He Made $500K/Month from SEO - Then Google Destroyed His Sites (Jacky Chou)

E847: Jacky Chou built an SEO empire that made $500K per month - until Google wiped out 15 of his sites overnight. Now he's back and crushing harder than ever, running even more profitable SEO-driven businesses.

In this episode, Jacky goes deep on Black Hat SEO, CTR manipulation, link-building tactics, and what it's really like to make and lose millions online. We talk about surviving brutal algorithm updates, ranking in the AI era, and how Jacky rebuilt smarter, stronger, and more diversified than before.

If you care about SEO, niche sites, or digital entrepreneurship, this episode is pure gold.

What You'll Learn - How Jacky scaled niche sites to $500K/month - The black hat, gray hat, and white hat tactics he actually uses - How CTR manipulation works - Surviving Google updates and the Helpful Content Update apocalypse - SEO in the age of AI Overviews and ChatGPT - Why consistency and execution matter more than ideas

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💎 Compact Keywords - My SEO Course - Get paying customers through SEO - Clear step-by-step video breakdowns - SEO templates to be copied and adapted for your products and services: https://compactkeywords.com/

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:45 SEO Success and Transition to Software 01:37 Black Hat SEO Tactics and Contest 02:51 Link Building Strategies 04:51 Challenges and Public Wins 10:15 White Hat, Gray Hat, and Black Hat Tactics 26:38 Rank and Rent in the Age of AI 30:15 Evaluating Ideas and Product Market Fit 34:14 Deep Dive into SEO and Industry Insights 43:51 Discussion on HouseFresh and Google's Influence 45:19 Lars Lofgren and the HCU Impact 46:55 Disney's Viral Site Link and Black Hat SEO Tactics 49:34 Negative SEO Attacks and Disavow Strategies 51:24 Influencing AI and ChatGPT's Data Sources 58:51 Conversion Rate Optimization Tips and Mistakes 01:07:56 Using AI for Writing and Automations 01:13:10 Consistency in Content Creation and Podcasting

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