I don't know if this is still the case but I remember the follow-back ratio playing a part in what sites get put on top.
Sooo, if you have a free Neocities account but want to use a status.cafe or last.fm widget, now you can! I made some iFrames widgets for you! Check it out! https://petrapixel.neocities.org/coding/widgets
Let me know if there's any other external script widgets you wish you could use with free accounts, and I'll add it if i can :) Hopefully this will help out some people! (I know people have been switching to nekoweb because of this limitation of Neocities)
cool idea! i've been also working a sort of ""compatibility layer"" for javascript fetch() that uses an iframe to actually execute it
LINK: https://petrapixel.neocities.org/contest