A new site starts at zero.
Good work can go unseen when you don’t have an audience yet. New websites deserve a chance to be discovered.
INDEPENDENT WEBSITES, DISCOVERED TOGETHER
Discover independent
websites.
Help the good ones
grow.
GoodWeb brings curious readers and independent website owners together. Find somewhere worth visiting. Share a little space on your site, and help others find their people too.
Forming the founding group. Basic participation is free.
See how we help each other ↓THE WEB WE’RE BUILDING
leads to another.
Your content stays yoursEvery discovery leads to a websiteNo paid ranking
01 / THE PART NOBODY MAKES EASY
Making the website
was only half the work.
You’ve put something into the world. Getting the right people to notice it is another job entirely.
Search keeps changing.
Rankings shift. Answers appear before the click. Your relationship with readers needs more than one route in.
Attention gets expensive.
Advertising asks for money. Promotion asks for time. We’re building a way for independent websites to help one another.
02 / A SHARED WAY IN
Keep your website.
Open a few doors.
Participating websites display a small discovery bar. Readers can use it to explore related sites, follow their interests and find a useful page to visit.
The destination is always the original website. Your content, brand and address stay with you.
Read the participation details ↗- 01
Tell us what you’ve made.
Apply with your website and a short introduction. New projects and established favourites are welcome.
- 02
Choose your best pages.
After approval, verify ownership and nominate 5–10 pages that give readers a good place to start.
- 03
Connect with good neighbours.
Install the bar on approved public pages. Help readers explore, and help us learn what brings useful visits.
03 / THE WEB BELONGS TO ITS MAKERS
A fairer way
to be found.
Our mission is a web where independent websites help each other thrive. We’re building GoodWeb with its founding members around these commitments.
Help shape the networkA chance for new websites.
Usefulness comes first. Existing popularity shouldn’t be the price of admission.
Clear rules. No paid ranking.
Admission and discovery should be understandable. A bigger budget won’t buy a better place in ordinary results.
Control stays with you.
Choose participating pages, keep your content on your own site, and leave when you want to.
04 / FAIR QUESTIONS
Let’s be clear
about the beginning.
This is a founding invitation. We’re building the network with its first members, and useful traffic is something we have to prove.
Where will the first readers come from?
We’re starting with a focused founding group that includes new websites and established publishers. Useful recommendations and participating websites will introduce readers to the network. We need to earn their return visits; a collection of links alone won’t do that.
Why would I send my visitors elsewhere?
The bar gives your readers a way to find complementary websites, while other members help people discover yours. That exchange needs to be worthwhile for you. Readers choose whether to explore, and they can minimise the bar.
Do you need to index my entire website?
No. The plan is to start with 5–10 useful pages you nominate, then expand within clear limits. You’ll be able to exclude pages. A large website won’t get more discovery opportunities simply because it has more pages.
Does joining guarantee traffic?
No. Basic participation is free, but relevant readership has to be earned. Applications are reviewed before membership, and the founding group will help us test whether the network brings useful visits.
05 / JUST HERE TO EXPLORE?
Find the websites
you’d otherwise miss.
The thoughtful guide. The little tool that solves a problem. Someone who knows their subject inside out. You don’t need a website to be part of that.
Choose your interests and ask for a launch invitation. A weekly newsletter will always be a separate choice.
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