Why I'm betting on AI-curated directories when Google AI Overviews answer the same queries

The author launched three AI-curated directory sites—Top AI Tools, Find Games Like, and Open Alternative To—on 2026-04-23. These platforms compete directly with Google AI Overviews, which synthesize similar data to provide instant answers. Built on an architecture costing approximately $25 per month, the sites currently have nearly zero traffic. Despite being indexed for three weeks, the author continues to bet on these directories while organic crawling processes slowly begin to occur.