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I've tried Kagi the last two or three weeks and the page speed is a nice bonus but the real advantage it has over DDG and Google is that it does find the pages
by skinkestek 5y ago
I've tried Kagi the last two or three weeks and the page speed is a nice bonus but the real advantage it has over DDG and Google is that it does find the pages I look for, rank them reasonably well and doesn't mix in pages that doesn't contain my search terms.
It is just like being back in 2007 or something when Google worked this way and it is wonderful.
I've used DDG for the past few years and I still hope they too will succeed, but with DDG the quality is the same or (slightly) lower than Google and the bang operator comes in handy many times a week.
With Kagi I only think I have used the bang operator once (yes, they have it). It is that good: when I look at the results I know immediately that there is no way Google or DDG can do it better except by pure luck and also my results are already there on first or second try so why bother shopping around?
Bonuses:
- bangs work like in DDG (I think, I don't use them anymore)
- doublequotes actually work unlike in Google and DDG
- even without doublequotes it doesn't stray very far from my query
- I can add lenses (?) or something (I have not bothered yet, the defaults are good enough)
Yep, I'm a walking billboard now, but I'm not paid in anyway and don't know any of the people behind kagi, it just happens to be the biggest improvement I have seen since Google replaced everything else sometime around twenty years ago.
Edit: yes, it is a paid product but it is free during beta and so good that I would consider Kagi gift cards for friends in tech if it was paid, just like I'd consider gifting WhatsApp subscriptions before Facebook bought and subverted it (yes, I was considering worse words).
Edit 2: I'll do this for your product too if I love it. I did for WhatsApp and Google+ and in real life for the insurance company I have used the last few years.
- annadane 5y ago> - doublequotes actually work unlike in Google and DDG This drives me nuts. If you're going to have a competitor to Google (ddg) at least give me proper functionality to refine my searches
- skinkestek 5y agoYep! How this passes QA is and why everyone else who knew old Google isn't crying out loudly is beyond my understanding.
- gompertz 5y agoI'm having great results with Kagi as well. I actually forgot I signed up for beta a few weeks back until I saw this post; and started testing it out this morning. Thus far, I'm quite impressed - similar sentiments to what you have outlined.
- freediver 5y agoThis testimonial is the best Christmas gift the team could have hoped for. Thank you very much!
- skinkestek 5y agoGood to hear! Lets be clear that this goes both ways, Kagi is a really nice Christmas present: so far this is the biggest software improvement I've seen in a number of years: on the same scale as when generics was introduced to Java (and this was a big deal for me) or in fact even on the same scale as when I was introduced to Google. I'll have to keep using it for a few months to see exactly how big it is but feels like a really bif deal so far :-) Wishing you a merry Christmas whenever you celebrate it (we are celebrating tonight).