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The Elephant's Trunk

theelephantstrunk.org · a site they built themselves · publishing since 2018

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The Elephant's Trunk publishes essays and poems at theelephantstrunk.org, a site they built themselves. Last published August 2026, still publishing this year. Publishing since 2018, by their own archive. Vouched for by 4 other writers in the index. Not in the top million domains: the big engines have never ranked it.

1,008 pages in their archive8 years at it270 dated posts since 20264 writers vouchunfound by the big engines

Posts per year

2702026

2026 is January to October.

Years at it, against the index

0 yrs10 yrs20 yrs30 yrsthis writer · 8

Every writer in the index by years since their earliest evidence. This writer: 8, from their own archive. The index reads front pages, so it sees most writers as younger than they are.

Anatomy of the site

Pages
1 captured, of 1,008 the sitemap lists1 section found
Front page
406 KB, 43 scripts, 5 imagesindex median front page: 112 KB
Feed
yes, 30 entries, the recent end only
Built with
a static generator
Trackers
none
Links out
8 other writers in the index, 8 other sites, 10 platforms
Found
2026-08-26, by following another writer's link

The lag

2018writing since2026the almanac

Writing since 2018. The big engines have never ranked it. The almanac found it in August 2026, by following another writer's link.

Words they use that almost nobody else in the index does

window716nextdoor8share1261open1535whatsapp75thread335prompt466bluesky482print604facebook889nancy97challenge693august1369continue712

Single words from their own pages, weighted by how rare each is across the 4,473 sites in the index. The small number is how many sites in the index use the word at all. Never a line of the writing.

Who vouches4 writers in the index

4 writers in the index keep a link to this site. What they call it is printed as they wrote it.

Their neighbourhood

ronovanwritesbushboys worldI Write HerKeep it alivecrispina kempdVerse PoetsIvor.Plumber PoetI Write Her18 sites outside the indexThe Elephant's Trunk
in the indexoutside itthis writer

They link to crispina kemp, dVerse Poets, Ivor.Plumber Poet, I Write Her, Keep it alive, My Mind Mappings and 2 more.

Why it ranks on Longhand Featured

ranked here because: unfound by the big engines · still publishing · essays, stories, or poems · publishing since 2018 · vouched by 4 other writers

How the machine sees this site

  • Not in the top million domains. No big engine has ranked it for anything.
  • A feed. Readers can follow the site without a platform in between.
  • Built with a static generator. The pages are files, written once.
  • The copyright line names a person, not a company.
  • No trackers. Nobody is counting the readers.

Why search does not surface this site, and why that is the machine's problem.

Readers

Hearts show once a writer reaches three. No account, no cookie.

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