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Miles the Maker
Miles the Maker

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I built a discovery site for everything Google and social media overlook

I built Internet Intro, a portal to the independent web (beta)

I built Internet Intro to surface the cool, handmade, experimental corners of the web that search engines and social feeds usually miss.

It’s free to use, still in beta, and focused on simple discovery and the kind of browsing that made the early web feel endless.

What you can try right now

  • Search View: a handpicked search engine for curated sites
  • Feed View: infinite-scroll discovery feed
  • Embedded View: full-page embed with a “stumble” mode and smooth navigation tools
  • Directory View: clean grid layout with fast filters
  • Fine-tune filters: exclude AI-generated sites, corporate sites, signup-required sites, and more

How it started

This grew out of my personal link stash and a lot of manual searching.

There is no crawling, scraping, or automation. I add, tag, and organize entries by hand. I currently have thousands queued, and I’m working through descriptions and tags as I go.

Status + monetization (quick heads up)

  • Work in progress: I’m adding sites and fixing bugs every day
  • Monetization experiment: I’m testing locally-hosted affiliate banners to help cover costs
    • No external ad network scripts
    • No third-party tracking
    • Still iterating on placement so they don’t hurt the UX

Roadmap

Once the core bugs are fixed and the main features stabilize, I plan to add about 20 new sites per day (not counting future user submissions).

Link

https://internetintro.com

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