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Send us Fan Mail Anthropic just announced Mythos. A model so powerful they won't release it to the public. It scored 93.9% on coding benchmarks where every other model has been stuck around 80. It hacked Firefox 84% of the time. And they're only giving it to companies like Apple and Amazon to patch their security before the rest of us get anywhere near it. We sat down to figure out what this actually means for small businesses, not the hype, but the practical reality of where AI is heading in...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropic accidentally leaked the entire Claude Code source code. 512,000 lines of code, 1,906 files, every system prompt and sub-agent architecture exposed. We dug through the leak and found unreleased features including an always-on background mode that works while you sleep, a new model tier above Opus called Mythos, and more. We also break down the Claude token limit crisis, share practical ways to reduce your token usage, take a first look at EmDash (Cloudflare's open s...

Send us Fan Mail Last Sunday my Gael texted me that he'd connected Claude Code to our Notion task board. You tick a checkbox, and Claude Code picks up the task, runs it headlessly, and comments back with the results. No terminal open. No VS Code. Just Notion. In this episode we break down: → How Claude's Dispatch feature lets you run Claude Code from your phone → The custom Notion system that turns task checkboxes into Claude Code executions → Scheduling tasks with due dates so Claude runs t...

Send us Fan Mail We've all been riding double usage promos on Claude and Codex for weeks. Most people don't even know these promos exist. They end March 31, and your bills are going up. In this episode we break down: → Why your AI usage costs are about to spike (and what you can do) → What the 1 million token context window actually means for quality → GPT 5.4 Mini and Nano: cheaper models that are surprisingly close to the flagship → Cowork Dispatch: controlling Claude from your phone

Send us Fan Mail OpenAI just dropped GPT 5.4 and it's not just another model update. The first heading of their announcement wasn't coding. It was knowledge work. That's a signal. We tested it head to head against Claude Code for real business use cases, and the results might change how you work. We also walk through an AI article generator skill that finally solves the quality problem that's plagued content creators for years, Claude's new scheduled tasks feature, and Nano Banana 2, Google's...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone's trying to automate social media with AI. Just plug in a prompt, hit post, watch the followers roll in. Sounds great. Except it doesn't work. It's actually one of the biggest traps in AI right now. You end up with generic, soulless posts that get zero engagement and attract zero customers. We've tested this extensively and in this episode we break down exactly where it goes wrong and what actually works. In this episode we break down: → Why fully automating social...

Send us Fan Mail For 6 months my co-founder told me to use Claude Code. I brushed it off as it looked like a developer tool and I'm not a developer. Then I spent one morning with it and built a full financial dashboard pulling live data from two Stripe accounts, calculating VAT, mapping customer locations, and breaking down every processing fee. I haven't gone back since. In this episode we break down: → Why Claude Code is NOT just for coders → How "skills" turn AI into repeatable business ...

Send us Fan Mail Want to learn how to use AI to automate your business? Check out AI Accelerator: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/ Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI's Codex 5.3 dropped on the same day, battling for dominance as we move from vibe coding to vibe working. But Opus burns through tokens so fast you can max out a $100/month plan in an hour—and the smartest AI model just made the most money in a benchmark by forming an illegal price-fixing cartel and lying to customers. Mean...

Send us Fan Mail Want to learn how to use AI to automate your business? Check out AI Accelerator: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/ An open-source AI agent is buying things with people's credit cards. And everyone's installing it anyway. While the AI labs were quiet in January, the underground exploded. Multbot (formerly "Claudebot") gives AI full root access to your computer—and thousands are setting up dedicated Mac Minis just to run it. ChatGPT ads are officially rollin...

Send us Fan Mail LAST CALL: The Prices of our AI Accelerator are going up forever, join before it's too late: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/ The internet is about to become unrecognizable. While you've been focused on which chatbot writes better emails, the entire foundation of online business is shifting beneath your feet. This week alone: Google launched "Personal Intelligence" that knows your Gmail, Photos, and YouTube history. Anthropic released Claude Cowork. X turned ...

Send us Fan Mail LAST CALL: The Prices of our AI Accelerator are going up forever, join before it's too late: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/ ChatGPT isn't the best AI tool anymore. While you've been using ChatGPT out of habit, the AI landscape has completely shifted. OpenAI's CEO called a "code red" as ChatGPT's market share collapsed from 87% to 65% in just 12 months. Meanwhile, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude have quietly become the tools serious business owners act...

