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Switched about ten months ago and it’s been so good I forget it’s even not Google sometimes.

stavros 2y ago
If you forget it's not Google, I don't want to sign up. I want something that reminds me all the time that it's not Google, mainly by its ability to actually find the things I search for.
- worldsayshi 2y ago
  I suppose what they mean is that it's easy to forget that it isn't Google from ten years ago when Google was good?
  - dawnerd 2y ago
    Exactly. Going to real Google now is like ?? How did I use this before?
- mordae 2y ago
  It's very much not Google and you find things faster. They have 100 free searches for you to try.
- dghlsakjg 2y ago
  I'm not sure what they mean. I have mine tuned to the point that I can immediately tell when I accidentally google something because the results are so shockingly bad. Kagi is REALLY good at giving you the ability to filter out the type of results you never want to see.
  - stavros 2y ago
    My main problem is that I don't so much have results I never want to see, as I want to be able to get results from blogs and small sites, the articles that are really interesting. Google never shows you anything any more from sites that aren't in the top 100 sites by traffic, and many of my searches don't fit that pattern. Kagi does better, but there isn't a "downrank all the low quality spam" option.
    - fnordsensei 2y ago
      Small Web is for you: https://blog.kagi.com/small-web https://blog.kagi.com/small-web
genghisjahn 2y ago
Same. I’m so used to it now that when I see a google search page I think “woah, what is this? Oh. Yeah. Bleh”.
MOARDONGZPLZ 2y ago
The only thing that reminds me it’s not Google is when I search for a place I don’t get a good map that then allows me to route to the place. Still use Google for that.
ajb 2y ago
For me there are plusses and minuses. It doesn't push ads, but it doesn't seem quite so good at picking out phrases in the query. So I will search for something and then have to go back and quote the phrases

If you forget it's not Google, I don't want to sign up. I want something that reminds me all the time that it's not Google, mainly by its ability to actually find the things I search for.

worldsayshi 2y ago
I suppose what they mean is that it's easy to forget that it isn't Google from ten years ago when Google was good?
- dawnerd 2y ago
  Exactly. Going to real Google now is like ?? How did I use this before?
mordae 2y ago
It's very much not Google and you find things faster. They have 100 free searches for you to try.
dghlsakjg 2y ago
I'm not sure what they mean. I have mine tuned to the point that I can immediately tell when I accidentally google something because the results are so shockingly bad. Kagi is REALLY good at giving you the ability to filter out the type of results you never want to see.
- stavros 2y ago
  My main problem is that I don't so much have results I never want to see, as I want to be able to get results from blogs and small sites, the articles that are really interesting. Google never shows you anything any more from sites that aren't in the top 100 sites by traffic, and many of my searches don't fit that pattern. Kagi does better, but there isn't a "downrank all the low quality spam" option.
  - fnordsensei 2y ago
    Small Web is for you: https://blog.kagi.com/small-web https://blog.kagi.com/small-web

genghisjahn 2y ago

Same. I’m so used to it now that when I see a google search page I think “woah, what is this? Oh. Yeah. Bleh”.

MOARDONGZPLZ 2y ago

The only thing that reminds me it’s not Google is when I search for a place I don’t get a good map that then allows me to route to the place. Still use Google for that.

ajb 2y ago

For me there are plusses and minuses. It doesn't push ads, but it doesn't seem quite so good at picking out phrases in the query. So I will search for something and then have to go back and quote the phrases