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Write launch articles on dev.to, Medium and HackerNoon with strong titles and cover images
Google Discover is the top traffic source for his articles; no numbers
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What they did
Write an article on dev.to, Medium and HackerNoon about how you built something in your project or that you just launched it; later write listicles like 'top 10 open-source projects to check in 2026'. Google Discover drives most of the traffic to these articles, so invest in the title and cover image like a YouTube thumbnail. Goal is stars and trending, not just SEO.
What happened
Google Discover is the main traffic source for all his articles; 'tons of traffic'
- Stage
- launch
“If you check my articles on dev.to, Medium, and HackerNoon, this is the main traffic source for all of them. I get tons of traffic from this places.”
“So, this is why it's super important that you invest in your title and cover picture, same thing as you like when you're working on your YouTube, because people just going to see in the Discover feed.”
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