Personal sites ARE getting more difficult to find, more than ever, but there's thousands of them around.

It's why I upkeep a list of current webrings - https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm , a list of personal web directories - https://brisray.com/web/indiedirs.htm - and "alternative" search engines that can find them - https://brisray.com/web/altsearch.htm