Chrome extension installs doubled after getting Featured badge

How to get your Chrome Web Store extension featured and double your installs (by just asking nicely)

I got my Highlighter Extension a Featured badge by doing something surprisingly simple: I just asked for it. The result? My daily installs roughly doubled. It took about 2–3 days (people report anything from a few days to a month). ...

Post · December 13, 2025 · 2 min · Artem Marchenko

The Cmd‑F for many terms at once, built for tough dynamic pages

I have just created a Chrome extension that replaces Cmd‑F when you need to search for many terms at once. Think “ERROR”/“WARNING” or “JavaScript”/“Machine Learning”/“AI”. It is fast. Really fast. Faster than any similar extension I know. CSS Custom Highlights = no injected wrappers, no jank. (Curious about alternatives? See one and another.) Keyboard‑friendly. Open Ctrl+Shift+F, Next Ctrl+Shift+H, Prev Ctrl+Shift+K (rebindable). Finds hard‑to‑spot matches when asked. Hidden items show up in the list (e.g., a term inside a collapsed section); one click reveals and glows. Hidden is off by default. Try it now: Install from Chrome Web Store: Highlighter — Better than Cmd‑F A bit more details on the welcome site: highlighterextension.com Project page: Highlighter Extension ...

Post · October 13, 2025 · 3 min · Artem Marchenko
AI Feedback Pro landing screenshot

A SaaS Landing Page with ALL the bells and whistles for $19 / year

Starting a SaaS or micro-SaaS business can be challenging, especially when it comes to creating a landing page. As I recently discovered when building AI Feedback Pro, creating a landing page to validate customer interest can be a costly venture. However, I found a solution that cost just $19/year plus the cost of the domain, without sacrificing the essential features. In this post, I’d like to share my experience and provide you with a list of components and services that will help you build an effective landing page on a budget. Whether you’re just starting out or looking for cost-saving measures, this guide is for you. Just the list Where the price isn’t mentioned - it is free on the landing page scale Landing page service: Carrd on Pro Standard plan for $19/year, can be used for 10 sites Runner-up: EarlyBird.im for $8/month Theme: Carrd’s own template #95 free for Pro Plan users Runners-up: template #106 also free and SaaSy template for $29 Mailing list to subscribe interested people: EmailOctopus Cookieless Analytics: PanelBear for your first users, GoatCounter not too loose the track if landing page is suddenly successful Runners-up: Clicky and Couner.dev Surveys: Tally.so Illustrations: Undraw + some PlaygroundAI modifications when you want to have something similar, but a little different Runners-up: just google for “undraw alternatives” - there are lots of illustration services free for commercial use Logo: Namecheap LogoMaker Runners-up: LogoAI for inspiration if you are fine with recreating it in SVG, BrandCrowd for $8 or TailorBrands for 8€ Email service: Gandi, but you’ll need to buy domain from them in order to get it for free Support chat: Crisp chat Bonus: Your service name: ChatGPT as a discussion partner Now to the details. ...

Post · February 5, 2023 · 6 min · Artem Marchenko