Send us Fan Mail You're using ChatGPT all wrong. Until now, using ChatGPT meant endless copying and pasting between your apps. A newly released feature, MCP connectors, shatters those limitations, transforming ChatGPT into a super agent that can connect to nearly any application, service, or website. This allows it to access information, talk to your apps, and take action anywhere, fundamentally changing how you work. In this episode, we’ll show you exactly how to set it up, even if you're no...

Send us Fan Mail Is Google's new Gemini 2.5 Flash the image AI revolution everyone's claiming, or just another overhyped tool? AI influencers are calling it "insane" and "the best thing since sliced bread." But after 24 hours of brutal testing, we discovered the unfiltered truth. In this episode, we go beyond the hype. including: 👉 The LM Arena results: Why it jumped 180 points above previous models (15% improvement) 👉 The YouTube thumbnail test: How it handles complex image c...

Send us Fan Mail What if the world's most powerful AI model was also the most deceptive? The GPT-5 hype is exploding, with reports of it crushing every benchmark. But how does it perform on real-world business tasks? In this episode, we go beyond the hype. After 12 hours of brutal, hands-on testing, we reveal the unfiltered truth about the new GPT-5 family of models. We show you exactly what GPT-5 means for your business, including: 👉 The results of 7 brutal tests designed fo...

Send us Fan Mail Is traditional SEO dead? And is "ranking" on ChatGPT and other AI chatbots the new frontier for traffic and sales? Many businesses are seeing their search traffic decline, while a new, highly-lucrative source of customers is emerging from AI-driven conversations. But how do you tap into this new channel? And what happens when AI starts giving out outdated or just plain wrong information about your brand? In this episode, we're joined by Steve Toth, founder of the AI-focused...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Fatjoe for Sponsoring this episode. Check out their white label Digital PR campaign services here: https://fatjoe.com/pr-campaigns/ Want to work directly with us? https://www.systemstack.ai/ --- What if you could rebuild a $16,000 web app in under a week without writing a single line of code? The AI coding hype is exploding, but the reality is more challenging than most tutorials show. In this episode, we cut through the hype to give you the real-world playbook ...

Send us Fan Mail Want more AI tips & tricks for marketers & business owners? https://www.authorityhacker.com/subscribe/ Want to work directly with us? https://www.systemstack.ai/ --- What if you could launch a service business that charges clients $4,000 to $8,000 per month? Traditional cold email is broken. In this episode, we reveal the complete blueprint for an AI-powered outreach system that gets replies and builds a real business. We show you exactly how to build and s...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is sponsored by https://seowriting.ai/ - Create SEO-optimized long-form content that actually ranks with their super pages feature. Use code HACKPODCAST for 25% off. --- Tired of complex automation tools that break when you change one tiny detail? Fed up with spending hours debugging N8N workflows or paying premium prices for Zapier? In this episode, Aaron from Gumloop demonstrates LIVE how to build a sophisticated research assistant workflow that would ta...

Send us Fan Mail Get all the prompts & tools used in this video: https://www.authorityhacker.com/freeb... --- Think building a professional website costs thousands and takes weeks? Imagine crafting a $10,000-level website or landing page yourself, in just a few hours, for ABSOLUTELY FREE. Slash your current website costs or even launch a profitable web design service undercutting old-tech designers. But how do you achieve this without coding skills, expensive designers, or clunky DIY bui...

Send us Fan Mail Want more AI tips & tricks for marketers & business owners? https://www.authorityhacker.com/subsc... Think AI is just for simple tasks? Imagine going from zero to $1,000 per day by creating AI agents that deliver high-value services like expert-level email newsletters, content marketing, or even SEO, with clients paying $5-10k/month. But how do you actually build these agents without being a tech wizard? In this episode, we break down exactly how to build MCP-en...

Send us Fan Mail Want more AI tips & tricks for marketers & business owners? Sign up for our Newsletter. Weekly exclusive tips: https://www.authorityhacker.com/subsc... Think you've mastered ChatGPT? Recent updates, new models (like O3 & O4 mini), and hidden features mean you might be missing out on its true power, feeling like you're drinking from a firehose just trying to keep up. In this episode, we dive deep into the advanced capabilities of ChatGPT in April 2025. Forget bas...

