An SEO "Heist" Gone Wrong + $13 Million "Weird" Niche Site

What happens when you "steal" a competitors keywords and then brag about it on Twitter?

Well, not good things.

I'll get to that story in a second, but first I want to share an early Christmas gift with you!

You see, I've decided to run a special offer on Link Whisper...and it's essentially $45 off right here!

So, here's the deal.

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We got there by adding TONS of new features over the last couple of years...but we've never raised prices in about 4 years.

The time has come on Jan. 1st, 2024, I'm raising prices by $20.

However, before those increased prices take effect, I've decided to offer an end of year sale of $25 off the current price!

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An SEO "Heist" Gone Wrong

A couple of weeks ago, you may have seen a tweet that went semi-viral about "stealing" traffic from a competitor. An SEO heist if you will.

Here's the original tweet:

The only problem with bragging about all this success?

Well, it got the attention from someone at Google.

Jake confirmed this week that his site got slapped with a MANUAL Google penalty for "copied content" and his traffic has absolutely tanked.

Tons of lessons to be learned from this, and Jared and I talk at length about this situation on today's episode of the This Week in Niche Pursuits News right here.

Also on today's episode, we share a "weird" niche site that is making $13 million a year!

This Christmas themed website helps people organize secret Santa gift exchanges and recommends gift ideas.

That's right Elfster.com is making a whopping $13 million a year (according to Google resources).

Listen in to today's Niche Pursuits News episode and find out how much money Jared and I are making from the Amazon Influencer Program, more SEO news, and another weird niche site.

Thanks again for reading, and I hope you have a great Christmas!

Spencer

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