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I've been doing the same but using the browser shortcut to select a search engine. If I start with "k " it searches with Kagi, with "g " it's Google, etc. I've
by benhurmarcel 2y ago
I've been doing the same but using the browser shortcut to select a search engine. If I start with "k " it searches with Kagi, with "g " it's Google, etc.
I've been using Kagi only for non-trivial searches, so the starter plan has been enough. For very local searches (mainly about a local business or finding where to buy a product) I use Google. And most of my searches are just looking up the url to a website (like searching "steam"), so any search engine will do (I default to Duckduckgo for that).
- carlosjobim 2y agoWhy waste that time and mental effort to save literal pennies? Isn't your limited time alive on this incredible earth worth more? This is like driving the whole afternoon around town to find the cheapest gas.
- benhurmarcel 2y agoI agree, I started this way to test it out and just kept doing it. Although it saves 65€/year, not pennies. And I'm in Europe so I don't earn nearly as much as the average American engineer. I would still select the search engine for a number of queries though. I find Google better for local stuff, use WolframAlpha for computations, and Perplexity for LLM answers.
- carlosjobim 2y agoGoogle Maps is the undisputed king for local results. Not even Apple has any chance of contending that throne, much less Kagi. My prediction is that maps will become the core of Google's search business quite soon.