alexfefun

----Background----- I work as a technical support professional, originally having no connection to development. However, with the rapid advancement of AI in recent years, even someone with basic skills like me can build websites with AI assistance. Due to financial pressure in the past two years, I've been exploring international markets to potentially earn income, which led me to learn website development. For background context, see here: https://www.v2ex.com/t/1082364#reply6 ----Main Content----- After reviewing my experience with previous sites, I've identified the following pitfalls:

Rushing to develop main features before achieving good rankings Achieving good rankings but targeting low-frequency, non-essential scenarios, resulting in poor conversion rates

Currently, I'm experimenting with gaming sites, specifically iframe-embedded mini-games. My latest site (https://blockblastsolver.online/) is a gaming utility site with relatively low development costs. I built it with AI assistance in just one evening. There are probably quite a few bugs, haha, but I'll fix them once the rankings improve.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for breakthroughs in artificial neural networks is a groundbreaking recognition of AI's deep roots in physics. Their work laid the foundation for modern machine learning, driving the AI boom we see today. It's fascinating to see how these interdisciplinary contributions have reshaped both technology and our understanding of intelligence. As AI continues to evolve, this award reminds us of the critical role foundational science plays in transformative innovation. What’s next for AI is anyone's guess, but it’s certainly going to be exciting!

Alright, so here's the deal - I'm actually a tech support guy by trade. Never really messed with development before. But man, these last couple years, AI's been blowing up so fast that even a half-baked coder like me can whip up a website with a little AI magic.

Things have been kinda tight money-wise lately, you know? So I figured I'd try my luck overseas and see if I could make a buck or two. That's how I got into this whole website building gig.

This site here? It's my 7th creation. Out of the first 6, three were WordPress jobs - barely any real coding there. The 4th one was a simple static page I cobbled together with JS, HTML, Tailwind, and threw it on the cloud. Just for practice, you know?

For number 5, I jumped on the Next.js bandwagon that everyone's been raving about. Hooked it up to some third-party API to make an auto image expansion site. It hasn't really taken off yet though. Weirdly enough, I added a ton of backlinks, but Google Search Console only picked up on the one from V2EX.

Site number 6? Just recycled the same template.

Now, here's what I've figured out from all this: You don't gotta build out all the fancy features right off the bat. Just slap together a landing page, nail the SEO, and once you're climbing up those Google rankings, then you can worry about adding all the bells and whistles.

Take my previous site (aiexpandimage.org) - I knocked out that landing page in a few hours tops. But the actual features? That took me a good week or two. Right now it's hovering around 64 in Google rankings on average. Gotta keep building those backlinks and getting the word out.

Learning from that, for my 6th site (ai-hug.org), I just focused on the landing page. Get that SEO juice flowing first, you know? Once the traffic starts rolling in, then I'll build out the core features and payment stuff. Actually, I just finished setting up payments and scored my first subscription - 5.9 bucks, baby!

So now, I'm riding this new trend with a Flux site (flux1.one). Same deal - no main features yet. Gonna get those rankings up first, then worry about the rest.

That's the scoop, dude. Pretty wild ride so far!

Thank you