How to Get Your Podcast to the Top of Apple for $5🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 27: Chartbreakers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Something is wrong with the Apple Podcasts top charts. Why are shows with no reviews and bad audio neck-and-neck with celebrities and NPR? Nagging questions lead to full-blown obsession and the Bangladeshi cottage industry of podcast marketing.
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The fact that I've listened to now dozens of episodes and have still yet to hear a single ad (I listen while driving for work), is nothing short of incredible. I'd like to buy a tshirt or something in support of darknet diaries!
You know… you're right. This show formed part of my inspiration to join the IT bandwagon.
At the very least I can buy some hacker-esque gear to support the top notch content. 😆
He uses Patreon for monetary use of building his channel. I feel bad cause I'm broke and I really want to support this guy's content
@@nomadicwolf6132there's no ad because the podcast actually has an ad but TH-cam versions don't because of AdSense. He doesn't use the original ad for re-uploads. These shows were uploaded after they were created and put on podcasting sites in his website.
there's no ad because the podcast actually has an ad but TH-cam versions don't because of AdSense. He doesn't use the original ad for re-uploads. These shows were uploaded after they were created and put on podcasting sites in his website.
@@AfricanLionBatdo you know where they were posted originally?
This is the type if quality content that deserves to be on front pages and tops of charts.
Jack.. I respect your hard work, heard your interview on David bombal channel. It was nice getting to hear your story. Keep up the great work, You rock!
OMG THERE'S AN INTERVIEW ON DAVID BOMBAL!‽ I am SO listening to that next.
Oh wow I found it in the recommendations after I saw this comment haha
@@lowwastehighmelanin 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I appreciate that!
What's the episode number of that one
This is a great piece of journalism. I love what you're doing, and you deserve to be at the top without gaming.
That's the first video that I am watching from you! OMG, your content is so good.
This video and your content in general are mad underrated, I don't get how you only got 17k views on this podcast so far, especially since the topic should interest a whole lot of other people
A relative of mine tried to boost sells of their book on Amazon by having all their friends and relatives buying it and leaving a good review. One of the short comings was a person bought the book based on the reviews, and then called them out on all the good reviews, because he didn't find the book lived up to the reviews it was getting.
Great video, and I enjoy all of your videos so far. You do a great job and have interesting subjects to talk about.
Amazon will permanently ban you for doing that.
@@jim9990 I would think that it was very dishonest of my relative to do what she did. I even warned her not to do it, but she made excuses. If you have any examples of being banned, I'd be interested.
Thanks for your comment.
@@computer_freedom It's in the Amazon seller rules. Very strict life ban for breaking it. They have an algorithm that flags reviewers who could personally know the seller. For your first few reviews, it's morally ok to have a friend honestly review your product, but don't get caught. The first review can be the hardest.
@@jim9990 Thanks a bunch. I'll look that up.
So I was just randomly browsing TH-cam, and the algorithm showed me a video of David Bombal. I said to myself let's see what is it about. I really enjoyed the content of that video and started to watch all his previous videos. And there comes the video of your interview. I know what podcast are but i already said to myself " nah they will be probably some guy/guys talking about things about not interesting things. Another boring news type alike". After i finished watching the video of your interview, i said to myself let's give a try .And oh boy... These podcasts that you are making are like modern true fairy tales. And the way you narrate them is amazing. Thank you very much for your hard work Jack, i am looking forward for more!!
What Seth says at the end literally brought tears to my eyes, love your work!
similar thing happened with Spotify, where a guy actually created 12000 premium accounts and made and automation script for all those accounts to listen 30-ish seconds on a podcast that had really random stuff and field recordings and such, enough to make the monetization condition and had them running for 24 hours making scoring like a couple of millions and paying for the premium accounts for a whole year completely legal just by exploiting the monetization algo completely autonomously ... leading to a change in Spotify monetization strategy and exposure of their mishaps and shortcomings ...
So I'm from Bangladesh, and even tho I don't do any kind of podcast promotions I knew this method. Bangladeshi Tech Underworld is full of surprises.
