Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared offer their thoughts on the latest news in SEO, Google and AI; talk about their side hustles; and share some funny and weird niche sites.
They kick things off by talking about the SearchGPT announcement https://shorturl.at/DJx14. Spencer talks about how the tool looks like it will work and whether it will include links to sources.
They reference an article on Wired https://shorturl.at/HpuBt and talk about how SearchGPT’s initial search functionality would be limited, but what will it look like when and if it eventually expands?
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Tune in to hear Spencer and Jared’s initial thoughts on this bombshell news item!
Moving along, they talk about how Google is planning to scrap its plans https://shorturl.at/EJOae to kill 3rd party cookies in Chrome. This news is quite shocking, as Google has been talking about killing those cookies since 2020. People have been preparing for it for years!
Next up is more Google news. Google recently released its Q2 earnings and revealed some interesting data, such as growth in its search revenue https://shorturl.at/JFJ0C
It’s on to the Shiny Object Shenanigans, and Spencer kicks things off talking about his experience in the Facebook Performance Bonus Program.
After just 2 months, things are going very well. In the first month he earned slightly less than $3k and this month he expects to surpass that.
For Jared, he talks about a side hustle within a side hustle: Creator Connections inside the Amazon Influencer Program.
Check out the episode to hear all the details!
Spencer shares his weird niche site first when the time comes: Test My Thumbnail https://testmythumbnail.com/, which allows you to upload a sample of a thumbnail and see what it will look like alongside others on YouTube and tweak it accordingly.
The site offers lots of other features and functions, such as a/b testing thumbnails and YouTube revenue calculator.
When it’s Jared’s turn, he goes pretty weird with Gift Wrap My Face https://giftwrapmyface.com/ which, as the name suggests, lets you print your fact on wrapping paper.
This DR27 site doesn’t get a lot of traffic and isn’t ranking for a lot of keywords, but what’s so interesting about it, according to Jared? What’s the story behind the brand?
Jared also checks back on a weird site that was featured previously. Find out how that site is doing!
And that takes us to the end of another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast!
Don’t forget to come back next week for some more insight, inspiration, and fun!
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
01:45 – SearchGPT announcement
14:38 – Google scraps plan to kill 3rd party cookies
22:00 – Google’s Q2 earnings
34:01 – Spencer’s Facebook Bonus Program side hustle
39:00 – Jared’s Creator Connections side hustle
46:36 – TestMyThumbnails.com
54:50 – GiftWrapMyFace.com
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