[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-article-rocketing-to-10-000-users-how-i-achieved-a-270-increase-in-just-9-months-with-my-chrome-extension":3},{"meta":4,"html":36,"authorName":37,"authorFacebookUrl":38,"authorProfileImage":39,"authorWebsite":40,"authorJobTitle":41,"authorTwitterUrl":42,"wordCount":43,"recommended":44},{"id":5,"slug":6,"type":7,"title":8,"excerpt":9,"metaTitle":10,"metaDescription":10,"canonicalUrl":10,"featureImage":11,"publishedAt":17,"createdAt":18,"updatedAt":19,"featured":20,"readingTime":21,"tags":22,"author":35,"recommendedSlugs":10},"63de3b401e838305da2d38b0","rocketing-to-10-000-users-how-i-achieved-a-270-increase-in-just-9-months-with-my-chrome-extension","post","How I Increased Chrome Extension Users by 270% in 9 Months","Learn how I managed to grow the user base of my Chrome extension by 270% in just nine months by applying simple SEO strategies.",null,{"url":12,"alt":13,"caption":14,"width":15,"height":16},"https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1457364887197-9150188c107b?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDh8fHNwYWNleHxlbnwwfHx8fDE2NzU1MDg1Njc&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000","Rocket launch: 10,000 User Milestone: The Story of My Chrome Extension’s Growth","Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Funsplash.com\u002F@spacex?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit\">SpaceX\u003C\u002Fa> \u002F \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Funsplash.com\u002F?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit\">Unsplash\u003C\u002Fa>",2000,1333,"2023-02-06T05:58:57.000+00:00","2023-02-04T11:02:24.000+00:00","2024-07-23T14:00:56.000+00:00",false,5,[23,26,29,32],{"name":24,"slug":25},"Marketing","marketing",{"name":27,"slug":28},"SEO","seo",{"name":30,"slug":31},"Side Hustle","side-hustle",{"name":33,"slug":34},"Web Highlights","web-highlights","marius-bongarts","\u003Cp>\n  Finally! Something that seemed impossible a year ago was only a matter of time — my\n  \u003Ca\n    href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    Web Highlights Chrome Extension\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  reached more than\n  \u003Cstrong>10,000 users\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  in the Chrome Web Store 🎉 🎊\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*XGqkE-NA1ETmFa6PZr9-5A.png\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"Web Highlights Chrome Extension — 10,000+ user milestone\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>\n    \u003Ca\n      href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n      data-href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n      class=\"markup--anchor markup--figure-anchor\"\n      rel=\"noopener\"\n      target=\"_blank\"\n    >\n      Web Highlights Chrome Extension \n    \u003C\u002Fa>\n    — 10,000+ user milestone\n  \u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>\n  Last year in April, when I posted\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002F@mariusbongarts\u002Fmy-journey-to-the-first-9-99-with-my-side-project-3edc13dd1f2d\">\n    My Journey to the First $ 9.99 with My Side Project\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  , my online highlighter had\n  \u003Cstrong>only 2,703 active users\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  . Today, I want to update you on how things are going and outline how I managed to grow my user base by\n  \u003Cstrong>270%\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  and my organic SEO impressions by\n  \u003Cstrong>16,666%\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  in less than a year 🚀\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*6ZYrBJykNQ2mIOVYYAHBuQ.png\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"User Growth: Web Highlights — PDF & Web Highlighter\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>\n    User Growth:\n    \u003Ca\n      href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n      data-href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n      class=\"markup--anchor markup--figure-anchor\"\n      rel=\"noopener\"\n      target=\"_blank\"\n    >\n      Web Highlights — PDF & Web Highlighter\n    \u003C\u002Fa>\n  \u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>\n  Back then, my\n  \u003Ca\n    href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    Chrome extension\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  had:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>\n    \u003Cstrong>2,733\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    weekly users\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\n    \u003Cstrong>7,102\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    created user accounts\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\n    ~\n    \u003Cstrong>3,000\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    organic SEO impressions\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\n  Today,\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fweb-highlights.com\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Highlights\u003C\u002Fa>\n  has:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>\n    \u003Cstrong>10k+\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    weekly users (\n    \u003Cstrong>↗ 270 %\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    )\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\n    \u003Cstrong>18,240\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    created user accounts (\n    \u003Cstrong>↗ 157 %\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    )\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\n    ~\n    \u003Cstrong>473k+\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    organic SEO impressions (\n    \u003Cstrong>↗ 16,666 %\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n    )\n  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\n  I’m currently trying my hand on Twitter and regularly post earning reports like this and many more insights about\n  programming, SEO, and updates on my side projects. I would be thrilled if you accompanied me on my\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FMariusBongarts\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter journey\u003C\u002Fa>\n  🙌\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n  \u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n    \u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n      \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FWebHighlights_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WebHighlights_\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fhashtag\u002Fbuildinpublic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#buildinpublic\u003C\u002Fa>\n      report #2, Jan 23 📈\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      👋 3,257 Chrome installs | 😥 1,733 