diff --git a/pkg/importer/allimporters/importers.go b/pkg/importer/allimporters/importers.go
index 7a417467a..a5ec1a1bf 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/allimporters/importers.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/allimporters/importers.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package allimporters // import "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/allimporters"
 
 import (
+	"perkeep.org/pkg/importer"
 	_ "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/dummy"
 	_ "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/feed"
 	_ "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/flickr"
@@ -28,3 +29,26 @@ import (
 	_ "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/swarm"
 	_ "perkeep.org/pkg/importer/twitter"
 )
+
+func init() {
+	importer.RegisterTODO("facebook", importer.Properties{
+		Title:       "Facebook",
+		Description: "import Facebook content",
+		TODOIssue:   1027,
+	})
+	importer.RegisterTODO("runkeeper", importer.Properties{
+		Title:       "Runkeeper",
+		Description: "import workout data from Runkeeper",
+		TODOIssue:   1124,
+	})
+	importer.RegisterTODO("strava", importer.Properties{
+		Title:       "Strava",
+		Description: "import workout data from Strava",
+		TODOIssue:   1125,
+	})
+	importer.RegisterTODO("instagram", importer.Properties{
+		Title:       "Instagram",
+		Description: "import photos from Instagram",
+		TODOIssue:   1126,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go b/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
index 3803cab0b..76170a811 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (*imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Feed",
+		Description:         "importer for RSS, Atom, and RDF feeds",
 		SupportsIncremental: true,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         false,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/flickr/flickr.go b/pkg/importer/flickr/flickr.go
index 1a56ccd2c..78c1122eb 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/flickr/flickr.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/flickr/flickr.go
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Flickr",
+		Description:         "import your photos from Flickr.com",
 		SupportsIncremental: false,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/gphotos/gphotos.go b/pkg/importer/gphotos/gphotos.go
index 081fcb2f9..850c88bb6 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/gphotos/gphotos.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/gphotos/gphotos.go
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Google Photos (via Drive API)",
+		Description:         "import all your photos from Google Photos, via Google Drive. (requires settings changes in Drive)",
 		SupportsIncremental: true, // TODO: but not well
 		NeedsAPIKey:         true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/html.go b/pkg/importer/html.go
index c23f1169d..70de805d9 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/html.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/html.go
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ var tmpl = template.Must(template.New("root").Funcs(map[string]interface{}{
    <ul>
       {{$base := .Host.ImporterBaseURL}}
       {{range .Importers}}
-         <li><a href="{{$base}}{{.Name}}">{{.Name}}</a></li>
+         {{if .TODOIssue}}
+             <li><b>{{.Title}}</b>: TODO: <a href="https://perkeep.org/issue/{{.TODOIssue}}">Issue {{.TODOIssue}}</a></li>
+         {{else}}
+             <li><b><a href="{{$base}}{{.Name}}">{{.Title}}</a></b>{{if .Description}}: {{.Description}}{{end}}</li>
+         {{end}}
       {{end}}
    </ul>
 {{end}}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/importer.go b/pkg/importer/importer.go
index 509ec39f1..caf908557 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/importer.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/importer.go
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ type Importer interface {
 
 // Properties contains the properties of an importer type.
 type Properties struct {
+	Title       string
+	Description string
+
+	// TODOIssue, if non-zero, marks the importer as invalid, but the UI
+	// will link to a tracking bug for implementing it.
+	TODOIssue int
+
 	// NeedsAPIKey reports whether this importer requires an API key
 	// (OAuth2 client_id & client_secret, or equivalent).
 	// If the API only requires a username & password, or a flow to get
@@ -180,6 +187,10 @@ func Register(name string, im Importer) {
 	importers[name] = im
 }
 
+func RegisterTODO(name string, p Properties) {
+	Register(name, &todoImp{Props: p})
+}
+
 func init() {
 	// Register the meta "importer" handler, which handles all other handlers.
 	blobserver.RegisterHandlerConstructor("importer", newFromConfig)
@@ -558,6 +569,9 @@ func (h *Host) serveImportersRoot(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	for _, v := range h.importers {
 		body.Importers = append(body.Importers, h.imp[v])
 	}
+	sort.Slice(body.Importers, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return body.Importers[i].Title() < body.Importers[j].Title()
+	})
 	h.execTemplate(w, r, importersRootPage{
 		Title: "Importers",
 		Body:  body,
@@ -656,6 +670,7 @@ func (h *Host) serveImporterAccount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, imp
 
 func (h *Host) startPeriodicImporters() {
 	res, err := h.search.Query(context.TODO(), &search.SearchQuery{
+		Sort:       search.Unsorted,
 		Expression: "attr:camliNodeType:importerAccount",
 		Describe: &search.DescribeRequest{
 			Depth: 1,
@@ -788,6 +803,21 @@ type importer struct {
 