Send us Fan Mail ChatGPT just unleashed groundbreaking image generation, changing the game for visual content overnight. In this episode, we dive deep into this powerful new feature, moving beyond the memes to uncover its real business potential. We reveal 4 specific techniques—rarely discussed elsewhere—that unlock vastly superior results compared to basic text prompts, including how to leverage sketching and reverse-engineer winning styles. From instantly creating scroll-stopping thumbnail...

Send us Fan Mail Want more AI tips & tricks for marketers & business owners? Sign up for our Newsletter. Weekly exclusive tips: https://www.authorityhacker.com/subsc... Felt limited by coding skills or steep developer costs? AI just unlocked the ability for anyone to build custom web tools, obliterating the traditional $10k price tag and months-long waits. In this episode, we dive deep into "AI Vibe Coding"—the groundbreaking approach letting you command AI to build functional web ...

Send us Fan Mail All the results talked about in this episode: https://jmedia.notion.site/deep-research-links?pvs=4 In this episode, we dive deep into AI's newest superpower—Deep Research—testing 4 leading models on real business tasks. We reveal which platforms offer unlimited deep research capabilities, which ones require hefty subscriptions, and how these tools are revolutionizing everything from competitor analysis to cold outreach personalization. From building prospect lists in seconds ...

Send us Fan Mail Get all the test results from this episode: https://www.authorityhacker.com/freebies/llm-test/ In this episode, we rip the lid off our week-long AI showdown, testing the latest LLMs head-to-head on real marketing tasks. We’re spilling the unfiltered truth about why ChatGPT might not be your golden ticket anymore, uncovering cheap underdogs that stole the show, and revealing which models actually deliver for marketers. From copywriting flops to automation wins, we share the ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we pull back the curtain on our decision to shut down our multi-million dollar course business with 15,000 customers. We discuss the decline of the affiliate marketing model, the rise of AI, and our shift in focus towards AI and automation for marketers and entrepreneurs. From letting go of our team to facing our customers, we share candid insights into the challenges and triumphs, of making this major business pivot and where the future of Authority Ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mark and Gael share their insights on the changing landscape of website building platforms and why they're actively looking for alternatives to WordPress, despite being longtime WordPress users. They cover everything you need to know, from detailed comparisons between WordPress, Webflow, and Bricks, and exactly how to transition away from WordPress without rebuilding everything. ____________________________________________ Hosts: Mark Webster & Gael Breto...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive deep with Fery, founder of Search Intelligence, about building a fast-growing digital PR agency from scratch. From embracing chaos as a growth strategy to developing enterprise-level software solutions, Fery shares candid insights about the challenges and triumphs of scaling to nearly 100 staff and 7 figures in revenue in just 3-4 years. ____________________________________________ Host: Mark Webster Guest: Fery Kaszoni Full show notes: https://www.au...

Send us Fan Mail In this comprehensive episode, we analyze key marketing predictions for 2025 from industry experts and share our own insights. We also review our predictions from last year to see how accurate we were. ____________________________________________ Hosts: Mark Webster & Gael Breton Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/353-2025-online-marketing-predictions/ ____________________________________________ A special thanks to our sponsors for this episode, D...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into groundbreaking new research about how people actually use Google in 2024, analyzing SparkToro's data from 133,000 real users that challenges conventional wisdom about search behavior. Plus, we discuss the growing adoption of AI search tools, and explore OpenAI's new Sora video model. ____________________________________________ Hosts: Mark Webster & Gael Breton Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/352-something-is-happ...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we're diving into what might be the biggest shakeup in SEO this year. Google's biggest crackdown yet has hit major publishers like Forbes, WSJ, and CNN, slashing their affiliate traffic. Perfect timing – as the DOJ pushes to break up Google's Chrome dominance and OpenAI develops their own browser. Meanwhile, publishers are mobilizing to monetize AI's use of their content. In this episode, we're breaking down why Google is finally going after these big site...

