We always hear that “SEO takes time” but what does that mean? And how does building backlinks change the timeline? Just broke down the full traffic + monetization timeline for two of my directories that earned $3,363 in September One directory took me 6 months to start ranking

2 month update on my first AI coded directory On its way to 6k/monthly visits No backlinks, DR 0, 99% US traffic. Just good on-page SEO and vibes. This is when I usually consider putting ads on the site with mediavine. I’d guess this would earn in the ballpark of ~$300/mo

In the last 24 hours, I vibe coded a fully functional website builder for people who want to start their own run club. Think this unlocks a new frontier of directories + programmatic SEO + micro-saas combos Short version of the game plan: • Over 100k people a month look up

My 2.5 month old AI coded directory is on its way to 10k/monthly visitors Still has zero backlinks, but DR went from 0 to 1 (lol) Wasn’t going to put up display ads just yet but figured why not Want to see what it’s like to apply for mediavine on a directory built with

Might mess around with my first non-directory project this week Started looking up “white screen” in the mornings for productivity + deep work sessions Found this website getting half a million monthly visitors. Site is only 2 years old. Impressive stuff Seems pretty easy to

None of my directories have ever been massively hit by a Google’s core update I thought it finally caught up to me with this December core update when I saw 50-60% drops in daily organic traffic with a recent build 2 days after the update ended, we’re right back up! Holidays

Money is a great motivator, but getting people to talk about your directory/project like this will give you all the momentum you need to continue building. Posted in a private Facebook group yesterday. I broke the rules, posted a link to my directory in the post, mods still

how to use claude code + outscraper + crawl4ai to build a profitable online directory in 4 days for under $250 1. scrape 50k–70k raw records with outscraper 2. use claude code to clean, dedupe, and structure the data in passes 3. run crawl4ai to verify live sites and filter junk

Going live tonight at 7:30pm PST for a casual vibe coding sesh + Q&A in the free directory community You can join here if you haven’t already: ship-your-directory.circle.so/c/get-started/ Happy to answer any questions around directories and SEO ✌️

Saturday night shenanigans as a non-coder finally seeing what OpenClaw🦞 is about I have too many projects and a list of things I’ve been wanting to streamline If you’ve played with openclaw, lmk your favorite youtubers/educators/tips 🤝

I think my 4-day old (rebuilt) plasma directory is already generating thousands of dollars in lead value 👀 Was curious how many website visitors were actually turning into plasma leads, so I built this analytics dashboard. It tracks a bunch of stuff, but mainly who completed a

> Build cool projects that genuinely help people > Have random people go out of their way to offer help/valuable feedback > Improve the product > Product helps more people Why do I feel like this is a lost concept nowadays Btw this happens all the time. it’s pretty much