The dumbest startup idea?

10/12/24 • 12 min

E465: This entrepreneur had a super dumb startup idea. But he went and built it anyway. And even though it didn’t make him much money, it was so dumb it went viral!

I love this - crazy ideas that are so crazy they have to go viral. When you do this, you get tons of positive SEO signals. Great thing to leverage.

+ Eight pieces of advice that would have made a successful entrepreneur hit milestones twice as fast. Learn from this person’s failures!

Post about the dumb startup idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1fwtdgq/the_dumbest_idea_i_had_made_me_my_first_internet/

“8 Nuggets That Would Have Made Me Successful Twice as Fast:” https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1fz8h4g/8_nuggets_that_would_have_made_me_successful/

00:00 Introduction to Backlinks 00:35 Viral Websites 01:30 A Dumb Idea That Went Viral 05:07 Google's Positive Ranking Factors 06:12 Eight Nuggets That Would Have Made Me Successful Twice as Fast 12:25 Conclusion

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E465: This entrepreneur had a super dumb startup idea. But he went and built it anyway. And even though it didn’t make him much money, it was so dumb it went viral!

I love this - crazy ideas that are so crazy they have to go viral. When you do this, you get tons of positive SEO signals. Great thing to leverage.

+ Eight pieces of advice that would have made a successful entrepreneur hit milestones twice as fast. Learn from this person’s failures!

Post about the dumb startup idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1fwtdgq/the_dumbest_idea_i_had_made_me_my_first_internet/

“8 Nuggets That Would Have Made Me Successful Twice as Fast:” https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1fz8h4g/8_nuggets_that_would_have_made_me_successful/

The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

#linkbuilding #growthhacks #digitalmarketing #entrepreneurship

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Free Views From 3-Minute YouTube Shorts!

E464: YouTube Shorts is extending to 3 minutes.

It’s happened with Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, TikTok Duets, Stories, pinned comments... the list goes on. When a platform introduces a new feature, content utilizing that feature gets pushed - or at least that’s the theory.

From: https://x.com/xNickOnline/status/1843879939306598855

00:00 YouTube Shorts Opportunity 00:09 New 3-Minute Shorts Feature 00:24 Faceless Social Media 00:59 Capitalizing on New Features 01:32 Preparing for the Shorts Launch 02:17 Strategy and Tips 04:38 Final Thoughts

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Google’s First Link Bias

E466: Google’s First Link Bias, also called the First Link Counts Rule, is both weird and notable.

Google has a bias towards the first link on a page.

This applies to both internal links and external links.

Google has a bias.

And this bias gets even stranger when image links are involved.

From: https://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/

More detail: https://www.link-assistant.com/news/link-location-and-seo-value.html#:~:text=This%20is%20called%20the%20First,not%20from%20all%20of%20them.

Image links: https://zyppy.com/seo/internal-links/selective-link-priority/

00:00 The SEO Experiment 00:39 Theory 01:40 Experiment Details and Results 03:21 Implications and Further Insights 05:04 Too Long Didn’t Listen 05:59 Wrap-Up

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