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Google “search” (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I've been quite liking Kagi (paid). No search manipulation, no ads, good results, no tracking, no tying search to accounts, you can modify results yourself (remove pintrist, facebool results; pin Wikipedia results to the top of results; boost sites in your results that you use heavily, etc).

I've been using it for like, 5 months now? Rarely need to use bangs, the search is pretty damn good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kagi seems to be the real deal. I'd say anecdotally it cuts my searches in half (If I had to do 4-6 searches to find something previously, now it's 2-3 max). Sometimes I will find myself accidently on DDG and I'll think, "Wow, why are these results all over the place?" DDG still edges out Google and Bing (actually I think it uses Bing as a backend for certain tasks).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried Kagi for a while but it wasn't as good as Google or DDG for me, especially in my native language. Too bad, I'd love paying for search.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm in the same boat. The results from Kagi just weren't good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I tried Kagi briefly and the results were as good as google. Searches for stuff near me, programming questions, and travel related stuff were not helpful.

I live in Canada, so I wonder if there's some sort of regional prioritization.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I have searched for stuff in AHK, VB.net (helping a friend poke at code), and Lua (game stuff for myself), and it's been okay, but I don't code 'real' things anymore, kinda burnt out as a hobby a few years ago. I'm stateside.