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You could consider https://kagi.com/ https://kagi.com/ for a subscription-based, ad-free search. I've been using it for a few months and haven't had a case wher

You could consider https://kagi.com/ https://kagi.com/ for a subscription-based, ad-free search. I've been using it for a few months and haven't had a case where the Google results were superior.

strix_varius 4y ago
I tried Kagi for a couple of weeks and the results were painfully inferior to Google's. I was really hoping they'd be good.
- j3dj3d 4y ago
  Try Neeva. Similar idea of a subscription search engine but I find their results just as good as Google, esp for technical queries.
- jacooper 4y ago
  Maybe brave search can help?
- meatmanek 4y ago
  Funny, I've had the exact opposite experience, in most cases. It definitely depends on the query, but Kagi seems to do better at common (for me) queries. In particular, it tends to recommend authoritative sources instead of clickbait/SEO sources (e.g. official documentation instead of w3schools). Google does better at some queries, particularly those that require a bit of parsing of the query text, understanding when two words represent one concept, etc. But you can usually tell when Kagi is doing poorly at those and fall back to Google by adding !g on the end of your query.
  - libraryatnight 4y ago
    I like Kagi a great deal! My first attempt to leave Google was DDG, and I found myself mostly using bangs to search Google. I do not do that with Kagi. I actually use their search results!
  - IIsi50MHz 4y ago
    For me, it's: s/fall back to Google/fall back to StartPage (-: What I mean is: StartPage.com is Google results with better filters and without the "bubble" that Google likes to put you in. Although… I did have to reluctantly block StartPages ads on some puters,though, after they resorted to "make the topmost ads appear right where the topmost results I was alread reading and/or about to click already were". I'd have blocked only the topmost ads, but I timed-out while trying to conjure a better CSS selector. I was mildly annoyed with their "ads look almost the same as results" in recent years, but this latest move may eventually convince me to block StartPage's ads everywhere.

You could consider https://kagi.com/ https://kagi.com/ for a subscription-based, ad-free search. I've been using it for a few months and haven't had a case where the Google results were superior.

strix_varius 4y ago

I tried Kagi for a couple of weeks and the results were painfully inferior to Google's. I was really hoping they'd be good.

j3dj3d 4y ago
Try Neeva. Similar idea of a subscription search engine but I find their results just as good as Google, esp for technical queries.
jacooper 4y ago
Maybe brave search can help?
meatmanek 4y ago
Funny, I've had the exact opposite experience, in most cases. It definitely depends on the query, but Kagi seems to do better at common (for me) queries. In particular, it tends to recommend authoritative sources instead of clickbait/SEO sources (e.g. official documentation instead of w3schools). Google does better at some queries, particularly those that require a bit of parsing of the query text, understanding when two words represent one concept, etc. But you can usually tell when Kagi is doing poorly at those and fall back to Google by adding !g on the end of your query.
- libraryatnight 4y ago
  I like Kagi a great deal! My first attempt to leave Google was DDG, and I found myself mostly using bangs to search Google. I do not do that with Kagi. I actually use their search results!
- IIsi50MHz 4y ago
  For me, it's: s/fall back to Google/fall back to StartPage (-: What I mean is: StartPage.com is Google results with better filters and without the "bubble" that Google likes to put you in. Although… I did have to reluctantly block StartPages ads on some puters,though, after they resorted to "make the topmost ads appear right where the topmost results I was alread reading and/or about to click already were". I'd have blocked only the topmost ads, but I timed-out while trying to conjure a better CSS selector. I was mildly annoyed with their "ads look almost the same as results" in recent years, but this latest move may eventually convince me to block StartPage's ads everywhere.