rickhaasteren

Yeah Google is super dumb. Worst search engine ever. Thank god ahrefs is spending 60m to build something better

Link building is still very relevant. But comment spam isn’t 2022 linkbuilding.

Sure, people still do that. Doesn’t mean that’s representative for the SEO industry.

“I saw some hotel websites with location links in their footer, so that must be what the SEO industry is all about”

Sure.

That was SEO 15 years ago. If you think that still works, you’ll be disappointed.

122 now. I'm a happy man!

About 90% are on a free account, most others on a paid account through StackCommerce or similar tools.

Monetization is my next goal - and probably should have been much earlier. I'm thinking about 1 month free trials automatically converting people to a paid account after that. I would ask for their creditcard details during sign up. I'm still trying to figure out what would be the best approach.

More on that in my next post, How I Make $50 Million A Day Without Working.

Fair point, you see many of these SAAS and growth hacking companies using each other's products.

I don't think SiteGuru falls in that bucket though. It's useful for a much wider audience than just growth hackers and SAAS cowboys. Anyone with a website will find some issues and improve their site.

Many of the current users are small local businesses. The lessons in the article may not be relevant for them, the tool itself is.