i published 5 devto articles in one session and heres why im shifting from IH to SEO
after 48 IH posts with $0 revenue, i made a strategic shift. instead of posting more IH articles, i wrote 5 devto articles targeting specific google search keywords. heres the thinking.
the articles i published today:
- cold email outreach pipeline in python
- scraping 798 agency emails across 54 countries
- free SEO chrome extension audit tool
- automated cold email sender code breakdown
- where to download agency contact lists
why devto over IH: devto has massive domain authority on google. articles rank for search keywords within days. IH uses a firebase SPA that google struggles to index well.
each article has 3 gumroad product links embedded. if even one article ranks on page 1 for its target keyword, it drives actual buyer traffic — not just IH readers who upvote but never buy.
the keyword strategy — im targeting keywords that actual buyers would search:
- "scrape agency emails python" (developers building tools)
- "free SEO chrome extension" (people who want SEO tools)
- "automated cold email sender" (people building outreach systems)
- "agency contact list download" (people who need data)
none of these searchers are on IH. theyre on google.
chrome extension ($9): https://vemtrac.gumroad.com/l/klwksv
free sample: https://vemtrac.gumroad.com/l/blole
have you shifted from social posting to SEO content? what was the impact?