@jack It's common to call a close male friend a "brother" (or "bhai") in South Asia
It was really nice to listen to you investigating something you were particularly passionate about. It added loads to the thrill of the episode!
You should do one about Spotify and the music industry
It’s a total waste of time because most content is rubbish. It might help kick start a good creator. But it’s best to not take the risk and just grow organically. If you’re content is good, you’ll grow organically through the algorithm anyway.
So here I m, leaving a comment to help promoting the show legally and show my affection. 🥰
This piece of investigative journalism is FANTASTIC Jack. Please continue to do these types of shows. So fascinating!
I heard this is allegedly how Travis Scott gained his popularity on Soundcloud. Sort of. he used bots and hacked accounts, in his case. He then turned around and sold that "influence" to labels. You may be interested in reporting on that as well.
The whole NYT best seller list sounds exactly like what the KLF did with Top of the Pops in the UK to get a number 1 hit single. They even wrote a book about it called "The Manual".
KLF was great though.
Big ups the klf just read the book "the band that burned 1 million pounds"
There's a TH-camr who did a video on how he got to be the number one podcast consistently with no valuable content on it, and also how he was able to buy massively influential social media profiles.
Link please?
Good luck with your good work jack, you are simply amazing.
You're the best!
Dude you have such a great talent with putting together these podcast episodes. Your journalism alone puts you above everybody else. Great stuff man.
Fantastic work, really enjoyed this. It's always refreshing to see someone genuinely creating quality content.
This deserves millions of views
I like all your stories, but as a software guy and wannabe musician this one really hit home. You could probably do a companion piece on fake promotion scams for music too. Fake Instagram bot followers, and fake Spotify plays, all advertised in plain sight! Your point about how popular podcasts (and presumably music artists too) could use the same techniques in an almost impossible to detect form is very poignant. Keep up the good work!
This is probably my favorite so far.
I find myself wanting to know a little more here. Not in regards to podcasting as you’ve done a great job covering that but Apple use multiple charts for Apps, Music, Books etc etc and it makes me wonder if these charts are available for similar exploits also. If so, how has this effected the charts in the long run? Who’s famous and we’ll know due to this? I’d like to know more and have some exposure to who exploited this. Not to call them out but to just see how often it was used and how many utilised it without being caught! Hmmmm interesting
Yeah you gotta watch out on any charts. There's manipulation of the Google Play charts, Amazon most popular charts, even Spotify songs can falsely look more popular than they are.
I auto download your pods and every 2 weeks I have an extra enjoyable 5 am walk to work! It has also led me to look into many of your topics. Ty so much!
I'm soooo glad you're also uploading to TH-cam. I know the amount of plays or views aren't many right now, and may not seem worth it (maybe the Patreon conversions are) but keep in mind all it takes is that one HIT, that one SHOUTOUT before you BLOW up. That's how I gained over 1000 subs in a couple weeks. and I only had about 10 uploads at the time. Your content is awesome, so with the right, relevant bombshell, 10k should be easy peazy. Keep up the great work!
Algorithm for initial selection.
Human experts for podcast quality check.
That is probably why the guy said, both are required.
Why?
Well, since if everyone else is buying fake subscriptions initially, then your channel will never be considered by human experts till the platform changes its algorithm, or if your channel is outstandingly better than others.
By the way, you might want to split your story into half and...
It will not make some of your audience happy, that is for sure.
But, you worked hard, and it is fair in my opinion.
e.g. 1.5k likes or listen on the website.
Do you have a podcast talking about the "blackhat world" of SEO? blackhat world forum is loaded with these so called experts in SEO, which promises to get your site to the top google search ranks. This is HUGE! I have some stories to tell but, not here. Hopefully you'll venture into the world of blackhat SEO!
No I haven't but I should probably look into it
This channel will blow soon mark my words
Seems that any podcast ranking system would need to artificially promote the little guys. Otherwise it will always be have and have nots with no clear mechanism for discovery.
