Last year I quit my job to build FlashStock, thinking coding was the hardest part. Turns out, nobody knowing my product was the real killer. Three months of solo SEO, from zero to 200 daily visitors—here's my story.
Last year I quit my job to build my SaaS, and my indie site became a lifeline. In 2026, the game has changed: AI content flood, smarter Google algorithms, small-language blue oceans... I've fallen into many pits but also spotted new opportunities. Here's my real story.
Last year I quit my job to start a SaaS, and had to build an indie website from scratch for marketing. From buying a domain to SEO, from coding to getting indexed by Google, I stepped on countless landmines. Here's how my little site went from 0 to 200+ daily visitors.
Three months ago, I stared blankly at Google Search Console data—my SaaS product had zero organic traffic after a month. As an indie developer, I thought coding was all it took, but SEO turned out to be the real boss battle. Here's my journey from zero to some traffic, with all the pitfalls and lessons.
Three months ago, I stared at Google Search Console with zero organic traffic. As an indie developer, I thought building the product was the hard part. Then SEO became the real boss fight. Here's my journey from zero to first 100 daily visits.