Can we maybe not have daolf's editorial/opinion as the title? The page title is just "Yep", which granted, says nothing.. but so does linking to a search homepage. Maybe the last blog post is a better url/title [Investor money vs. public interest: did Google fail to build a non-evil platform?](https://medium.com/swlh/investor-money-vs-public-interest-di...)
Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
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Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#12Ahrefs is the biggest reason why Google results are so bad nowadays.
While they call it SEO, this site gives you the very metrics which every so called SEOer uses to game Google search results (and it's very good tbh).
I hope they are ready to face the seo monster they have created and yep can't be gamed as easily.
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#13Sounds nice, I'm all for more search engine competition even regardless of the revenue share model. I'm curious how exactly they pay creators though? If I had a super-popular blog that got millions of hits a month through search, does that mean they'll send me a check or something? Also, what about sites like YouTube that mainly host content created freely by others?
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#14Hmm I don't get any results for any searches... "No results found for test"
Yeah, it seemed to glitch out temporarily... maybe too much traffic already?
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#15Ahrefs is the biggest reason why Google results are so bad nowadays. While they call it SEO, this site gives you the very metrics which every so called SEOer uses to game Google search results (and it's very good tbh). I hope they are ready to face the seo monster they have created and yep can't be gamed as easily.
It’s not exactly their fault for noticing a valuable problem and solving it though. Google is the reason the incentive exists in the first place, no?
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#16Sounds nice, I'm all for more search engine competition even regardless of the revenue share model. I'm curious how exactly they pay creators though? If I had a super-popular blog that got millions of hits a month through search, does that mean they'll send me a check or something? Also, what about sites like YouTube that mainly host content created freely by others?
The profit share section (https://yep.com/profit-share) doesn't have any details as to how it works, which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#17From the AHREF founder's blog post[1], Yep is designed more as a PR and hiring stunt with the aim of getting Microsoft to revamp Bing with a publisher revenue share model.
"Considering the platform [Bing] only generates a fraction of the company’s [Microsoft] $120 billion revenue, the organization could easily revamp Bing under a profit-share model."
[1] https://medium.com/swlh/investor-money-vs-public-interest-di...
As a side bet, any takers on how these types of visionary projects / PR stunts will become the new norm for hiring in a post covid lockdown world? Especially since working from home is no longer a differentiator.
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#18Found a bug, where is my bounty?
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#19Ahrefs is the biggest reason why Google results are so bad nowadays. While they call it SEO, this site gives you the very metrics which every so called SEOer uses to game Google search results (and it's very good tbh). I hope they are ready to face the seo monster they have created and yep can't be gamed as easily.
It’s not exactly their fault for noticing a valuable problem and solving it though. Google is the reason the incentive exists in the first place, no?
It seems the websites with the most poor-quality, ad-filled, possibly incorrect information are the ones trying to game the system the most. If you're someone who just has a blog or website and is focused on the content, this turns ahrefs into a 'cartel' you must pay into if you want your own SEO to be on the same par as those spending all their time on seo optimization.
Re: Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators – by Ahrefs
#20As with most supposed Google killers, it suffers from the small issue of being terrible.
Right now I'm in Los Angeles and looking to buy a roll of film. When I search for "where to buy film in los angeles":
- Google gives me three top Maps results, all small photo stores relevant to my search, a Yelp results page, some relevant reddit discussions with recommendations, and then sites for some individual businesses.
- Yep gives TripAdvisor results for movie theaters, Fandango, ZipRecruiter results for film jobs, film studios, and some more theaters (and also an article about rent control for some reason).