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Kagi is an underrated superpower. It just works. I tried Google again recently, and I was astonished how mediocre the results were. If that's the gold standard

Kagi is an underrated superpower. It just works. I tried Google again recently, and I was astonished how mediocre the results were. If that's the gold standard for no-cost searching, the internet is in serious trouble.

alx__ 3y ago
Yeah, Kagi returns better results for me. Is free, but totally worth the one coffee ($5) per month.
- intrasight 3y ago
  Doesn't Kagi just use search APIs to get it results? Why would they be better if they don't build their own index?
  - alx__ 3y ago
    Where have you heard this? They build their own index: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/kagi-vs-competition.html https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/kagi-vs-competition.html
    - J_Shelby_J 3y ago
      They build their own index but don’t let you access it with keyword based queries. Instead the do ‘magic’ and shape the responses from multiple data sources. I’d love it if instead of ‘magic’ we just had a search engine that let you be the magician with a better query language and ux filters.
      - VHRanger 3y ago
        They're probably doing something like mapping the embedding of the query to the nearest neighbor in the search given how the front-end of their search infra works
  - GrinningFool 3y ago
    https://kagi.com/faq#Where-are-your-results-coming-from https://kagi.com/faq#Where-are-your-results-coming-from
  - thefurdrake 3y ago
    Kagi lets me block domains from ever showing up again on my searches ever. That alone is worth 5 bucks a month to me.
    - dabluecaboose 3y ago
      Wow, I gotta be honest it might be worth $5/mo to never accidentally get sent to Pinterest ever again
      - thefurdrake 3y ago
        Or fuckin' geeksforgeeks. I am totally not affiliated with kagi but since I started using it, I haven't gotten pissed at my search engine for sucking ass. OH! Another feature that actually works on Kagi: Date filtering! Never again will you set that date filter to the last two weeks and receive results that were posted in 2005.
  - CalebJohn 3y ago
    Kagi uses multiple search APIs (including their own) and implements their own ranking and mixing of results. Basically you get the same results with spam removed, with some truly unique results from the in-house engine.
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alx__ 3y ago

Yeah, Kagi returns better results for me. Is free, but totally worth the one coffee ($5) per month.

intrasight 3y ago
Doesn't Kagi just use search APIs to get it results? Why would they be better if they don't build their own index?
- alx__ 3y ago
  Where have you heard this? They build their own index: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/kagi-vs-competition.html https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/kagi-vs-competition.html
  - J_Shelby_J 3y ago
    They build their own index but don’t let you access it with keyword based queries. Instead the do ‘magic’ and shape the responses from multiple data sources. I’d love it if instead of ‘magic’ we just had a search engine that let you be the magician with a better query language and ux filters.
    - VHRanger 3y ago
      They're probably doing something like mapping the embedding of the query to the nearest neighbor in the search given how the front-end of their search infra works
- GrinningFool 3y ago
  https://kagi.com/faq#Where-are-your-results-coming-from https://kagi.com/faq#Where-are-your-results-coming-from
- thefurdrake 3y ago
  Kagi lets me block domains from ever showing up again on my searches ever. That alone is worth 5 bucks a month to me.
  - dabluecaboose 3y ago
    Wow, I gotta be honest it might be worth $5/mo to never accidentally get sent to Pinterest ever again
    - thefurdrake 3y ago
      Or fuckin' geeksforgeeks. I am totally not affiliated with kagi but since I started using it, I haven't gotten pissed at my search engine for sucking ass. OH! Another feature that actually works on Kagi: Date filtering! Never again will you set that date filter to the last two weeks and receive results that were posted in 2005.
- CalebJohn 3y ago
  Kagi uses multiple search APIs (including their own) and implements their own ranking and mixing of results. Basically you get the same results with spam removed, with some truly unique results from the in-house engine.
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