Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea! AI Search Engines Are Using Your Content. Who's Giving Credit?
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Feb 28, 2025 Explore the intriguing impacts of AI on content citation, revealing how search engines use third-party content. A landmark lawsuit against Google highlights the fierce competition for online traffic. Discover trends in the surging popularity of niche markets and digital business models, from YouTube channels to typing test websites, including a successful site that sold for $2.5 million. The hosts share their side hustle updates and peculiar niche discoveries, offering fresh insights into making money online.
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AI Search Engine Citations
- AI search engines like Perplexity and Gemini cite sources more often than ChatGPT.
- This emphasizes the importance of high-quality, earned content and UGC for online visibility.
Building Brand Mentions
- Focus on building brand mentions, even if they're nofollow links, as AI uses them for learning.
- Leverage digital PR, social media, and UGC platforms like Reddit to increase brand visibility.
Buyer Journey Citations
- Citation patterns in AI search results vary across the buyer journey.
- Editorial content dominates early stages, UGC in the middle, and brand websites in the final stages.