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I was a long-term DDG user, across all devices. The search quality wasn't great, but it usually found what I needed. When the results were crap, I'd append a

by __d 3y ago

I was a long-term DDG user, across all devices. The search quality wasn't great, but it usually found what I needed. When the results were crap, I'd append a !g to see if Google had anything better. And the !g became increasingly useless, and DDG's primary results seemed to decline as well, and searching for stuff I knew was out there often didn't actually find stuff it should have. So I tried Kagi, and ... it's pretty good. It still has bangs, which I like, and its primary results are good. It's not cheap, but ... I like that it's a straightforward transaction: they don't need to be selling my queries or shoving ads in the results, they just collect my $10 every month. So ... I recommend giving it a try. The results are good, and the feeling of an honest transaction is good too.

antoniojtorres 3y ago
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wendyshu 3y ago
How good is Kagi for programming-related stuff?
- acdha 3y ago
  Better than Google since you avoid the SEO spam sites which Google refuses to de-rank because they’re crammed full of ad words placements. It’s like getting 2010 Google back.
  - __d 3y ago
    This matches my feeling. As good, perhaps even better.
    - drcongo 3y ago
      I find Kagi to be better than Google ever was. I don't think I've ever even had to scroll when searching for programming stuff on Kagi, let alone click through to a second page. There's a couple of things I've found where it could be better, searching for kitchen appliances like I have been this morning seems to return a fair number of low quality sites, though this could massively vary regionally.
- __d 3y ago
  I'm a programmer. I mostly look for C++ and Python stuff, with a smattering of other things. I find Kagi to be better than both DDG and Google today, and perhaps close to as good as Google was at its best. It's hard to tell: it's very subjective, and I'm not sure how accurate my recollection of Google's past performance is. The world has also changed: there's a lot more SEO-spam sites out there, so the job of a search engine is much harder. They have a free trial (300 queries? 500? something). I did that first. It was a little quick to finish -- I wasn't quite ready to commit when it ran out. But I bit the bullet (it's monthly, so I was out $10 at worse) and ended up staying.

by __d 3y ago

antoniojtorres 3y ago

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wendyshu 3y ago

How good is Kagi for programming-related stuff?

acdha 3y ago
Better than Google since you avoid the SEO spam sites which Google refuses to de-rank because they’re crammed full of ad words placements. It’s like getting 2010 Google back.
- __d 3y ago
  This matches my feeling. As good, perhaps even better.
  - drcongo 3y ago
    I find Kagi to be better than Google ever was. I don't think I've ever even had to scroll when searching for programming stuff on Kagi, let alone click through to a second page. There's a couple of things I've found where it could be better, searching for kitchen appliances like I have been this morning seems to return a fair number of low quality sites, though this could massively vary regionally.
__d 3y ago
I'm a programmer. I mostly look for C++ and Python stuff, with a smattering of other things. I find Kagi to be better than both DDG and Google today, and perhaps close to as good as Google was at its best. It's hard to tell: it's very subjective, and I'm not sure how accurate my recollection of Google's past performance is. The world has also changed: there's a lot more SEO-spam sites out there, so the job of a search engine is much harder. They have a free trial (300 queries? 500? something). I did that first. It was a little quick to finish -- I wasn't quite ready to commit when it ran out. But I bit the bullet (it's monthly, so I was out $10 at worse) and ended up staying.