uninstalls\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      💸 $223 MRR | ⬇️ $64\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      🤵 15,448 Created accounts | ⬆️ 16 %\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      🔥 9,747 Weekly users | ⬆️ 31 %\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      👆 7,730 Google clicks | ⬆️ 101 %\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      👀 206,000 Google impressions | ⬆️ 73 %\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\n    — Marius Bongarts (@MariusBongarts)\n    \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FMariusBongarts\u002Fstatus\u002F1620769062107095040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2023\u003C\u002Fa>\n  \u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n  \u003Cscript async src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplatform.twitter.com\u002Fwidgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C\u002Fscript>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"build-something-you-love\">Build Something You Love\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\n  My primary goal is still, and will always be, building a product that my users love. My most significant advantage is\n  that I am the heaviest user of\n  \u003Ca\n    href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fweb-highlights-pdf-web-hi\u002Fhldjnlbobkdkghfidgoecgmklcemanhm\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    my own extension\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  .\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like. — Paul Graham\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\n  If you want to build something and need some advice, my number one tip would be to\n  \u003Cstrong>build something you are passionate about\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  . It will make the journey much more enjoyable and fulfilling.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  As I am constantly using my app, I always try to improve it. Just recently, I figured that I would appreciate it if\n  there was a way to be reminded about bookmarks and articles I saved. Too  often, I add articles to my reading list and\n  forget about them…\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why I built this reminder which works similarly to the Gmail “Snooze” functionality for emails:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*A62a6riKZijX2LqKe_PcvA.gif\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"Web Highlights — “Snooze” Reminder\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>Web Highlights — “Snooze” Reminder\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>\n  However, a great product alone is not enough to achieve growth, and I had to work hard to ensure that Web Highlights\n  continued to grow. Here are some of the strategies I used.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"talk-about-your-product\">Talk About Your Product\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n  “Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.” — Seth Godin\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\n  When I started developing Web Highlights, I built in\n  \u003Cstrong>“Stealth-mode.”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  While I wasn’t worried about someone stealing my idea, as it wasn’t entirely new, I found it challenging to speak\n  publicly about the project. I often felt that the product wasn’t polished enough and feared receiving negative\n  feedback, which led me to keep quiet about it.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n  “Stealth-mode” refers to a startup or company working on a new product or service without publicly announcing it or\n  revealing too many details about it.\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\n  Luckily my mind has shifted entirely in this regard. And hopefully, I can convince you too. Instead of avoiding\n  feedback, try to get feedback as early as possible. I can only encourage anyone who builds things online to\n  participate in the\n  \u003Cstrong>#buildinpublic\u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  community.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  I regularly share updates about my product, even before the features are officially launched. This not only allows me\n  to gather direct feedback from my audience, but it also helps to increase awareness and build excitement for my\n  product.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n  \u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n    \u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n      The\n      \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FWebHighlights_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WebHighlights_\u003C\u002Fa>\n      sidebar is now fully resizable making it even easier to organize and access your highlights and notes.\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      \u003Cbr \u002F>\n      I hope you like it 😊\n      \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fhashtag\u002Fbuildinpublic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#buildinpublic\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ft.co\u002FPeTLIQicR7\">pic.twitter.com\u002FPeTLIQicR7\u003C\u002Fa>\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\n    — Marius Bongarts (@MariusBongarts)\n    \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FMariusBongarts\u002Fstatus\u002F1612464346147217409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003C\u002Fa>\n  \u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n  \u003Cscript async src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplatform.twitter.com\u002Fwidgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C\u002Fscript>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"increase-organic-traffic\">Increase Organic Traffic\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*0VUA3DFvEhs7Hv2cEdIJDg.png\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"Web Highlights Organic Traffic — Google Search Console\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>Web Highlights Organic Traffic — Google Search Console\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>Increasing organic traffic is one of the most essential steps for every possible product you can build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  Of course, you could have a large marketing budget and spend tons of money on Facebook Ads, Google Ads, etc. I have\n  tried this, but that’s not a long-term growth strategy.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  I very much like the way how\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002Fu\u002F742103990be0\">Rick Blyth\u003C\u002Fa>\n  puts it in his\n  Micro SaaS Handbook eBook\n  :\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>I like to think of organic traffic vs paid traffic akin to building a campfire.