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Search engines are getting squeezed out by AI for me. Kagi's search results are less polluted by SEO trash than Google, but there's still a non-zero amount of
by karaterobot 1y ago
Search engines are getting squeezed out by AI for me.
Kagi's search results are less polluted by SEO trash than Google, but there's still a non-zero amount of it. When I try to answer a question using Kagi (or any search engine these days) I end up feeling frustrated: there's so much information, and none of it is useful.
On the other hand, ChatGPT filters all SEO spam out for me, and typically does a decent job of answering my questions. I can follow the references it provides in its answer to verify what it says, and also learn more from external websites. It's a better user experience, with a better success rate for me.
Looking at my Kagi usage stats, I guess I'm not actually using it less from month to month (which I would have guessed I was). But, subjectively it still feels like I'm depending on it less for finding information on the web. I've given up on it for a lot of use cases, or it's no longer my first choice. I think my main use case is bang operators at this point, and that's where the numbers come from.
- hootz 1y agoKagi has an optional integrated search AI which you can activate by adding a question mark at the end of your query.
- VHRanger 1y agoYou can also use !ai at the end to redirect the query. It'll redirect the query to kagi.com/assistant and use your default model or assistant for the search.
- patrickscoleman 1y agoAds are coming to ChatGPT too at some point [1]. Agree that ChatGPT has less spam than Google for now, but this won't always be the case. There are ChatGPT alternatives too (including Kagi's), so AI may end up taking a lot of search market share, but I still find myself searching most of the time. I've had enough hallucinations to still prefer searching for and reading primary sources. As always I keep monitoring and trying new things. [1] https://mashable.com/article/openai-ceo-sam-altman-open-to-ads-on-chatgpt-one-day https://mashable.com/article/openai-ceo-sam-altman-open-to-a...
- qudat 1y ago> Search engines are getting squeezed out by AI for me. I use Kagi Assistant which uses LLMs from AI companies mixed with their own indexes. It works great and is included with Kagi.
- VHRanger 1y agoYou can also use !ai at the end to redirect the query. It'll redirect the query to kagi.com/assistant and use your default model or assistant for the search. If you're paying for kagi, you can use ChatGPT or gpt 4.1 mini -- OpenAI uses bing as a backend so it'll be a strict improvement for you