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The New SEO Business Model: Buy News Sites Instead of Backlinks (w/ David Quaid)

Podcast: The Edward Show · Edward Sturm

Opublikowano: 2026-10-29

E1212: What if SEO agencies stopped buying backlinks and started buying the news sites that publish them? David Quaid joins me to break down a business model he calls "news as a service": acquiring established news sites, local publications, and niche blogs, improving their SEO, and using them to build businesses that earn money beyond advertising. David argues that SEO agencies spend huge amounts on link building and PR without controlling the publications they depend on. He recalls one company spending $20,000 per month on PR and getting just one press mention in six months. But...