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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

by 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
  The pricing is actually one of Kagi's most interesting features to me. There's an old phrase "If you aren't paying for the service then you're the product". I'd be suspicious of any price too low, as it would indicate they have another revenue stream.
  - Buttons840 5y ago
    I think that saying was updated to "even if you're paying, you're still probably the product"? No? There's some truth to it, but it's not as simple as these sayings suggest.
- dharmab 5y ago
  I'm hoping they figure out an easy way to let users charge this as a business expense (maybe an annual subscription?) For programming it's as valuable to me as a good editor plugin!
  - freediver 5y ago
    Curious what do you have in mind? Every subscription can be expensed as a business expense, does not need to be annual?
    - 5y ago
luguenth 5y ago
Funny side effect of this post: For me the first link in the kagi results is now the link to kagi itself with the same search term.
- kelnos 5y ago
  Oof, I feel like Kagi should be filtering out results that reference itself.

by Gys 5y ago

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
The pricing is actually one of Kagi's most interesting features to me. There's an old phrase "If you aren't paying for the service then you're the product". I'd be suspicious of any price too low, as it would indicate they have another revenue stream.
- Buttons840 5y ago
  I think that saying was updated to "even if you're paying, you're still probably the product"? No? There's some truth to it, but it's not as simple as these sayings suggest.
dharmab 5y ago
I'm hoping they figure out an easy way to let users charge this as a business expense (maybe an annual subscription?) For programming it's as valuable to me as a good editor plugin!
- freediver 5y ago
  Curious what do you have in mind? Every subscription can be expensed as a business expense, does not need to be annual?
  - 5y ago

luguenth 5y ago

Funny side effect of this post: For me the first link in the kagi results is now the link to kagi itself with the same search term.

kelnos 5y ago
Oof, I feel like Kagi should be filtering out results that reference itself.