`VWO` at 10: from `Show HN` feedback to a **$20M+** bootstrapped business

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• #0001

  #0001Indie businessGeekNews5 hours ago

  Even a large wiki can vanish from `Google` indexing

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  A long-running niche content site now returns only 4 site: results. SEO-dependent products need backup discovery channels; organic search is fragile.

  • —Pokémon Central Wiki had been a leading Italian Pokémon reference for 15+ years; longevity alone did not protect distribution.
  • —wiki.pokemoncentral.it is a large MediaWiki site, yet site: reportedly returns only 4 results. Index health can fail at the platform layer.
  • —Content-led products should track indexed pages, not just traffic. A sudden drop can erase acquisition before analytics explains it.

  Source: news.hada.io/topic?id=29728Read original →
• #0002

  #0002Indie businessGeekNews10 hours ago

  Disney Erased FiveThirtyEight

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  Old URLs now redirect to ABC News, making the archive effectively disappear. Treat hosted content as temporary: keep exports, canonical copies, and backups under your own control.

  • —After Disney shut the site in 2025, legacy FiveThirtyEight URLs route to the ABC News homepage. Backlinks can lose all context overnight.
  • —Pew found nearly 40% of links active 10 years earlier had broken. Content decay is normal infrastructure risk, not an edge case.
  • —Ahrefs saw two-thirds of links vanish after 11 years. Docs, launch posts, and SEO pages need owned archives or export paths.

  Source: news.hada.io/topic?id=29708Read original →
• #0003

  #0003Indie businessr/SideProject13 hours ago

  Reddit drives **426** waitlist signups before a `DuoView Pro` Kickstarter

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  DuoView ProPortable dual monitor — dual 2.5K over one USB-C

  Reddit beat TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for early demand. A niche hardware launch used critique threads as both acquisition and positioning research.

  • —Waitlist reached 426 people, with Reddit still the top signup source. Community posts can outperform short-form channels when the product needs explanation.
  • —Instagram has 127 followers and YouTube 49, so audience size did not match conversion. Intent and feedback quality mattered more than follower count.
  • —Common objections became copy inputs: weight, iPad alternatives, Amazon clones, Alibaba white-label risk, price, and exact specs.
  • —The offer is high-ticket: $899 early bird, $1,199 retail. Reddit feedback is useful for testing whether premium positioning survives direct scrutiny.

  Source: www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1tisgkc/69_days_unRead original →