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Building a Tiny Tool Around a Surprisingly Popular Search: "10 KPH to MPH"

While working on UnitMorph, I noticed something interesting.

Most people think unit converters only get traffic from big keywords like "km to miles" or "kg to lbs."

But when I started digging deeper, I found hundreds of very specific searches that people make every day.

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