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Flywheel Effect. Don't free search engines have a competitive edge because for every search performed, the clicked result better informs future search results.
by alberth 3y ago
Flywheel Effect.
Don't free search engines have a competitive edge because for every search performed, the clicked result better informs future search results.
As such, the more users searching - the more it improves the search engine results quality.
And since Kagi is a paid offering, they will inevitably have less searches performed - leading to lower quality search results?
- TheFreim 3y agoBecause most, if not all, users of a paid engine are real people it could be possible that the quality would actually be better in the long run since there would be less manipulation.
- abtinf 3y agoIf by "better" you mean "more profitable search engine, the user be damned", then sure. As a user, I've found Kagi is much better than free search engines. With DuckDuckGo, I often found myself reverting to Google. With Kagi, almost never.
- yjp20 3y agoWhile true, I think people underestimate the bad network effects of being the top search engines causing adversarial development with people optimizing for your specific search engine algorithm ultimately making results worse.