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I might be tempted to use Kagi (especially for my family), but the thing I'm afraid of is the quality of search in non-English (specifically Polish) internet.

I might be tempted to use Kagi (especially for my family), but the thing I'm afraid of is the quality of search in non-English (specifically Polish) internet. Anybody knows how does that work?

developer93 3y ago
The first 100 searches are free, just need an email address that can be a throwaway to sign up, so you can check it for yourself with just a bit of time expended.
ptrrrrrrppr 3y ago
I started using Kagi specifically because of more accurate results in Polish comparing to other search engine. A teraz jestem płacącym użytkownikiem, już chyba z pół roku :)
pzmarzly 3y ago
It has a quick region switcher like DDG (a must-have for me), and the results are way better than DDG. Give it a try! I just did a Google vs Kagi vs DDG test on "grzyby marynowane" (pickled mushrooms, usually pickled champignons, a common snack on Polish family gatherings). Google: Starts with recipes, then there is Allegro ("Polish Amazon") where you can buy jars of them, then Google page ends (10 results/page). Kagi: starts the same, but there is more (20?) results/page. It continues with some podcast episode about pickled mushrooms on Soundcloud, a Wikipedia page, some more recipes in Polish and English and finally a Pinterest page (:rage:). DuckDuckGo: first page is just recipes. I decided to give it a bigger chance, so I checked out a second page. There you have pretty unrelated articles like "where to pick wild mushrooms" and an Allegro link in between. However, as happy Kagi user I still have to note that they are using Apple Maps for maps/POI search. As you well know, they are quite useless to us compared to Google Maps, so I keep using !gm bang to get redirected. Bangs work almost like DDG, the only difference is that they must be at beginning or end of your search (DDG lets you put it in between words too).
smodo 3y ago
It works well enough for me, can’t say I’ve really looked back since I signed up.

I might be tempted to use Kagi (especially for my family), but the thing I'm afraid of is the quality of search in non-English (specifically Polish) internet. Anybody knows how does that work?

developer93 3y ago

The first 100 searches are free, just need an email address that can be a throwaway to sign up, so you can check it for yourself with just a bit of time expended.

ptrrrrrrppr 3y ago

I started using Kagi specifically because of more accurate results in Polish comparing to other search engine. A teraz jestem płacącym użytkownikiem, już chyba z pół roku :)

pzmarzly 3y ago

It has a quick region switcher like DDG (a must-have for me), and the results are way better than DDG. Give it a try! I just did a Google vs Kagi vs DDG test on "grzyby marynowane" (pickled mushrooms, usually pickled champignons, a common snack on Polish family gatherings). Google: Starts with recipes, then there is Allegro ("Polish Amazon") where you can buy jars of them, then Google page ends (10 results/page). Kagi: starts the same, but there is more (20?) results/page. It continues with some podcast episode about pickled mushrooms on Soundcloud, a Wikipedia page, some more recipes in Polish and English and finally a Pinterest page (:rage:). DuckDuckGo: first page is just recipes. I decided to give it a bigger chance, so I checked out a second page. There you have pretty unrelated articles like "where to pick wild mushrooms" and an Allegro link in between. However, as happy Kagi user I still have to note that they are using Apple Maps for maps/POI search. As you well know, they are quite useless to us compared to Google Maps, so I keep using !gm bang to get redirected. Bangs work almost like DDG, the only difference is that they must be at beginning or end of your search (DDG lets you put it in between words too).

smodo 3y ago

It works well enough for me, can’t say I’ve really looked back since I signed up.