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title: "Yep"
description: "Yep is a search engine created by Ahrefs that shares 90% of advertising revenue with content creators, featuring its own independent web index built from Ahrefs' massive web crawler infrastructure."
category: "Search Engines"
date: "2026-03-05"
url: "https://getbeast.io/glossary/yep/"
type: "glossary"
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# Yep

**Category:** Search Engines | **Updated:** 2026-03-05

Yep is a search engine created by Ahrefs that shares 90% of advertising revenue with content creators, featuring its own independent web index built from Ahrefs' massive web crawler infrastructure.

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## What Is Yep?
Yep is a search engine launched in 2022 by **Ahrefs**, the SEO tools company. Its unique proposition is a **90/10 revenue-sharing model** — 90% of advertising revenue goes to content creators and publishers, while Ahrefs keeps only 10%. Yep leverages Ahrefs' existing web crawling infrastructure (AhrefsBot crawls 8 billion pages daily) to build an independent search index. It focuses on privacy and fair compensation for content creators.

## Why Yep Matters for SEO
Yep represents an emerging alternative search model where **content creators are directly compensated** for traffic. Built on Ahrefs' massive crawling infrastructure, Yep has the technical foundation to be a credible search engine. For publishers and content creators, Yep's revenue-sharing model offers a potential new income stream. As Ahrefs continues to invest in Yep, it could become a meaningful traffic source for websites that produce quality content.

## How to Optimize for Yep
Yep uses Ahrefs' crawler infrastructure (AhrefsBot), so ensure it's not blocked in your robots.txt. Focus on content quality — Yep aims to reward genuine, helpful content. Maintain good technical SEO fundamentals (clean HTML, fast loading, proper meta tags). Since Yep uses its own index, it evaluates sites independently from Google. Monitor AhrefsBot crawling patterns with [LogBeast](/logbeast/).

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## Related Terms

- [Ahrefs](/glossary/ahrefs/)
- [Brave Search](/glossary/brave-search/)
- [DuckDuckGo](/glossary/duckduckgo/)
- [Google Search](/glossary/google-search/)
- [Web Crawler](/glossary/web-crawler/)


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