online directories
4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 21, 2024 by John Rush · across every show →
Everything said about online directories, oldest first
Oct 21, 2024 neutral
Oct 21, 2024 negative
Oct 21, 2024 positive
Rush: Listing trending items on directories captures early Google search traffic
“The next wave of growth comes from being early to list hot items on your directory, and Google will find nothing else on the internet to supply to the user who is searching for that, and Google will show Your item, your page for that.”
Feb 16, 2026 bullish
Chu: LLMs dominate discovery, but directories capture high-stakes decision-making
“What I think ChatGPT perplexity and all these other LLMs do really well is they help you discover things or get more information on the thing. But by the time someone's on a directory, I think they're in the decision-making phase and with any more complex deci…”