Because building products has become much more accessible thanks to AI, the bar has had to rise a bit, or at least the expectations have become stricter.
I built my own tool, but personally, I wouldn t launch it on Product Hunt yet because it s still very basic and doesn t even have a website.
I've always struggled with promoting my own work. It always felt a little awkward because I grew up in an environment where drawing attention to yourself wasn't really encouraged.
That's not exactly ideal when you're trying to build a business, and even less so when marketing is literally how you make a living. :D
We analyzed 6.8 million AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity . The finding changed how we think about AI visibility.
The breakdown
First-party websites: 44% of citations
Business listings: 42%
Reviews and social content: 8%
Forums like Reddit: Just 2%
The most impactful sources are the ones you already control . This directly challenges the perception that Reddit and user-generated content dominate AI answers .