Abey Thomas

Software engineer building small internet products.
Sharing experiments in SEO, product design & engineering.

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Four days after launching my latest project:

• 945 Google Search impressions
• 3 organic clicks

Small numbers, but seeing people discover something I built is exciting.

Next: improve the tools, learn from real search queries, and keep building.

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1.69K Google impressions. 4 organic clicks.

I went through the search queries and updated my guides and tools based on them.

Now I’m curious to see whether those changes translate into better rankings and more clicks.

Small experiments. Real data. Let’s see.

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@RustyRishii Complete the story, was it from one floor below/ above or far ?

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@onlinedopamine oh bro and ur app is to peek other apps https://t.co/YjB15CsgYQ

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@NathanJBarnes Thank you... It’s a small start, but seeing those first clicks has been really encouraging.

[Abey Thomas @abeybuilds]

Four days after launching my latest project:

• 945 Google Search impressions
• 3 organic clicks

Small numbers, but seeing people discover something I built is exciting.

Next: improve the tools, learn from real search queries, and keep building.

[Abey Thomas @abeybuilds]

@nicklaunches Thankyou, got my score from 50 to 83

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@viktoroddy I still like seeing the actual product somewhere near the top. Doesn't have to be the whole dashboard. One useful screen can explain more than another headline.

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@frederickjames I went web-first for my app. For something people might use once a month, being able to open a link and start without installing anything felt like a better fit.

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@gemimatt @framer Got my site's mobile lab score to 100 recently too. Deferring analytics helped, but the bigger fix was letting the HTML show before startup JS finished.

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@marcelkargul I'd add testing with the keyboard open and larger text settings. A screen can fit perfectly until someone starts typing 😅

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@asaio87 What would you offer when your own site is new and doesn't have much authority yet? That's the part I'm working through.

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@jack_mitchell01 Congrats man 🙌 A sale from 1.5k views on a fresh account is encouraging. Thanks for sharing where the buyer actually came from.

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@rossark0 @rive_app Does it handle prefers-reduced-motion too? Would be useful to get the animation and a static fallback from the same skill.

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@TheLarkInn I'd still want another person reviewing the assumptions. Getting more code written doesn't tell me whether I picked the right problem.

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@synopsi Are those visitors landing on the app homepage or the free tools? Working on SEO for my app too, and trying to separate tool traffic from people looking for the app.

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@ItsPavanGK Curious whether Reddit still brought any installs from supported devices, or if the whole campaign was a loss. The click numbers alone would hide that.

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@LeoBuilds_ Repo docs for decisions, a short handoff for the current task. What changed, what passed, what's left. Still need the next agent to check the actual files though.

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@doooyle The offer testing part caught my eye. What changed between the first offer and the one people actually paid for?

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@1Umairshaikh Been working on this too. Keyword research showed me I was describing my app differently from how people search for it. Had to fix that before writing more pages.

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@bertie_ai The 80mb cache for 46gb of data caught my eye. How does the first query behave after the object wakes up with an empty cache?