Can you do it again today?

Years ago, I built a very popular website that showcased interesting locations in Google Earth. It took a lot of manual labor to find and categorize things, but it was a popular destination for a lot of users.

Could I do it again today? Not a chance.

First, technology is different. My manual labor of adding items to the database couldn’t be easily replicated in 2005. Today, that’s not a big advantage.

More importantly, Google Earth just isn’t as popular anymore. It’s still a great tool, but is roughly 10% as popular as it was in…