The demand window
The highest-intent window starts after the exam and before official results. Users already have partial data but lack certainty. That gap creates repeated visits.
The minimum useful product
A strong MVP usually includes score calculation, percentile or rank range, official notification tracking, cohort comparison and a simple sharing loop for groups.
Distribution channels
Reddit, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, YouTube comments and student forums can outperform classic SEO during the spike. SEO still matters, but mostly to capture brand and tool-name searches.
Durability problem
When the exam window ends, traffic decays. To survive, the site needs adjacent tools: college predictors, counselling guides, cut-off databases, previous-year papers and next-session prep pages.
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