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Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by dylan604 »

konfusinomicon wrote: post #51
mongol wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can the search result quality be quantified somehow? I remember when Google was new, and I used to use Altavista and Hotbot and those older search engines, the difference in results were like night and day, and Google's results were "wow!" Does Kagi give a similar impression as Google did then?

hotbot! now there's a name I haven't heard in a while! that was the first search engine I used regularly. it was the perfect place to find warcraft 2 cheats and magic the gathering deck ideas

you could always Ask Jeeves if you were looking for things too.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by jorams »

kulahan wrote: post #87
crisp wrote: 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.

I've generally found searching for symbols to work quite well. It's a mixture of the two. You can check the results for "what is %" here: https://kagi.com/search?q=what+is+%25&r=no_region&sh=Qd1RlT2...

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by freediver »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #72
boringg wrote: post #11

I think Kagi sounds interesting but the business model is a tough one outside of niche HN types. E.g. I am interested but can't be bothered to pursue it as it seems like an unnecessary additional SAS model cost to my monthly budget. How does search quality really change my life? Entrenched behavior is tough to overcome especially ostensibly free products.

> the business model is a tough one outside of niche HN types There are lucrative bundling opportunities. I am waiting fora corporate product; it's notable that Google Workspace still subjects you to ads in search. That's not only a data leak. It's also a constant attention tax on your knowledge workers.

Vlad here from Kagi. We are building one, would you like to chat? Would love to understand your needs. Please reach out to vlad@kagi.com

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by prepend »

boringg wrote: post #11

I think Kagi sounds interesting but the business model is a tough one outside of niche HN types. E.g. I am interested but can't be bothered to pursue it as it seems like an unnecessary additional SAS model cost to my monthly budget. How does search quality really change my life? Entrenched behavior is tough to overcome especially ostensibly free products.

I’m waiting to pay $10/month for search+email. That I will do as I also keep meaning to switch off gmail to a pay service.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by gkbrk »

gretch wrote: post #69
zakary wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whatever the cap is, I’m sure it’s a lot higher than google will let you do before they start rate limiting you or making you do a captcha for every search. Pretty much all search services have some cap, after which they will put up roadblocks to slow you down

> I’m sure it’s a lot higher than google will let you do before they start rate limiting you Do you have any basis for this assumption?

Google throws me around 4-5 CAPTCHAs a month with regular usage. So far, Kagi hasn't made me do any "find the firehoses".

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by xlii »

I dropped of Kagi after price change, mostly because I don’t think search hit should be something I need to keep in mind when using search engine.

This is a change in good direction, and I’ll happily check it once again.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by dylan604 »

prepend wrote: post #100

I wish there was a way to just buy 10,000 searches as a block and charge down against it. I don’t search that much. I don’t want another monthly service fee. But I love the idea of paying for search. Id happily pay $5 for 300 searches, but don’t want to do that every month. This seems like the buffet or gym model where they want people just mindlessly paying and then not using it that much.

>This seems like the buffet or gym model where they want people just mindlessly paying and then not using it that much.

I see this as the point to any subscription model. Of course they want you paying for more than you use/consume.

Re: Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

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Post by hovering_nox »

sph wrote: post #92
dot5xdev wrote: post #41

I'm currently paying for Kagi. It's nice. But, so far I feel like it may only be like 2% better than Google, probably not enough to keep me long term. A lot of times the results are better on Kagi than Google, but not by much. It makes sense they're similar since Kagi uses Google's index (among others).

> 2% better Not in my experience, and what about user tracking and pervasive advertising? You don't seem to include that in your comparison.

>user tracking

You can use Google anonymously but you have to log in and leave your payment data with Kagi.

EDIT: apparently they accept crypto

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