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I built a startup directory ranked by verified traffic. Almost nobody connects their analytics.
Every week my feed has another "we just hit 10k visitors" post with a cropped screenshot. Maybe it's true. There's no way to tell. So I built Pingsold: a startup directory where the ranking comes from each startup's own analytics, read-only, synced daily. Nobody can type in a number, including me, and paying never changes a rank. The idea still feels right to me. The numbers so far are humbling: 8 startups listed. 2 verified. Both of them are mine. Six founders found Pingsold, filled in the form, got a listing page... and never connected their analytics. Which means they never appear on the le
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