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Kagi allows you to weigh domains.

by DanAtC 5y ago

shafyy 5y ago
I've also switched to Kagi recently and I think I find myself almost never doing !g (compared to DDG). And if I go to Google, it's mostly for hyperlocal results.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
  So far I've only found two areas where Google beats Kagi. One is, as you say, local/POI search. The other is deep diving into family history stuff - I've been tracing a 19th century composer and Kagi didn't surface most of the interesting documents. But for pretty much everything else it seems better than Google.
  - freediver 5y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! (Kagi founder here) Local results are on our roadmap, we should be launching it within few weeks. I am wondering if can you report problematic queries to https://kagifeedback.org https://kagifeedback.org so we can take a look?
dharmab 5y ago
Including fully blocking them if desired!
qwnp 5y ago
Also you can completely block domains, and pin to the top of the results. I just started using Kagi, and they definitely seem to be doing a lot of stuff right.
Gys 5y ago
I switched to Kagi yesterday and I am so far very impressed. I did this search to answer another comment and later did the Google one: https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+the+text+when+you+try+to+highlight+it%3F https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+... https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+the+text+when+you+try+to+highlight+it%3F https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+dra... Kagi shows the exact answer in the first result. Google gives no relevant answers on the first five pages (did not go further). Probably because Google focusses on 'highlight' too much. Kagi seems very aware of the context.
- KerryJones 5y ago
  Ooh, interesting, how do you get an invite?
  - jtbayly 5y ago
    wondering the same.
  - theIV 5y ago
    kagi.com has a "sign-up for beta" link. Didn't take long before I received an invite (week or two?).
    - I_dev_outdoors 5y ago
      I just signed up myself. I like how they ask you what features you want as you are signing up. I mentioned that I want to be able to vote on results and have my own results prioritized by the votes of me and my peers.
- warent 5y ago
  seems cool, thanks. I've applied for the beta
- Kye 5y ago
  The pricing (in the FAQ) is a non-starter for me, but there are probably enough people with the money for it to make a nice business out of it. Maybe it'll be enough to apply some competitive pressure to Google. edit: to be clear, it's not unwillingness, I literally do not have $10-30/month to spare without compromising my progress toward not being perpetually broke. Not everyone here is a well-compensated tech worker.
  - pcmoney 5y ago
    The quintessential be the customer or the product being sold dilemma...
  - after_care 5y ago
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notreallyserio 5y ago
I'm really happy with Kagi. Being able to block and boost results is a killer feature. They're also more willing to show that they couldn't find results for searches. Compare that to Google, whose engineers designed it to (seemingly always) exclude the most specific term in a search to return irrelevant results.

Kagi allows you to weigh domains.

by DanAtC 5y ago

Kagi allows you to weigh domains.

I've also switched to Kagi recently and I think I find myself almost never doing !g (compared to DDG). And if I go to Google, it's mostly for hyperlocal results.

Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
So far I've only found two areas where Google beats Kagi. One is, as you say, local/POI search. The other is deep diving into family history stuff - I've been tracing a 19th century composer and Kagi didn't surface most of the interesting documents. But for pretty much everything else it seems better than Google.
- freediver 5y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! (Kagi founder here) Local results are on our roadmap, we should be launching it within few weeks. I am wondering if can you report problematic queries to https://kagifeedback.org https://kagifeedback.org so we can take a look?

dharmab 5y ago

Including fully blocking them if desired!

qwnp 5y ago

Also you can completely block domains, and pin to the top of the results. I just started using Kagi, and they definitely seem to be doing a lot of stuff right.

Gys 5y ago

I switched to Kagi yesterday and I am so far very impressed. I did this search to answer another comment and later did the Google one: https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+the+text+when+you+try+to+highlight+it%3F https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+... https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+the+text+when+you+try+to+highlight+it%3F https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+dra... Kagi shows the exact answer in the first result. Google gives no relevant answers on the first five pages (did not go further). Probably because Google focusses on 'highlight' too much. Kagi seems very aware of the context.

KerryJones 5y ago
Ooh, interesting, how do you get an invite?
- jtbayly 5y ago
  wondering the same.
- theIV 5y ago
  kagi.com has a "sign-up for beta" link. Didn't take long before I received an invite (week or two?).
  - I_dev_outdoors 5y ago
    I just signed up myself. I like how they ask you what features you want as you are signing up. I mentioned that I want to be able to vote on results and have my own results prioritized by the votes of me and my peers.
warent 5y ago
seems cool, thanks. I've applied for the beta
Kye 5y ago
The pricing (in the FAQ) is a non-starter for me, but there are probably enough people with the money for it to make a nice business out of it. Maybe it'll be enough to apply some competitive pressure to Google. edit: to be clear, it's not unwillingness, I literally do not have $10-30/month to spare without compromising my progress toward not being perpetually broke. Not everyone here is a well-compensated tech worker.
- pcmoney 5y ago
  The quintessential be the customer or the product being sold dilemma...
- after_care 5y ago

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notreallyserio 5y ago

I'm really happy with Kagi. Being able to block and boost results is a killer feature. They're also more willing to show that they couldn't find results for searches. Compare that to Google, whose engineers designed it to (seemingly always) exclude the most specific term in a search to return irrelevant results.