smith discuss the main news affecting small publishers and SEOs. They also share their side hustles and some weird niche sites. The big news this week is that the Forbes Advisor parasite SEO scandal They talk about Forbes Advisor getting a pena…
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How Dave Chesson Earns Up To $14k/Month Publishing Books on Amazon
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When Dave Chesson was in the US Navy, he would spend lots of time away from his family. And he hated it. He decided to create a portfolio of niche sites in an attempt to earn enough to quit his job, but his path took a different turn. He got the idea to turn one of his websites into a book and self-publish it. As it turned out, it was the start of …
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410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell
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Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple’s September product announcements, and Meta’s Orion prototype AR glasses. Absolutely no baseball talk, almost. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order.…
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Corruption in the “Greatest City in the World.” And who are these "undecided" voters? Links we discussed: Eric Adams Indicted The Undecided Voters Who Could Decide the Election Kamala Harris Casts Herself as Pro-Business Pragmatist Some more links: Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Chris Riback's Newsletter Trial Balloon Live…
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More Volatility in Rankings! Core Update Gains Disappear
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week Jared and guest host Morgan Overholt discuss the most important and recent news for small publishers and SEOs. They also share their side hustles and some weird but useful niche sites. The big news this week is that we’re seeing a reversal in traffic gains from the Google…
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409: ‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay Patel
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Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16. Sponsored by: Tiptop: A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Nilay’s review of the iPhone 16 Pro. Also from Nilay: “Let’s Compare Apple, Google, and Samsung’s Definit…
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How Brie Moreau Discovered How Google Views Content
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This week, SEO expert Brie Moreau doesn’t share his business results but, rather, the results of an incredibly in-depth study he did analyzing 260k search results to find an answer to a major question: what does Google want exactly? Using SurferSEO data and a data scientist, he and his team set out to use a data-driven approach to understanding how…
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AI Advances! A Look at August Core Update Data
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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week Jared and guest host Brooks Conkle take on the latest SEO news and break it down for listeners. They also share the side hustles they've been working on and dissect a few weird niche sites. The big news this week, OpenAI’s launch of its most sophisticated AI model They sh…
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