 func (im *importer) Name() string { return im.name }
 
+func (im *importer) Title() string {
+	if im.props.Title != "" {
+		return im.props.Title
+	}
+	return im.name
+}
+
+func (im *importer) TODOIssue() int {
+	return im.props.TODOIssue
+}
+
+func (im *importer) Description() string {
+	return im.props.Description
+}
+
 // ImporterType returns the account permanode's attrImporterType
 // value. This is almost always the same as the Name, except in cases
 // where a product gets rebranded. (e.g. "foursquare" to "swarm", in
@@ -961,6 +991,7 @@ func (im *importer) Accounts() ([]*importerAcct, error) {
 
 	if needQuery {
 		res, err := im.host.search.Query(context.TODO(), &search.SearchQuery{
+			Sort: search.Unsorted,
 			Expression: fmt.Sprintf("attr:%s:%s attr:%s:%s",
 				attrNodeType, nodeTypeImporterAccount,
 				attrImporterType, im.ImporterType(),
@@ -1010,6 +1041,7 @@ func (im *importer) Node() (*Object, error) {
 		attrImporterType, im.ImporterType(),
 	)
 	res, err := im.host.search.Query(context.TODO(), &search.SearchQuery{
+		Sort:       search.Unsorted,
 		Limit:      10, // might be more than one because of multiple blob hash types
 		Expression: expr,
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/importer/noop_test.go b/pkg/importer/noop_test.go
index 0748fa721..70b632aec 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/noop_test.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/noop_test.go
@@ -16,45 +16,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package importer
 
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-var TODOImporter Importer = todoImp{}
-
-type todoImp struct {
-	OAuth1 // for CallbackRequestAccount and CallbackURLParameters
-}
-
-func (todoImp) Properties() Properties {
-	return Properties{
-		NeedsAPIKey:         false,
-		SupportsIncremental: false,
-	}
-}
-
-func (todoImp) Run(*RunContext) error {
-	return errors.New("fake error from todo importer")
-}
-
-func (todoImp) IsAccountReady(acctNode *Object) (ok bool, err error) {
-	return
-}
-
-func (todoImp) SummarizeAccount(acctNode *Object) string { return "" }
-
-func (todoImp) ServeSetup(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ctx *SetupContext) error {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "The Setup page for the TODO importer.\nnode = %v\ncallback = %s\naccount URL = %s\n",
-		ctx.AccountNode,
-		ctx.CallbackURL(),
-		"ctx.AccountURL()")
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (todoImp) ServeCallback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ctx *SetupContext) {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "The callback page for the TODO importer.\n")
-}
+var TODOImporter Importer = &todoImp{}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/picasa/picasa.go b/pkg/importer/picasa/picasa.go
index b5d396ebe..9fdde309c 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/picasa/picasa.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/picasa/picasa.go
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Google Photos (via Picasa API)",
+		Description:         "import your photos from Google Photos. (limited to 10,000 photos per Google Photos API bug for now)",
 		SupportsIncremental: true,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/pinboard/pinboard.go b/pkg/importer/pinboard/pinboard.go
index 9f41b1adf..ceeb90d4e 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/pinboard/pinboard.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/pinboard/pinboard.go
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Pinboard",
+		Description:         "import your pinboard.in posts",
 		SupportsIncremental: false,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         false,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/plaid/plaid.go b/pkg/importer/plaid/plaid.go
index 1140f999c..0cded2026 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/plaid/plaid.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/plaid/plaid.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ type imp struct{}
 
 func (*imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:               "Plaid",
+		Description:         "import your financial transactions from plaid.com",
 		SupportsIncremental: true,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/swarm/swarm.go b/pkg/importer/swarm/swarm.go
index 73aba8d1f..bb7253a04 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/swarm/swarm.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/swarm/swarm.go
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (*imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:                 "Swarm",
+		Description:           "import check-ins and venues from Foursquare Swarm (swarmapp.com)",
 		SupportsIncremental:   true,
 		NeedsAPIKey:           true,
 		PermanodeImporterType: "foursquare", // old brand name
diff --git a/pkg/importer/twitter/twitter.go b/pkg/importer/twitter/twitter.go
index 5a5a96152..19ddd39f8 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/twitter/twitter.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/twitter/twitter.go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ type imp struct {
 
 func (*imp) Properties() importer.Properties {
 	return importer.Properties{
+		Title:       "Twitter",
+		Description: "import tweets and media from tweets",
+		// TODO: doc URL for linking to info on historical tweets from ZIP files beyond API limit
 		SupportsIncremental: true,
 		NeedsAPIKey:         true,
 	}