How I Used AI + Google Trends to Launch 4 Micro-Sites in a Month and Built a $2,000/mo Side Income
I didn’t plan to build four websites in a month. Honestly, I didn’t even plan to build one . But sometime earlier this year, I fell into a rabbit hole: I was casually checking Google Trends for a separate project, and I noticed a tiny spike around a niche technical keyword. Nothing dramatic—just a small, steady curve going up. But it made me curious enough to double-click. That tiny spike turned into the first $2,000/month I’ve ever made online consistently. And it didn’t come from one big site… but from four small, weird, AI-assisted micro-tools that I never expected to earn a dollar. Here’s the story—messy parts included. The Spark: When Google Trends Became My Business Partner Google Trends isn’t glamorous. It’s not one of those dashboards with neon charts and sliders and dopamine-inducing curves. It’s almost boring—until it isn’t. What I started doing was simple: Type in a niche technical term Compare it with related queries Look for steady demand, not spikes A...