Write4U
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What is the OceanHero Search Engine?(They are, by the way, a for-profit organization, which means that other 50% goes straight into their pockets.)
Earlier this month, we wrote an article on the topic of Ecosia. Ecosia paved the way as one of the first nonprofit activism search engines. Using Bing’s algorithm, Ecosia serves ads the same way any other search engine does, however instead of taking in that money as profit, Ecosia uses that money to plant trees.
Do NonProfit Activist Search Engines Work?This was a rather new concept that leveraged internet users’ reliance on search engines to passively raise money for a cause. Since then, that relatively new idea has sprouted other nonprofit search engines. Most notably among these is OceanHero.
https://www.getfoundquick.com/what-is-the-oceanhero-search-engine/#With new search engines like Ecosia and OceanHero appearing seemingly overnight, many questions where this trend will go. Obviously, too many of these search engines will eventually oversaturate the market. Already users have to choose between using their searches to plant trees or remove plastic respectively. It is also important to note that these new engines are not providing their own algorithms or products. Ecosia and OceanHero use Google and Bing’s search results and ad results instead of providing their own. And like any charity or nonprofit, there are always questions on how much of the money goes to the work.
Having worked as bookkeeper for a large non-profit organization, I know the rules that govern non-profits, and there is a government agency that provides oversight.
Quarterly financial reports are required if any public funds are used!
But this doesn't cost me anything. I don't need to sign up, donate, buy, or do anything special to earn the "shells" that count toward the clean-up of plastic from our beaches. All I need to do is use the search engine which is based on Bing or Google search engines. All very normal.
It's a good thing, no matter how you look at it.
It's the Oil companies that need to be strictly controlled. Their motto is, "drill baby, drill", we don't care what natural disasters our activities
cause and we tolerate no oversight. We are Capitalists!!!!!
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