Have you ever tried to find a page you’ve already visited through your browser history? Of course you have. Did you ever find it? Well…

You’d think that your browser history would be a rich resource when you’re searching for, well, anything. Previously visited pages have already been chosen—by you—and should appear at the top of every search. And yet, your browser’s history feature is probably junk. Half the pages you visit seem to be missing, and what about the actual words on those pages? Why can’t you search for them? That’s where Zhenyi Tan’s History Book comes in. It automatically saves all that stuff while still maintaining your privacy.

"I've tried those read-it-later/bookmark manager apps before, but [I] stopped because there was too much cognitive load," History Book developer Zhenyi Tan told Lifewire via email. "I was constantly thinking, 'Is this article worth saving?' when I was reading something online. After I saved the article, I would tag it with keywords to help with searching later. Then I would bookmark the articles I really needed to read. It was like tending a Zen garden. I never ended up reading most of those articles anyway."

Google can remember your search history, and depending on how you set things up, it can do a lot more in terms of privacy. But what we’re interested in here is a way to find that website you once visited. The website you can no longer find with Google or DuckDuckGo searches. The page that was exactly the one you wanted, but seems to have disappeared.