Will it be useful? "Trending" crypto news aggregator
Hi all, I recently put online https://www.bitcoinmonkey.org/
It's a trending crypto news aggregator.
It collects news from all major crypto news outlets RSS feeds, categorize them, assign a score, and calculate some stats, in order to surface the best trending news of the moment.
I initially created it just for myself, to find interesting stuff to read, and with Bitcoin Monkey I gave it a decent looking web interface.
Do you think it can be useful and/or it has potential?
Any feedback, suggestion, or critique will be greatly appreciated! :)
It's still in its early days, so it's a bit rough on the edges, and I have a big backlog of small features and improvements I want to do.
Also I am still adjusting the algorithm that calculates the score for each news and categorize them, to make it more reliable.
PS: you won't be tracked by Google Analytics :) I self-host a basic privacy-respecting analytics platform to get just a few info about website usage.
After a bit of a hiatus, I am back.
I recently did a major update in both the website UI/UX and in the way scores are calculated, and I have some major updates coming in the next few weeks to make the site a bit more useful and interesting.
Stay tuned! ;)
I love the Interface, especially because the page isn't filled with ads. How do you plan to monetize?
It does have a lot of potential. I think your challenge will be to drive meaningful traffic without original content.
I am also building it in an easily extendable way, so if it works I can quickly create a similar site for a different topic or in a different language.
Thanks!
I have some vague ideas about how to monetize it:
Yeah, the challenge would be to drive traffic, as organic traffic from search engines would probably be basically non-existent. I guess I have to work hard promoting it on social media channels and try to create a community around it.