I ummed and ahhed for ages last October before removing them from the webring list, but never forgot about them. They’re a great way of finding our personal sites, and that’s what’s important.
The tech is easy, just a spreadsheet and a bit of JavaScript. Unless I want to change the page itself I shouldn’t have to touch the HTML for it again. The heavy work is done by Google and they shouldn’t be collapsing any time soon. They do kill off services, but there’s talk of them making the API public domain.