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I got tired of reading bad READMEs and made https://www.makeareadme.com/ https://www.makeareadme.com/ on a whim. Over the past few years, it has climbed up the
by dguo 6y ago
I got tired of reading bad READMEs and made https://www.makeareadme.com/ https://www.makeareadme.com/ on a whim. Over the past few years, it has climbed up the Google search rankings. It's usually in the top three hits for "readme" now.
I serve developer-focused ads with CodeFund (and Carbon as a backup when CodeFund doesn't have an ad available). I get about $45 in revenue per month. Hosting costs are $0 because it's just a static site served from Netlify, so the only cost is the domain.
I never intended to make any money off of it, and I care much more that it's hopefully a helpful resource for some people. But it is nice to get a little bit of passive income.
- gkoberger 6y agoAh, my SEO nemesis! Really, though, your site is awesome. I just emailed you about sponsoring it, if you're interested :)
- dguo 6y agoHaha thanks! As soon as I read the first line of your comment, I knew you must be from ReadMe.
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- antoniomtz 6y agoHow many visitors do you have per month?
- dguo 6y agoAbout 37,000 per month, according to Google Analytics. The actual number is probably quite a bit higher, since I assume programmers use ad blockers at a high rate.
- abiogenesis 6y agoCurious, never used Netlify but I'd assume they provide server based analytics?
- dguo 6y agoThey do[1], but it costs $9 per site per month. [1]: https://www.netlify.com/products/analytics/ https://www.netlify.com/products/analytics/