My first thought during/after this story is the popular Minecraft TH-camr: Dream. If I remember correctly, in one of his videos he's actually talking about he was learning how to use (utilize) the algorithm for his aim.
Great work. I am from Bangladesh and big fan of your show.
Love these stories. Always fascinating. Keep up the great work!
Brother = BRO. Middle east you'll find people call each other BRO & brother
It's a good thing, but not blood family relative
What’s the contact for that podcast promoter?
Where do you get the time to do all the reading and listening and speaking
Can you please post a link for the guy in Bangladesh for five dollars
Dude, you are an awesome journalist. Bravo, hope your show gets to the top legitly
Loved this episode, Keep up your work man.
Great episode, very interesting information!
You should consider taking a look at all the fuckery going on over at Twitch.
Great content. I was not hired to say this lmfao
"Brother" doesn't mean sibling in other cultures.
Just listened to this on podcast. Fantastic episode!
I am following from while and you just keep doing amazing
Keep the Hard work 🔥
I think Manowar is a username. Why? Because navies around the world have a class of ship named Man O' War.
Greetings from South Africa. I love your shows and try not to miss a show. I would love to have you on White Hat South Africa.
As usual, very good work in all aspects Jack!
Nice glowing logo
I’ve been binging these
Very cool! Great piece of work. I like what are you doing with your channel
brother is used as a figure of speech here, just like bro. People in Bangladesh often use boro vai / choto vai (big bro/ lil bro) to people they know.
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Top quality content, keep it up!
A simple method like this. Selenium and some proxies. And it's completely automatable
I know your podcast thanks to a friend telling me about you, you're right about this !
Is the fake restoraunt called Dorsia by any chance ?
Time to get my podcast to the top baby!
More actual hacker guests and stories!
you know it isn't against TOS to buy subscribers for any other yt-channels but your own...
Reminds me how WhatsApp abused "What's New" on apple store by changing their app name frequently
Richard Nixon gamed the NT Best Seller's list back in 1969 (or so). With a tectic very close to what you reported. He wanted a political book promoted.
Is one of the podcasts “To murder a podcast” ?
So this is called CTR Booster
I never heard a podcast on iTunes! 😅
A hacker promoting Apple products, so sad :(
But should we still like and subscribe!?
This was a really good episode
So to dumb this way down, one dude from Bangladesh set up thousands of fake accounts then upvoted some podcast? Seems pretty simple just time consuming.
the fact only 26K people know about this story hurts me!
Great story!
Love your show 💖✌🏻😎
Wow this emphasizes the point of not to be a sheep and do what is popular.
Eh, with so many options today, how will you know where to start. I think we need more people reviewing and suggesting things to us, not just 1 main place.
6:18 at this point I didn’t even know this was on Spotify but just added it lol
Ppl in India have it very hard. In Mumbai electricity has to be stolen. Even then it isn't a sure thing. They can do and will scam you
I guess its the same in Bangladesh ?
Which Indian did you pay? 9love the podcast!
Super interesting
Thanks for watching
Amazing stories to be honest :)
Man I love this podcast so much
That was great!
Reviews most def helps businesses on Google.
Dang that sounds like a clout chasers wet dream
Sounds interesting
How can I Gmail you I need to give some info
50 people per day is enough to be the top of your category? Sounds like dead internet theory.
It is just me who wants to see a picture of the wall? haha
I was thinking the same thing, but it's probably best left to the viewers imagination haha
Very curious
It will massage the ranks until you stop the tool
Wow
review for youtube algoritm!
I guess leaving a comment on youtube would be more beneficial for you to get some traction
I love your podcasts
Amazon definitely has this going on, hit me up if you want some more info
"Too many secrets." I see what you did there. 😁👟👟 13:25
Nevermind what happened with brave
I love these podcast
They Don't know they Talk with Only a Person named Jack But also a Pro Hacker!!
30:53 nice. someone who knows how to actually use facebook
Just what I was thinking
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Similar things happening right now on survey junkies.... Lots of quick cash 🤤
Explain?
@@zackoenig1617 just search "survey junkie method " on youtube 🧿