Been hearing that AI search is quietly eating everyone's clicks, so I pulled the actual Search Console data on three real sites instead of assuming.
Checked AI Overview impressions, AI Mode clicks and Gemini citations for each. Every number came back zero. Not low, zero, across the board.
One of the sites has actually been cited by ChatGPT and Gemini a few times, tracked through a separate visibility tool, not GSC. None of that shows up as a click in Search Console yet.
Whatever moved clicks and impressions on these sites this month was backlinks and normal indexing, not anything AI search related. For a smaller site with no existing authority, the AI traffic story is still mostly theoretical.
Okay, so I know everyone's feed has been taken over by the Studio Ghibli but I'm curious what else people have been able to create or seen that's really left an impression. Here are some that I've created! Also on X.
I'm 6 months into building my first product (still pre-PMF, ~20 active users), and user feedback has been the hardest thing to crack. Here's what I've tried so far and what I learned from each:
I kept an Excel of what the three closest competitors shipped out. It gave me no insights whatsoever. The feature name in the list doesn't say anything about its quality.
In July I tried the closest competitor out by purchasing their product and using it for a month in a serious work context. Three things happened:
After launching, I noticed a big increase in inbound messages - agencies, tools, consultants, AI assistants, and more. Some of it is genuinely useful, some of it is unexpected, but I'm curious how other Makers approach this!
Do you have a system for prioritizing what to respond to? Do you categorize outreach, set filters, or use any tools to manage it?
Whenever I m scrolling through new apps and a teammate walks by my screen I instinctively switch tabs. It s not like I m doing anything bad but explaining why I'm looking at five different utility apps just feels like too much work.
They usually assume I m just messing around instead of trying to find tools to solve daily workflows.
Does anyone else treat their tool discovery like a secret habit or do you just let people see whatever is on your screen?
Just cancelled my Headway app subscription. The summary apps don't make sense anymore. Especially when they all provide is a bland and generic 15 minute summary. Why can't I go to ChatGPT and generate one myself? Is anyone still using any book summary app? What makes you use it? And what improvements do you feel are much needed?
