Day 5 of my X verification being under review.
Things I've done while waiting:
- Built an election site covering all 254 Texas counties
- Copped 2 pairs of sneakers
- Launched a new website for a client
Your turn.
What did you do in 5 days that X couldn't? 👇
Texas has 254 counties. The one leading early-vote turnout isn't Harris, Dallas or Travis.
It's Kenedy County: 47 of its 269 registered voters have already voted. That's 17.5%.
Statewide: 3.8%.
How small is the smallest place you've ever voted?
731,825 Texans have already voted. 🗳️
Day 2 of early voting (state data as of Oct 20): 647,071 in person + 84,754 by mail, 3.8% of 19M registered voters.
Standout: Dallas County leads all 254 counties with 113,345 ballots, 7.6% of its registered voters.
Big move in the #TXGov market today 📈 All time high for Gina!
Polymarket traders' prices, last 24 hrs: Greg Abbott 67.3¢ (down 8.6¢) Gina Hinojosa 32.5¢ (up 8.5¢)
#TXSen: Ken Paxton 35.5¢ (down 3¢), James Talarico 64.5¢ (up 3¢)
Prices, not votes. Early voting runs through Oct 30.
Track both Texas races (market prices, early-vote turnout for all 254 counties, and live results on Nov 3) here, free and nonpartisan: https://t.co/qyfnNIstLh
Huge change in prediction market today.
Texas Senate market moved 3¢ in a day.
Polymarket traders' prices for Ken Paxton 35.5¢ (down 3¢ in 24h) James Talarico 64.5¢ (up 2¢)
Prices, not votes. 540,684 Texans have already cast early or mail ballots.
Derek's reports are a must-read. In between, you can track early-vote turnout for all 254 Texas counties on a live map, updated daily. Free, no sign-up: https://t.co/k2uS1kCtiQ
I will begin sending out my daily early voting reports beginning tomorrow afternoon. If you aren’t on the list and want to be, you can sign up here.
https://t.co/LTh2dDCvMc
Each day, I will go over who is voting by age, gender, race, past party primary history, etc. #txlege
After day 1 of early voting, Polymarket traders' prices (prices, not votes):
Senate: Paxton 38.5¢ (no change), Talarico 61.5¢ (-1¢) Governor: Abbott 76.3¢ (+2.2¢), Hinojosa 24¢ (-0.5¢) 24-hour moves.
Both races + turnout for all 254 counties: https://t.co/3IBhOsgdkm
57,341 Texans have already voted, per the state's Oct 19 file: 55,901 by mail and the first 1,440 in person (a few counties so far).
Up 2,980 from the day before. Harris County leads with 18,162 ballots.
@itsalexjardine Great call, appreciate it. I'll run URL Inspection on the new pages and check what's actually in the crawled HTML. If the content only shows up after JS runs, prerendering goes to the top of the list before we scale the city pages.
Has anyone actually ranked a vibe coded website on Google & in AI search?
I built my agency site mostly with AI.
Here's what Search Console shows so far 👇
What worked for you? Or are we all still being told vibe coded sites can't rank?
@ATown_Jonesy Agreed, it's a long game. I’m building out the city pages now along with the topical authority. The focus is making each one genuinely local, not a city name swap, so Google treats them as real pages and not doorway pages. I'll post the numbers once they start moving.
56,874 Texans have already voted as of Oct 19: 55,797 by mail plus the first 1,077 in person (only 18 counties have posted in-person counts so far).
That's +2,518 since yesterday. Harris County leads with 18,162.
@pseudotrending This is a great way to look at it. Avg position has been bouncing around, and I think the new long tail stuff is exactly why. Going to pull the 4–5 queries by page and see what's close. Appreciate the tip.
@bd3kker 100% agree. The AI part got me to launch faster, but title tag, meta description and structure are where the real work is. Will keep posting the numbers, good or bad.
@schkovl Really good call. I hadn't thought about how the nav is built under the hood. Going to inspect it tonight and see whether they're real links or just buttons. If they're divs with click handlers, that might explain a lot.
@ATown_Jonesy Mostly service pages but I’m also working on building topical authority for certain cities that will take time, but eventually help with the rankings.
Avg position across all keywords went from 70 to under 20.
Backlinks, schema and structure are still a work in progress. Next goal is top 3. I'll share what moves it into the top 3 as I go!
The site: https://t.co/6ZDXtFcqXC.