Welcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast! This week, Jared Bauman and guest host Thomas Smith take on the news as usual, they talk about their side hustles during the Shiny Object Shenanigans portion, and then they share some Weird Niche Sites they came across. They discuss the site reputation abuse crackdown - https://www.adweek.com/media/cnn-forbes-lose-millions-google-seo-policy/ They talk about Perplexity's decision to adds ads - https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/why-we-re-experimenting-with-advertising They lament the decision to shut HARO down - https://www.seroundtable.com/haro-connectively-platform-closing-38388.html Jared’s weird niche site - https://slickdeals.net/ Thomas’ weird niche site - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ Ready to join a niche publishing mastermind, and hear from industry experts each week?  Join the Niche Pursuits Community here: https://community.nichepursuits.com Be sure to get more content like this in the Niche Pursuits Newsletter Right Here: https://www.nichepursuits.com/newsletter Want a Faster and Easier Way to Build Internal Links?  Get $15 off Link Whisper with Discount Code "Podcast" on the Checkout Screen: https://www.nichepursuits.com/linkwhisper Get SEO Consulting from the Niche Pursuits Podcast Host, Jared Bauman: https://www.nichepursuits.com/201creative