directories

11 statements across 6 episodes · 10 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2024 by John Rush · across every show →

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Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rush: AI search engines will rely heavily on curated online directories
“So I think the directories will Eventually be really important for AI and the best directories will be chosen by AI to be used for the search results.”
John Rush Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 28:23 I can't believe he shared these $1M+/year startup ideas
Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Insight
Rush: Outrank blog posts on high-traffic keywords by building curated directories
“And then you find a keyword that has high traffic. And then you search for that keyword on Google and only blog posts are shown on the top. That's the idea. Like you just build a directory around that and Google really likes directories and eventually you will…”
John Rush Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 36:04 I can't believe he shared these $1M+/year startup ideas
Oct 14, 2024 bullish
Insight
Isenberg: Programmatic SEO creates a major opportunity for digital directories
“With programmatic SEO IE, you know, looking at what people are searching for and creating landing pages at scale. There's a huge opportunity right now to basically create a bunch of directories.”
Greg Isenberg Oct 14, 2024 ▶ 13:32 6 startup ideas from the Tech Warren Buffett (make $120k/mo)
Oct 21, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Rush: Buying a directory offers the best marketing ROI for SaaS
“I think there is probably the best ROI on the market right now for marketing for SaaS companies to buy a directory and channel the traffic. It is way better than newsletter ads or all other ways because directors are pretty cheap.”
John Rush Oct 21, 2024 ▶ 41:35 Do this to build a $200,000 side hustle (The Online Directory Blueprint)
Oct 21, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Isenberg: The internet is entering a golden era of directories
“We're kind of entering this like golden era of directories. We're starting to see them be more and more popular. People want curation and directories provide that. So if you're looking for your next startup idea, directories is a great place to start.”
Greg Isenberg Oct 21, 2024 ▶ 1:18 Do this to build a $200,000 side hustle (The Online Directory Blueprint)
Oct 21, 2024
Insight
John Rush: Winning SEO traffic for SaaS is much harder than directories
“It is much harder to win SEO traffic for a SAS tool than for a directory.”
John Rush Oct 21, 2024 ▶ 39:45 Do this to build a $200,000 side hustle (The Online Directory Blueprint)
Feb 12, 2025 bullish
Insight
Isenberg: Build SaaS on top of directories to capture SaaS valuation multiples
“I think people are monetizing directories wrong. Like they're just putting AdSense. We saw one example of someone literally selling a book. The opportunity is actually to build software on top of these directories. So you use directories to get the traffic. Yo…”
Greg Isenberg Feb 12, 2025 ▶ 10:36 I built a Cash Flowing Online Directory in 54 minutes (using Ahrefs and WordPress)
Feb 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Chu: Data and SEO backlinks are the primary moats for online directories
“I would say for directories, the moat is definitely data and your SEO, like, if you have really strong backlinks.”
Frey Chu Feb 16, 2026 ▶ 14:53 Claude Code built me a $273/Day online directory
Feb 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Chu: Targeting dealbreaker long-tail features is the best directory SEO strategy
“And I think this kind of idea works well because for the people looking for this, like if they don't assist with dementia, that's a deal breaker. So what are like the deal breaker features that people make decisions off of? And how can we create like very spec…”
Frey Chu Feb 16, 2026 ▶ 40:23 Claude Code built me a $273/Day online directory
Aug 21, 2026 bullish
Insight
Isenberg: AI engines like ChatGPT and Google need curated directories
“In an AI world, we actually need directories more than ever because there's just too much information. So when it's curated it's helpful. Also the whole like SEO game is changing right now. Like what's being, you know, like People are going to chat GPT, and th…”
Greg Isenberg Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 40:01 Making $$$ with Grok Bot
Aug 21, 2026 positive
Opinion
Howell: Newsletters and directories offer lowest entry barrier with GrokBot
“I think the lowest barrier to entry with crockbot to start a business is probably newsletter and then directory. I think that stack goes together really nice.”
Billy Howell Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 41:39 Making $$$ with Grok Bot
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