\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*oyeIJFVYu8NdYWKnFfjqPg.png\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"Organic Traffic Campfire with many keywords like “Blog, Paid, Micro, Lead, Youtube, Growth, etc…”\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>Organic Traffic Campfire\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n  You want to set up a foundation of large slow-burning blocks of wood (your organic content marketing\u002Freferral\n  marketing\u002Faffiliates etc). This will ensure that the fire will burn steadily for a long period of time. You will\n  consistently add to these foundations over time (more blog articles\u002Freferral schemes\u002Faffiliate partnerships).\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n  Once the fire is burning well, you can pour on some gasoline (paid advertising) to increase the height of the fire for\n  a short period of time.\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n  However, gasoline can be expensive and is also out of your control. The price of gasoline (cost of ads) can skyrocket\n  and ad accounts are notorious for being shut down (leaving you with zero traffic) so you can’t rely on this alone\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Chr \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\n  Organic traffic is the foundation for all SaaS products. SEO plays a huge role in this. In recent months, I have\n  almost only worked on improving SEO to take care of the organic traffic, even though I would much rather just build\n  new features to make my product better.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"kg-blockquote-alt\">\n  You can build the most outstanding product in the world — if no one hears about it, it’s doomed to fail.\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\n  The great thing about SEO and organic traffic is that you can quickly see results. Here is the organic traffic of my\n  web-highlights.com website in December 2021 compared to December 2022:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Cimg\n    src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn-images-1.medium.com\u002Fmax\u002F1280\u002F1*EYYZW-T6WZKsVuKl-1N5aQ.png\"\n    class=\"kg-image\"\n    alt=\"Organic traffic: web-highlights.com. Grey by 2,265.7% in one year\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n  \u002F>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>Organic traffic: web-highlights.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>\n  In my article,\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fweb-highlights.com\u002Fblog\u002F3-instant-ways-to-increase-your-google-ranking\u002F\">\n    3 Instant Ways to Increase Your Google Ranking\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  I wrote about the three things I did to achieve such growth:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>Hosting a blog\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>Improve Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO score\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>Creating Backlinks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\n  Check out\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbettermarketing.pub\u002F3-instant-ways-to-increase-your-google-ranking-d36cf98a933e\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    the article\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  for more information.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"final-thoughts\">Final Thoughts\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\n  Reaching the milestone of 10,000 users with Web Highlights is a fantastic achievement, and I am very grateful to all\n  the users who have supported and promoted the extension. I look forward to improving the product and reaching even\n  more users in the future.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  I hope you enjoyed reading this article. I am always happy to answer questions and am open to criticism. Feel free to\n  contact me at any time 😊\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\n  Get in touch with me via\n  \u003Cstrong>\n    \u003Ca\n      href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fmarius-bongarts-6b3638171\u002F\"\n      rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener\"\n    >\n      LinkedIn\n    \u003C\u002Fa>\n  \u003C\u002Fstrong>\n  , or follow me on\n  \u003Cstrong>\n    \u003Ca\n      href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FMariusBongarts\"\n      rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener noopener\"\n    >\n      Twitter\n    \u003C\u002Fa>\n    .\n  \u003C\u002Fstrong>\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n  \u003Ca\n    class=\"kg-bookmark-container\"\n    href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fweb-highlights.com\u002Fblog\u002F3-instant-ways-to-increase-your-google-ranking\u002F\"\n  >\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">3 Instant Ways to Increase Your Google Ranking\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">\n        Anyone can implement these three essential points to make their product visible on Google, Bing, and Co.\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\">\n        \u003Cimg class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fweb-highlights.com\u002Ffavicon.ico\" alt=\"\" \u002F>\n        \u003Cspan class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">Web Highlights Blog\u003C\u002Fspan>\n        \u003Cspan class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Marius Bongarts\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\">\n      \u003Cimg\n        src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1635944095210-23114a1fb7c0?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGljZWJlcmd8ZW58MHx8fHwxNjY3MDM4MjA0&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000\"\n        alt=\"\"\n      \u002F>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n  \u003C\u002Fa>\n  \u003Cfigcaption>Instant Ways to Increase Your Google Ranking\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n","Marius Bongarts","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FMariusBongartsWeb","\u002Fblog\u002Fcontent\u002Fimages\u002F2022\u002F08\u002FIMG_7861_Square.jpeg","https:\u002F\u002Fmarius-bongarts.de\u002F","Founder & Software Engineer","https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FMariusBongarts",1152,[45,80,96],{"id":46,"slug":47,"title":48,"description":49,"url":50,"publishedAt":51,"createdAt":52,"updatedAt":53,"featured":20,"readingTime":54,"tags":55,"imageUrl":58,"imageAlt":59,"faviconUrl":60,"publishedAtString":51,"category":61,"readTimeString":79},"688719cf8b4b770aa39407fc","my-simple-strategy-for-3-268-5-star-chrome-extension-reviews","My Simple Strategy for 3,268 5‑Star Chrome Extension Reviews","Get 37x more reviews than Grammarly with this simple strategy. 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