The Full Map: Six Stops to Your First Site
The six-stop subway map: pick and validate, stand it up, content, launch and index, monetize, operate — each with lessons, time cost, and what you carry away.
Your 30-day subway map
From zero to an earning site is six stops. See the whole route before boarding:
| Stop | Lessons | Time | You carry away |
|---|---|---|---|
| ① Pick & validate | 03-08 | 2 days | A decided game + the day-one 10-page list |
| ② Stand it up | 09-12 | 1 day | A working site that is yours |
| ③ Content engine | 13-17 | Week one | First 10-15 pages passing QA |
| ④ Launch & index | 18-21 | 3 days | Live worldwide + Google indexing |
| ⑤ Monetize | 22-24 | After qualifying | Ad slots live + payout channel ready |
| ⑥ Operate | 25-29 | 30 min weekly | A stable update-and-rank rhythm |
Never skip a stop. Each stop’s output is the next stop’s raw material: without ①’s query list, ③’s pages target things nobody searches; without ③’s 15 pages, ⑤’s ad application fails review. Every day a skip saves you, you repay double later.
How to brief AI (three rules, used all through this manual)
Every hands-on step in this manual ships a copy-paste AI prompt. Before using them, memorize three rules:
- Feed material; never let it guess. Every
<placeholder>in a prompt gets replaced with real material: real Trends data, real results-page listings. AI-invented game facts (codes, stats) destroy site trust — with material supplied, there is nothing to invent. - Ask for tables, not prose. Tell AI to “output a table: priority / page / target query / material needed” — tables paste into your worksheet; prose does not.
- Make it ask you back. End prompts with “list what’s missing and ask me” — AI then puts the gaps on the table instead of silently filling them with fake data.
Uniform usage: copy the whole block → replace every <placeholder> → send. Planning prompts let AI advise but never touch files; page-production prompts are the ones that write into your repo.
Three classic mistakes (made for you in advance)
- Skipping stops: jumping straight to “turn on ads”, then discovering the application needs 15-20 pages. Every stop’s gate is written on the road.
- Reading without doing: every lesson ends with an acceptance checklist — no output, no moving on. This is a manual, not a novel.
- Grinding when stuck: every lesson carries “three classic mistakes”; still stuck, throw your screenshot and question straight at AI — it is your teaching assistant on call.
✅ Acceptance (all must hold)
- You can name the six stops in order
- Every prompt you send has real material in its placeholders
- ☐ You wrote down the goal: day 30 — one indexed site with 10 pages
Next lesson
First stop, and the most valuable skill in the whole business: finding queries. Next lesson: 20 minutes a day to fill your candidate pool past 10. Go to Lesson 3 · Where to Find Candidates