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This is something I’ve been wondering recently.
As business owners, we regularly check our bank accounts, reply to customers, chase invoices and keep on top of the day-to-day running of the business. But how often do you actually sit down and check your website?

I don’t mean redesigning it. I just mean making sure everything still works the way it should.

I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at websites lately, and I’ve been surprised by how many have little problems that have gone unnoticed for months. Sometimes it’s a contact form that no longer works, sometimes pages have become really slow, sometimes there are broken links or other small issues that nobody notices because the site still looks fine.

It made me realise that most of us probably treat our websites differently to every other part of the business. We’d never leave a work van unserviced for years, but many of us launch a website and assume it’s still doing its job unless someone tells us otherwise.

So I’m curious—how often do you actually review yours?

Do you have a routine for checking it, or do you only look when something breaks or a customer points something out?

I’ve been working on my micro SaaS, MrPenetrator, for quite a while now.
Ironically, building the product has been the easy part.
The part I’m struggling with is getting it in front of the right people.
I’ve launched on Product Hunt, posted on LinkedIn, X, Indie Hackers and TikTok, started building a Knowledge Centre for SEO and AI search, submitted to directories, and I’m trying to build in public.
I’m getting some encouraging signs:
A few people have taken the time to give really detailed feedback.
Google has started showing impressions.
I’ve had some genuine conversations with business owners.
But the actual growth feels… slow.
I knew it wouldn’t happen overnight, but it’s surprisingly hard not to compare yourself to all the “I got 10,000 users in a week” stories you see online.
I’m trying to shift my mindset from chasing launches to building something that compounds over time through content, useful tools and word of mouth.
For those of you who’ve built a micro SaaS:
What was the moment things started to click?
Was it SEO?
Communities?
Referrals?
One big customer?
Or was it simply sticking with it long enough?
I’d genuinely love to hear your experiences (both the successes and the failures).

Hi everyone,
I’ve spent the last few months building a website platform called Mr Penetrator.

The idea came from thinking about how quickly we all judge businesses online. Before we contact someone or buy something, we’ve normally decided whether we trust their website within a few seconds.

I wanted to build something that helps businesses see their website through a visitor’s eyes, rather than just running another security scan.

It checks things like security, accessibility, privacy, SEO and a few other areas, then gives suggestions on what could be improved.

I’m at the point now where I really need people to use it and tell me where I’ve got things wrong. It’s easy to keep adding features, but I’d rather know what real business owners actually think.

I’m giving 25 businesses a month of free access. I’m not expecting anything in return apart from honest feedback, whether that’s “this feature is great” or “this makes absolutely no sense.”

If anyone here has a business website and fancies trying it out, let me know and I’ll send you the details.
Also, out of curiosity…

What’s the first thing that makes you trust (or distrust) a business website?