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Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by pete_nic on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:01PM (#31615364)
Google is a large, horizontal platform. My intuition is the next Google killers will be specific to verticals, health comes up on HN a lot. All that to say, if I were yep I would focus on search that avoids big, corporate, SEO stuff and connects users with thoughtful, small creators. I would not focus on commerce eg film, as it’s a crowded vertical full of Google, Shopify, Etsy, and other large e-commerce players.
Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by hackernewds on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:12PM (#31615455)
These already exist. Product searches start directly at Amazon. Food delivery searches start directly at Doordash.
Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by pete_nic on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:26PM (#31615545)
Good point, I’m sure more exist today and will be created in the future.
Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by necovek on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:46AM (#31617696)
> small creators

That's roughly what search.marginalia.nu does.

Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by marginalia_nu on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:09PM (#31622796)
Yeah, my goal is to expand to add more verticals in the same rough neighborhood of exploration and discovery.

At least in the intermediate term, I don't think it's possible to create an "everything"-offering like Google's. I also don't know if that is desirable either, at least not if the goal is to encourage a sense of agency on the Internet.

Re:Yep: Google alternative that shares revenue with creators... by MichaelZuo on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:24PM (#31615530)
You mean like PubMed?