> Personal sites, self hosted blogs, forums, etc have all gone by the way side, but how much of that trend is due to algorithmic reinforcement? I'm not so sure

> Personal sites, self hosted blogs, forums, etc have all gone by the way side, but how much of that trend is due to algorithmic reinforcement? I'm not so sure it's aggressive pruning or just Google's algorithm driving it. The internet has matured a great deal, to the extent that any search term with possible commercial intent will have been targeted and optimized for. I still regularly see blogs, forums, and personal sites in low commercial intent hobby searches.