> In the past, I have had personal projects where I create an alternative way to explore the www, using a Yellow Pages type of process. The reason no one seems

> In the past, I have had personal projects where I create an alternative way to explore the www, using a Yellow Pages type of process. The reason no one seems to care about this area anymore2 is not that such projects are infeasible or too challenging, it is that there is no financial incentive to pursue them. Big Tech has sold out the web. Yes. I’m thinking about some ways to do this for specific niches. I suspect it will need to be non-profit. For revenue, I’m leaning towards something like affiliate links. Basically, third parties can pay to offer a generic way to take action on a particular thing. The site may provide several similar options, but by paying you go to the top of the list. Since the main value of the site is documenting the thing, the monetization is strictly supplemental.