Send us Fan Mail Are you tired of shelling out big bucks for AI tools that promise convenience but deliver a hefty price tag instead? Well, you're not alone. In today's episode, we expose the truth about overpriced AI productivity tools and reveal how you can achieve so much more with customized, cost-effective alternatives that you build yourself. Plus we’ll show you exactly how you can build your own personally-tailored solutions 👉 with ease 👉 for a fraction of the price you'd p...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Bryan’s free resource containing all the tools needed to add $10k coaching clients using other people’s audiences 🔥👇 https://ahkr.to/growthtools-free-tool-swipe ____________________________________________ Today, we dive deep into how to make millions online by helping people solve real problems without getting distracted by shiny objects. Our guest, Bryan Harris, built Growth Tools from scratch into an 7-figure business by focusing obsessively on two things: high-...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨 LIMITED OFFER 🚨 Don’t miss the launch of our brand new Link Builder Academy course 👉 https://www.authorityhacker.com/product/link-builder-academy/ You can check out one of the modules for free 🔥👉 https://ahkr.to/high-dr-links ____________________________________________ Want to get into Digital PR, the hottest trend in link building right now, but find it too intimidating? We’re here to tell you ❌ Digital PR is NOT just for professionals or big agencies ❌ You don't need...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨 Grab our FREE list of 50 linkable asset examples to supercharge your SEO 💪 👉 https://ahkr.to/50-top-performing-linkable-assets ____________________________________________ What if we told you that we built 1,600+ high-quality backlinks for just $8 each on average? And we’re not talking about backlinks from spammy sites that you could buy on Fiverr, we’re talking backlinks from DR90+ industry giants. Think that's impossible? In this episode, we’ll prove you wrong by shar...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨 Check out our free subscriber-exclusive video on how to generate $100+/day with affiliate marketing 👉 https://ahkr.to/authority-hacker-free-training ____________________________________________ In today's episode, we are playing Google Update Roulette. The rules are very simple: 1. We give you a URL and you have three minutes to open it, look at the site and decide if it went up or down with the recent Google update. 2. You are not allowed to use any SEO tools to look at ...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨 Download one of our FREE subscriber resources 👉 https://ahkr.to/authority-hacker-free-resources ____________________________________________ We haven't been 100% truthful with you lately. And today we want to come clean. Hundreds of you have bought our latest product (the Product Review Profit course we’ve recently released that teaches you how to scale the Amazon Influencer Program) and... most of the content used during the launch was AI created. 🤖 80-90% of the wo...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨 Grab our FREE list of 47 under-the-radar tools that will boost your business 👉 https://ahkr.to/tools-swipe ____________________________________________ Just as we sat down to record our 1-year anniversary of the HCU podcast, Google threw us another curveball... A massive update that's seemingly undoing some of the HCU damage. But even with these improvements, many sites are still down 80% in traffic compared to last year. To fully recover, they'd need a 400% increase. So ...

Send us Fan Mail Want to learn how to build a repeatable, manageable system to actually make socials generate big bucks for you? We’re not talking spamming shitty AI images to boomers on Facebook or Pinterest. We’re talking *building a real business that will survive platform changes*, unlike many of the tactics floating around these days. In this episode, we chat with Lucy Simkins to reveal how she transformed her side hustle to a 7 figure per year business - in one of the most competitive...

Send us Fan Mail It's no secret that the industry has been struggling for nearly a year now following the HCU. And it's been particularly difficult for beginners to get started, as established sites have been dominating search results. So the question everyone’s asking is what future-proof tactics should beginners actually be doing in 2024? (That isn’t spammy or potentially illegal.) In this episode, we chat to Jared Bauman, co-host of the Niche Pursuits podcast, about the game-ch...

Send us Fan Mail We've just uncovered tons of tech that site owners should be using to scale their sites WAY better. The Authority Hacker site redesign has just been completed, and we've already managed to more than DOUBLE our conversions using some weird new elements that we'll share with you in this week's episode. (A particularly big deal now that Google sends less traffic to websites.) We specifically built it to increase engagement based on what we’ve learned from t...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about what might be the most powerful way to monetize your content online. And no, it's not ads or affiliate marketing - we're diving into the world of online courses. But making a good course that people want to trade money for is not an easy task. So in this episode, Mark and Gael (8-figure course sellers themselves) break down the entire field-tested process of building and selling courses. They’ll cover everything from coming up with an idea that peop...

