Town-Data Guide Microsites
Guide-style local microsites that pull in real public data about each town to stand out to Google
Video published Oct 24, 2026 by Jesse Cunningham
Startup cost: Very low startup cost (a domain and hosting) (our estimate; the video doesn’t give figures)
Source video
Jesse Cunningham · The TRUTH Behind AI Microsites Dominating Google ↗
What It Is
You build a roughly 30-page website for one local service, but instead of generic text, each town page uses real data from state and government sources and links to them, so it reads like a local guide. Once it ranks, you rent it to a contractor or sell its leads.
The Pitch
From his contest of 61 new sites, Jesse says the 'guide' approach was holding page one, and that one community member's 300 microsites started getting leads three days after launch.
Who It’s Best For
Researchers who enjoy digging up public data and turning it into useful pages.
The Truth (as we see it)
Six of the 61 contest sites had scored a point at the time of the video, so most attempts didn't rank. The 300-site lead claim is a message from one member, not shown proof. Pulling public data takes care to get right. Jesse runs the Rank Expander Academy, a paid Skool community with a 7-day free trial, and promotes it throughout the video; the build files he mentions are inside it.
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