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I have been using Kagi for the past 9 months. I can't wait until they can fully replace Google for me, but I have a few problems with it. 1. Some niche domains

I have been using Kagi for the past 9 months. I can't wait until they can fully replace Google for me, but I have a few problems with it. 1. Some niche domains are entirely not crawled by Kagi. Obviously, Google crawls a ton more and while Kagi can get 90% of what I need, I must fall back to Google occasionally. 2. Searching for restaurants or maps is poor. I didn't realize how much I relied on Google reviews for businesses until I switched to Kagi. Plus, the built in "order" buttons, photos, menu tab etc. are all missing. At least Kagi has a button to launch Google Maps, but I'd like more in Kagi itself. 3. I get results from other countries for Amazon and other web shopping sites even though my region is United States. I can't make them lower priority unless it's in the subdomain. I use Kagi for search but have to fall back to Google 3-4 times a day at least.

flexagoon 3y ago
> Obviously, Google crawls a ton more I'm not sure how this is possible, Kagi uses Google's results https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.html https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.htm... Perhaps those sites are just getting downranked by Kagi's algorithms
- drewbitt 3y ago
  Interesting. I'll go deeper next time. Often I give up if it's not on the first page like I expect.
carlosjobim 3y ago
>2 No other search engine will be able to compete with Google in the short or medium term on business reviews and opening hours, because the business owners send their information and opening hours themselves to Google, and they have billions of Google Maps users to write reviews. There's nothing Kagi can do to compete, at best they should start purchasing this stuff from Google and integrate it. Or we as users have to learn to open Kagi for web searches and Google Maps for local business searches. That's the easiest way.

flexagoon 3y ago

> Obviously, Google crawls a ton more I'm not sure how this is possible, Kagi uses Google's results https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.html https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.htm... Perhaps those sites are just getting downranked by Kagi's algorithms

drewbitt 3y ago
Interesting. I'll go deeper next time. Often I give up if it's not on the first page like I expect.

carlosjobim 3y ago

>2 No other search engine will be able to compete with Google in the short or medium term on business reviews and opening hours, because the business owners send their information and opening hours themselves to Google, and they have billions of Google Maps users to write reviews. There's nothing Kagi can do to compete, at best they should start purchasing this stuff from Google and integrate it. Or we as users have to learn to open Kagi for web searches and Google Maps for local business searches. That's the easiest way.