Send us Fan Mail Even if you hate Google, there is no denying that YouTube is probably the best social network to be doing well on. We spent a lot of time strategizing and thinking about how to get the most out of the platform while minimizing the drawbacks, and after 4 months our new channel already 👉 outperforms our 6-year-old YouTube channel 👉 outperforms videos of many competitors that have hundreds of thousands of subscribers 👉 is profitable, even though we have a team doing a lot of th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Gael is joined by guest Sammie Ellard-King to dive deep into Instagram’s potential as a powerful business tool. Sammie has built a successful business in the fiercely competitive personal finance niche, using Instagram Reels to capture massive engagement and drive conversions. Today, Gael and Sammie break down the exact tools used, provide tactical insights, actionable takeaways, real-life examples, and much more. ____________________________________________ ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mark and Gael take a look at the current challenges online business owners are facing, and present the framework they've created that addresses these challenges. They'll also break down three examples of businesses who already successfully use this framework, and finally, what this all means for Authority Hacker's free and paid content. ____________________________________________ Hosts: Gael Breton & Mark Webster Full show notes: https://www.authorityha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mark and Gael dive deep into real-life Facebook ad funnels that actually work for small sites. Using the free Facebook Ad Library tool, they break down ads from small businesses in several niches that have been profitable over time, including their strategies for maximizing conversion with upsells and other tactics. If you're looking for actionable insights backed by success stories, this is an episode you won't want to miss. _______________________________...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s face it. Google is probably never going to be the same easy traffic source it has always been. You won’t be able to solely rely on Google traffic to run an online business anymore, if that’s what you’re used to. So the question a lot of people are asking now is: What now? 😳 While nothing is a 1:1 replacement to Google search, in this episode, we talk about ONE of the things we are doing to diversify away from Google traffic: Meta ads. We’ll show

Send us Fan Mail As we come to the end of the March 2024 Core update, many things have changed in the Google landscape, and it’s time to start looking at where we landed. To help navigate these changes, we wanted to bring a guest that’s out in the trenches every day - prominent and very opinionated character in the industry, Lily Ray 🔥 She hares a ton of interesting insights about SEO on social media, including a lot of original research. In this episode, Lily and Gael get straight to

Send us Fan Mail RTINGS.com is one of the most successful product review sites of all time. Despite 'only' having a DR 75 domain and competing against sites like PCMag, Tech Radar, New York Times, the Wire Cutter, and CNET (all DR 90+ sites), they have over 4 million monthly organic visits. So how exactly did they pull this off? In this week’s episode, Mark sits down Pauline Duthiel, Head of Digital Marketing at RTINGS.com to take a look behind the scenes at what SEO looks like at one...

Send us Fan Mail Google just released a fat core update and all the rules you know about SEO are about to change again. As Google has already started de-indexing what they deem to be low quality sites, content auditing has never been more important. It's the process that might save you from an extinction event during the next update, or could resurrect your site if you've already been affected. Plus, it's the only process that's consistently shown results for websites affected by previous l...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that Google is about to introduce a new web vital metric? 😨 Neither did we. But this news did prompt us to take another look at our site speed setup, and we wanted to bring in a pro to help us out. So in this week's episode, Gael chats with Brian Jackson - the guy behind the enthusiast site speed plugin, Perfmatters. He's seen hundreds of site setups, this week he critiques our setup and gives you tips on how to fix your setup

Send us Fan Mail 6 months after a series of devastating updates for many legitimate sites, and the best advice Google could come up with is "𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴" ?! 🙄 Honestly, we're getting a little annoyed by Google's attitude towards all of this, and in today's episode, we tried to do what Google could not. We give you real examples of real sites that are not only surviving, but thriving ✨ in the current version of Google, to help you plan what to do...

Send us Fan Mail When a talented SEO like Cyrus Shepard becomes a Google Quality Rater, you know we'll get someone who has excellent insights on how Google evaluates your site and where you fail to impress them. So in this week’s episode, Gael asks Cyrus all the questions that matter to figure out: 👉 How much does EEAT really matter for Google and quality raters? 👉 Does Google give an unfair advantage to larger sites? 👉 And what's coming next from Google based on their recent updates to the Q...

