Google Considers Charging for AI Search (Search Generative Experience) [Video]

Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week’s news podcast is brought to you by Jared Bauman and Thomas Smith, who’s filling in for Spencer.

As always, they’re bringing you all of the latest news related to SEO, Google, and AI, along with their analyses. Stay until the end to hear about their side hustles and weird niche sites!

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The first item up for discussion is the fact that Google is thinking about charging for its AI-powered features https://www.seroundtable.com/paid-google-search-sge-37172.html such as the Search Generative Experience (SGE). 

Jared and Thomas talk about SGE and the reasons why Google may consider this path, and if they do go ahead with it, what it might look like. They also discuss a Tweet from Glenn Gabe https://twitter.com/glenngabe/status/1775851360543514641 sharing his predictions about where this is headed. 

Moving along, they discuss how Google’s search engine market share has declined by around 2% https://twitter.com/lilyraynyc/status/1775168755242319916 which may not sound like very much, but it is, and it most likely has Google worried.

The conversation then shifts to Microsoft Start, which is Microsoft’s version of Discover, and its  recently-announced and very interesting AI policy.

Farley, who essentially mined Spotify for keywords and created songs around them. Today he’s earning $200k a year.

When it comes to Shiny Object Shenanigans, Jared starts by talking about his Amazon Influencer side hustle. In March, his earnings totalled almost $4k and, inspired by this progress, he uploaded another 66 videos. He shares some of his stats and talks about how passive this business model really is.

Thomas shares his Medium side hustle, explaining how the platform works, its stance on AI, and how he makes money from it. Last year he was earning $500 or $600 per month from it, and last month he made $3k. 

As for Weird Niche Sites, Jared shares his first: MeetWays https://www.meetways.com/ which helps you find a spot in the middle when you’re meeting up with someone. This DR34 site has seen its traffic grow from 15k last year to 30k this year and ranks for 188k keywords.

They talk about how the site is monetized, how it was potentially built, and whether or not it’s helpful.

Thomas shares the site Antipodes Map https://www.antipodesmap.com/ which lets you see what’s on the exact opposite side of you on the earth. 

He plays around with some locations to show how it works, and then shares the stats: DR52, 4k organic search traffic according to Ahrefs, and 113k searches per month according to SimilarWeb. 

That brings us to the end of another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! We hope you enjoyed this episode with Jared and Thomas and feel informed and inspired in your own business projects.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
04:20 – Google May Charge for AI Features
14:00 – Google’s Search Engine Market Share Declines
19:04 – Microsoft Start’s AI Policy
27:37 – The Guy Who Spams Spotify
37:10 – Jared’s Amazon Influencer Side Hustle
43:00 – Thomas’s Medium Side Hustle
55:16 – MeetWays.com
1:03:22 – AntipodesMap.com

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