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Re:Startpage.com: Privacy-oriented search engine by chris_f on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:37PM (#25719430)
> "There's also things like https://coil.com/ who seem like they help support online content creators. I wonder if there's a way to treat search results like "content".

It is possible. I built the search engine [0] that was the first to integrate Coil as a monetization source. It is pretty small, but Coil payments do cover about 2% of the monthly cost to run the service.

Infinity Search also uses Coil. [1]

Here is an article with some thoughts around monetizing a privacy based search engine [2].

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[0] https://www.runnaroo.com/

[1] https://webmonetization.org/

[2] https://coil.com/p/runnaroo/Privacy-and-Search-Engine-Moneti...

Re:Startpage.com: Privacy-oriented search engine by lasagna_coder on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:18PM (#25720690)
thanks, this is some good insight!