Send us Fan Mail In the last two years, Ahrefs, a tool that many people in the industry would agree is the best tool for the job, has lived long enough to see itself become the villain and many now associate the brand with corporate greed. So how did that happen and is it justified? No topic was off the table in this week’s episode with Tim Soulo from Ahrefs. Gael gets the 4-1-1 on their credit system, whether their search engine yep.com was funded by the price increase or not,

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, Mark and Gael take a look at the sites who are acing the latest Google paradigm, analyze what worked for them, and adapt the business model so everyone can grow and thrive going forward. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/8-ways-to-adapt-your-seo-in-2024/

Send us Fan Mail Predicting the future in this industry is NOT easy. But in this week's episode, Mark and Gael take a look at the predictions they made last year... and some of them are scarily accurate 😳 They also make a new set of predictions for 2024 of all the major changes they expect to see in the next few months, so buckle up! Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/can-we-predict-the-future-again/

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today doesn’t believe in EEAT, doesn't do any link building, uses AI to help in her content creation, makes most of her money from ads, and lost quite a bit of traffic in the recent round of updates. And yet her profits are actually the same now as they were before AI and the recent updates. In this episode, Gael sits down with Anne Moss - the archetype of a niche site builder that Google has been going after - to discuss exactly how she

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, Gael chats with Derek Hales, founder of Modern Castle and NapLab, which produce some of the best review content ever seen from a small publisher. So good, in fact, that despite the recent Google updates that destroyed many sites in the industry, NapLab has actually seen signficant growth. Join Gael and Derek as they break down NapLab’s extensive review process and discuss exactly how Derek continues to be successful in the ultra-competiti...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Mark sits down with Gabriela Covay to break down exactly how her company, Bright Valley Marketing, landed Authority Hacker over 30 links - including some DR90 ones - in their full digital PR campaign. And they'll give you a step by step on how you can do it, in any niche, for your website, too 🤩💪 Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/digital-pr-expert-reveals-how-to-get-links/

Send us Fan Mail South Africa is one of the best places in the world to recruit from - and it’s mostly being overlooked and underutilized right now.⁣ This week, Mark sits down with Doug Haines, the AH Pro member who co-founded Marketing Pros; a South Africa-based recruitment and staffing agency that specializes in finding the exact A-Players you need for your team.⁣ 💪 Get in touch with the Marketing Pros team to tap into new talent for your next hire! https://www.marketingpros.co _________...

Send us Fan Mail Now that the initial hype around AI has died down, in this week's episode Mark and Gael sit down to discuss what they really think of AI and how it can best be used in the real world. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/321-is-ai-overhyped/

Send us Fan Mail How is AI, increasing inflation and the worsening of the overall global economy affecting the website market? In this week's episode, Mark sits down with Justin Cooke from Empire Flippers to discuss exactly how the website market has changed and what that means for you. A special thanks to our sponsors for this episode, Digital PR Agency Search Intelligence: https://search-intelligence.co.uk/ Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/the-website-market-...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Mark and Gael and dive into various aspects of the affiliate marketing industry, comparing their own experiences with results from the Affiliate Marketing Survey. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/new-survey-reveals-exactly-whats-changed-in-affiliate-marketing/

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people find Koray Tuğberk Gübür’s content confusing and difficult to follow. So we’ve set out to decode of the most cryptic people in the industry, and break down what he shares into clear and actionable steps. This week, Gael sits down with Koray to chat all things topical authority in one of the most challenging interviews yet. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/decoding-topical-authority-with-koray-tugberk-gubur/

Send us Fan Mail Brian Dean did something that less than 0.01% of us will ever achieve. He built his site to a staggering DR 90 on Ahrefs, almost entirely on his own. This week, Gael sits down with the internationally recognized SEO expert to uncover his exact methods to success. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/the-brian-dean-method/

Send us Fan Mail Not all social media platforms are made equal, and Pinterest is one that can really drive serious amounts of traffic. In this week's episode, we chat with Tony Hill, who shares insights on exactly how he generates over 1 million visitors per month on Pinterest. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/ultimate-new-pinterest-strategy/

Send us Fan Mail How does Forbes keep ranking for EVERYTHING? In this week's episode, we sit down with former Forbes SEO strategist Shawn Hill, to explore the secrets behind Forbes' SEO success. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/315-ex-forbes-employee-reveals-everything/

Send us Fan Mail Waiting in fear for the next Google update to destroy your traffic (again)? While SEO is still by far the best traffic source, we've come to accept that with Google's upcoming search changes, we're probably going to lose some traffic. Join us for this week's episode, where Mark and Gael break down the best alternative traffic sources that can generate millions of clicks per month - all without Google! Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/314-11-way...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, Mark is joined by Jason Malone, founder of the link building agency We Outreach. We discuss the ins and outs of link building in 2023, and Jason gives us a look behind the scenes at exactly how We Outreach builds hundreds of links every month! Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/link-building-with-jason-malone/

Send us Fan Mail AI is changing the game of content creation and SEO, and it's important to adapt your business model to thrive in this new environment. In today's episode, we discuss the impact of AI on the content creation landscape and share our insights on how to make the most out of these changes.

