My small SaaS got recommended my Google in the AI search overview

4 pointskaave1mo ago4 comments

okay, so this is not so big to many of you , but today , i was just bored and tired of doing any marketing , cos nothing seemed to have been working. so i decided to do a search (i searched for quite a number of keywords) like error tracking for supabase , error tracking for next Js , but my saas didnt rank (if you dont know what im building , im working on a dead simple error tracker that notifies you when something breaks in prod, no bloated dashboards or config hell) , i built this cos sentry had too much noise and i just wanted something that lets me know when there's an issue in prod.

so i decided to do a search on "error tracking for shipfast(by marc lou)" and guess what ?? Bugmail was the first recommended result , now i dont know how this worked, i mean ive done some seo and stuff but i wasnt expecting it , and now i feel like im back , which is funny cos i didnt make a sale , i didnt onboard a new user yet i feel like o have conquered , life of a founder , i guess

i just wanted to share this here, also if you have any advice on how to rank higher on GSC and how to nail this marketing thing , any advice or feedback will be valuable

in the meantime , incase you want to check out what ive built;

you can check it out here ; https://www.bugmail.site

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theorchid1mo ago

Try promoting your project not with conventional SEO in search engines (GSC), but with the help of AI (chatgpt, perplexity, etc.). However, if you create a blog or articles on your website, they may not rank in AI chats. However, if you post the same content on other high-trust websites, these articles will appear in AI overviews within a week, including Google AI overviews. Along with the answer to the user's question, AI will take a link to your service from the article and offer it to the user. You can get much more traffic through gpt & perplexity than through Google search.

13pixels1mo ago

This aligns with what we're seeing too. LLMs often distrust new domains but will happily cite the same content if it appears on a platform they already trust (like Reddit, Medium, or established industry sites).

Another factor we've noticed is structured data (JSON-LD). If your own site has clear Schema markup for the Product/SoftwareApplication, it seems to help LLMs 'understand' the entity better, even if they don't rank the page itself for the query. It's like giving them a cheat sheet.

4rb1t1mo ago

just randomly opened this post thought i would chime in. Google results are personalized and since you own and visit bugmail.site its going to show up at the top. if you want a true view open incognito and preferably in a different browser where you arent signed in and then try and see where you rank. good luck!

gitbit-org1mo ago

That's awesome. Congrats bud! Keep going. Keep grinding.

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