Another new-term SEO site takes off: 'earning money while sleeping'
yihui_indie · x · 2026-10-05
Indie developer yihuiindie shares that another of their new-term SEO sites — built to catch emerging search queries — is starting to gain traffic, prompting a coworker to describe it as "earning money while you sleep." The takeaway: spotting brand-new terms early and shipping content sites to capture their search demand remains a replicable playbook for passive indie revenue.
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