Send us Fan Mail Wondering whether to use an AI article generator to save time? In this episode, Mark and Gael review some of the AI tools out there and tell you everything you need to know.

Send us Fan Mail We've been building our email list for a long time now. Today we discuss how to build your own email list. Full show notes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/email-lessons/

Send us Fan Mail The results of our latest AI Survey are in! Find out what the industry really thinks about AI, and how they're using it as we dissect the results in full, as well as provide unique insights that you won't find on our Survey results page!

Send us Fan Mail Remember a year or so ago when we went on the record saying that paying for links is the way forward? Well...things have changed since then 😬 But if we don't think you should pay links, and regular mass outright is dying off, then how CAN you build links? You'll have to tune in to find out.

Send us Fan Mail How do you build high quality, high DR links? We ask Eric and Sebastian, founders of DoFollow.io, a high quality link-building agency. Before this episode they managed to build super valueble, high quality, high DR links for AuthorityHacker.com and we go through what the process looks like. If you want to find out how to up your networking and link-building game, you've come to the right place! What can we learn from them? How are they doing so well? And how can YOU replicat...

Send us Fan Mail We know you guys love a good Teardown, so we’re back with 5 sites that are absolutely crushing it. What can we learn from them? How are they doing so well? And how can YOU replicate that success? Full Shownotes: https://authorityhacker.com/podcasts/306-5-successful-sites-analyzed-how-did-they-do-it/

Send us Fan Mail SEO IS DEAD!!11! At least, you'd be forgiven for thinking that if you've spent more than 5 minutes reading any type of online marketing-related news outlet. But let's be real: is the hysteria around AI warranted, or do we need to take a step back and relax for a moment? Tune in to hear our thoughts.

Send us Fan Mail This week we're joined by Kyle Roof, to talk about all things Authority! Does EEAT mystify you? Are you looking for ways to boost your EEAT metrics and stay on Google's good side? Do these things even matter!? Tune in to find out! Full shownotes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/304-kyle-roof-reveals-2023-e-e-a-t-secrets/

Send us Fan Mail So you probably know all about Chat GPT by now. But what if I told you that most people are still underutilizing its abilities? In today's episode, we're here to run you through 9 of the most exciting prompts that can help you boost your SEO!

Send us Fan Mail Tired of staring at Analytics and seeing your site go nowhere? Well, we're here to change that! In today's episode, we'll be covering 5 strategies to help you be seen by Google in 2023. We made sure each tip was both actionable AND proven, so you can take way advice that actually matters!

Send us Fan Mail Now the hangovers have settled and the endless supply of Christmas dinner leftovers is finally gone, it's time to get back to the grind! So we're here to kick off 2023 with our annual analysis of the best niches to get into for the year ahead.

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another end-of-year prediction roundup. We'll be running through all the weird and wonderful predictions we made this time last year to see what came true, as well as looking forward to 2023 and making our top ten predictions for the year ahead!

Send us Fan Mail Let's say you've got money to spend and want to kickstart a new project. That's great and all, but how exactly do you spend that money, and what do you do to start your new project off the right way? In this episode, Mark and Gael go through their step-by-step guide for nailing the first 90 days of your site.

Send us Fan Mail 👉Full Survey: https://www.authorityhacker.com/link-building-survey/ We surveyed 755 link builders and marketers to determine the state of link building in 2022. While some of the results won't come as a shock, there was more than one surprising twist in our survey!

Send us Fan Mail Whether you're starting with $0, $1k, $10k or even $100k, working out how to invest that money into your site can be a daunting task. In today's show we're here to walk you through how to properly invest your money and get the best bang for your buck when creating your website!

Send us Fan Mail You're probably tired of seeing the same old tips and tricks for link building. So in this episode, we're here to give you some REAL tips! Whether you're a link building novice or pro, you're bound to learn something new this week!

