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This is a neat writeup. It's fun to think about how to potentially automate this kind of tracking.

> I wish there was an easy way to filter by "independent websites"

This side comment from the post is intriguing. Other than manual curation, I wonder if there is a way to identify commercial vs independent domains? This would make a really good entry point for a specialty search engine for indie sites only.

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>It's fun to think about how to potentially automate this kind of tracking

I download my entire history regularly and use https://yacy.net/ to index at all. It's essentially like a local search engine. Also works on the local file system and across machines.

I have been wanting this for years. Thank you for sharing what you found.

You might check out https://search.marginalia.nu/ - the creator posts about it on HN occasionally, it seems like exactly what you're after.

I have a bookmarklet that saves the current page in some kind of weblog (tumbleblog) where I can modify/tag/unlock them for (public) visibility on a webpage. Its pretty easy to save the current page with JS somewhere via bookmarklet.

What about indie commercial domains? If a solo writer makes a few grand per year from their blog, is it indie?

Sure! Admittedly I was being a bit casual with the distinction.

With a little time and experience maybe one could develop a set of heuristics. Or maybe site selection would just be case by case.

Curation is a long standing challenge, and perhaps growing in importance given the recent influx of advancements in generative technology.

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