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When I was configuring my searxng I noticed a search engine that piqued my interest. Link: yep.com

From their about page:

Here's how it works.

We offer an unbiased, private search experience that rewards and compensates the makers behind the content. To do this, we use a 90/10 revenue share business model where we pay 90% of advertising revenue directly to these makers.

Simply put, when you use Yep, you’re directly putting money in the pockets of your favorite content creators.

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[–] OberonSwanson 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s like fundraising, if you have to ask if they fulfill their promises, you should know it won’t be long before you hear they didn’t. Besides, this sounds like a con from the way they describe it. So yeah, that’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

They're talking too much business to be a 'private' search. They don't make any effort to explain how their search is private at all (except the 90/10 share model).

[–] HumanPerson 1 points 8 months ago

They are created by "the team behind" an SEO company and their privacy policy doesn't look great. They do use their own indexing though.