Send us Fan Mail Authority Hacker Pro is coming back THIS SUNDAY! 👉 Join the wait list: https://www.authorityhacker.com/subscribe And to celebrate, Gael is joined by one of our most successful students to date, Kevin Espiritu, founder of epicgardening.com. From appearances on Good Morning America to being the face of a national advertising campaign with Timerbland, Kevin shares his fluff-free methodology behind growing his 7 figure empire.

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another deep-dive niche analysis. This time we focus our attention on the sleep niche. Is this a dream niche or is there more to it than the eye can see? Tune in to find out!

Send us Fan Mail As site owners have become fully aware they can make a full-time income JUST from selling links, the quality bar has never been lower. But with these link farms becoming more and more difficult to spot, how can you keep your link profile clean and avoid the risk of a Google penalty as a result?

Send us Fan Mail Google is at war with poorly written product reviews. So how do you protect yourself when "average" content is becoming more and more likely to fail to rank? In this episode we provide 11 useful hints and tips to creating excellent content that pleases you, your audience and most importantly, Google!

Send us Fan Mail So you want to buy a site. It's a great way to get a head start and can be utilized in many different ways. Sounds great, right? But what if you make a mistake and screw things up? This episode discusses the Do's and Dont's of website purchasing! Full Shownotes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/mistakes-people-make-when-buying-site/

Send us Fan Mail It's the latest tactic taking the marketing world by storm: parasite SEO. This method sees companies using the power and authority of large sites to push their own content and rank high with it. In theory, it might sound great. In reality, the complications go much farther...

Send us Fan Mail 🔗 JOIN OUR LINK BUILDING SURVEY! 👉 https://www.authorityhacker.com/survey No matter what your background, if you've ever built a link, hired someone to build you a link, or just flirted with the idea of link building before, click the link above for a short 5-minute survey! We know you guys love a good site destruction video, so this time, we set our sites BIG. In this episode, we'll be looking at 5 sites which are earning, quite literally, MILLIONS per year. And what...

Send us Fan Mail This week will be trying out something completely new with the podcast. We are going to be diving deep into a single niche, the VPN niche. Analyzing the top players, looking at what they do, how they do link building, and so on. We will also be drawing lessons and conclusions from what these sites are doing in this fairly competitive niche. So even if you are not in the VPN niche you can expect to gain a lot of value from this episode so be sure

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to tool recommendations in the online marketing world, most of the usual suspects come up again and again. One thing we've noticed people often overlook, however, is the power and functionality certain Chrome extensions can bring to the table. So in this weeks show, Mark and Gael will be going through their favorite extensions covering everything from keyword research right through to site design to unveil their top picks!

Send us Fan Mail 3 words that can send a shiver down even the most veteran marketer's spine: Google Algorithm Update And once again Google has shaken up the SERPs, destroying sites in its wake. So what do you do if you're hit? Well, in this show, Mark and Gael attempt to make sense of it all and provide a path forward amid the dismay. Video and notes: authorityhacker.com/may-core-update

Send us Fan Mail So you've done your keyword research. You've carefully mapped out your content. And you've invested in thousands of words of content. But despite all this, your articles STILL don't rank 😭 So what do you do? Well in this week's show Mark and Gael delve into the question of what to do when you just can't seem to rank! Full shownotes: authorityhacker.com/wont-rank

Send us Fan Mail This week Mark is joined by Jon Ainsworth, funnel and conversion expert in order to pick apart 5 websites and teach you guys what you can learn from them! Full shownotes: authorityhacker.com/5-funnels

Send us Fan Mail A while back we took to the channel to discuss AI. In fact, we were slightly smitten by its capabilities. Sure, it wouldn't outright replace writers, but we saw potential in it helping speed up the writing process and unblock the creative process. So much so we went all in and hired 2 dedicated full time AI writers. 1 Year later we reflect on that decision and mull over what the future of AI content really looks like! Full Shownotes: authorityhacker.com/1-year-o...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you're just getting started with your very first site, or you're a long-term site builder, picking a domain name is one of the single most important decisions you can make during the early days of your site. Get it wrong and you stand to lose thousands in the long run. So tune in and learn a thing or two about picking the perfect domain 😉 Full Shownotes: https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/how-to-pick-a-domain/