The Open AI Drama, New Google Features, the Best Black Friday Deals, and a Weird Cloud Niche Site

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast, where Spencer and Jared cover the latest news in SEO, AI, affiliate marketing, and content creation.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>As always, there’s a lot that happened since the previous episode, and they talk about the best Black Friday deals, so don’t miss this one!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The first news story they cover was the major upheaval at OpenAI over the last few days. Essentially, the board ousted Sam Altman as its CEO due to a lack of confidence and trust in him. </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>This led to a whirlwind of events: other employees quit in solidarity, he was hired by Microsoft, and then the board at OpenAI changed course and hired him back. </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>What does this all mean and how will it eventually play out? How did Sam and Microsoft really fare in this debacle? And how does this ultimately impact content creators? Tune in to hear Spencer and Jared’s takeaways.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The next bit of news they cover is that Google is testing out a <a href= "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-simple-search-36431.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Simple Search” function</a>, which would allow users to filter their search queries and simplify them. </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>How exactly does it work? What does this mean for the Search Generative Experience? What is Google really doing as it implements all of these changes? And what does it mean for bloggers? Listen and find out.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The next topics are about shopping, which could not be more appropriate, since it is Black Friday after all.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Google is now using <a href= "https://blog.google/products/shopping/goog