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Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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anyone paying for kagi here ? how's it comparing to duckduckgo results ?

Previously i used DDG and fell back to Startpage/Google constantly. With Kagi, i can't remember the last time i did that. I also get a lot of value out of FastGPT (a labs search thing from Kagi).

Overall, i'm very happy with my starter subscription.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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post #10

anyone paying for kagi here ? how's it comparing to duckduckgo results ?

It sounds hyperbolic, but using Kagi reminds me of back in 98 or 99 when I first discovered Google. I can get results I want every single time without wading through garbage.

I’m happy to pay for it.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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post #39
post #6

Happy customer here. Kagi is by far the best search engine there is. When I first started using Kagi a year ago or so, I compared results with Google every now and then. Now? Never. 10 bucks a month for a tool that I use multiple times every single day is more than reasonable. The results hit home virtually every time. There are variety of features to customize your searches but truthfully, I never found the need for…

So would you say it's on-par with google results or even better?

For me, it's substantially better.

The results are good by default. But you can change the ranking of sites in your results, so every search is custom to you.

I pin documentation sites like MDN and pkg.go.dev and penalize SEO span sites.

My results are custom to me and my workflows, it's pretty hard to go back at this point.

Kagi is one of the stickiest subscription services I have.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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post #6

Happy customer here. Kagi is by far the best search engine there is. When I first started using Kagi a year ago or so, I compared results with Google every now and then. Now? Never. 10 bucks a month for a tool that I use multiple times every single day is more than reasonable. The results hit home virtually every time. There are variety of features to customize your searches but truthfully, I never found the need for…

That's awesome that it's so flexible. Can you search using symbols? Like if I'm trying to search "what is %" will it bring back results regarding the percentage sign, or results that start with the words "what is"?

That's my major problem with google. Sometimes I need to search info on a symbol, and I don't know what it's called yet, so I have to perform another search, just to perform the one I actually care about.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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I don't understand what's wrong with charging money for a service that to the best of my knowledge doesn't serve you ads?

It's far less profitable than the advertising model. Unfortunately, most tech companies are VC-backed and optimize for profits.

It also introduces adoption friction for users who are used to things being "free" on the internet, which hurts the hypergrowth shareholders want to see.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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post #6

Happy customer here. Kagi is by far the best search engine there is. When I first started using Kagi a year ago or so, I compared results with Google every now and then. Now? Never. 10 bucks a month for a tool that I use multiple times every single day is more than reasonable. The results hit home virtually every time. There are variety of features to customize your searches but truthfully, I never found the need for…

I've been using Kagi for about a year now as well and have been very happy. I find that I still go back to Google when I am ready to purchase a product or find a local service. In this case, I find that I'm generally happy with the people who are paying money for search placement (either directly to Google or for hardcore SEO) and find I can get less "fly-by-night" type companies that way.

that's funny as the fly-by-night companies in my experience are the ones spending all of their efforts to win the SEO to get those clicks where the established companies can be found by less sleazy methods
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