140 days in. $100M+ companies are now finding me

Site launched March 18. No ads, no outreach budget.

This month something shifted.

Companies I didn't contact started emailing me. Not indie founders — established brands with real marketing budgets. Found our articles through search, asked about placement.

The numbers behind why it's happening:

5.15M Google impressions since launch. 385 ChatGPT citations. Copilot 183 times. DR 32, 850 referring domains. MSN and Bing News syndicating our content.

None of that was bought.

The comparison pages did it. Verdict-first structure, specific use case, no hedging. That's what ranks and that's what AI systems cite. Everything else is noise.

First paid placement closed in May. More in progress.

Pat @ AIToolsRecap