Indie webmaster's sites grab 3 of Google US's 10 first-page results for a trending keyword
gefei55 · x · 2026-10-12
An indie webmaster reports that for a trending keyword on Google US, his 2 websites hold 3 of the 10 first-page results, with friends' sites taking 4 more — leaving only a handful of slots for Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.
The case illustrates how small operators can use site clusters targeting trending keywords to crowd major platforms out of the SERP — a directly replicable SEO growth tactic for indie developers.
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