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The indie web tag on WindowsForum covers discussions about independent, user-owned websites and platforms that resist centralized control. Recent content highlights a major incident where Microsoft's Bing deindexed approximately 1.5 million sites hosted on Neocities in January 2026, removing personal and creative pages from search results. This event sparked conversations about search engine dependency, the fragility of indie web visibility, and the challenges of maintaining an independent online presence when major indexes like Bing can unilaterally block content. The tag explores the intersection of indie web principles with Microsoft's search policies and the broader implications for web independence.
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    Bing Deindexes 1.5 Million Neocities Sites and Silences Indie Web

    Microsoft’s Bing removed roughly 1.5 million independent websites hosted on Neocities from its search index in January 2026, a sweeping de‑indexing that left thousands of personal and creative sites invisible to Bing users and to other services that rely on Microsoft’s index. The block was first...
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