Kagi search reached 20k paying members

Post by licebmi__at__ » Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 6:22 AM UTC

johnnyanmac wrote: post #148

cwsx wrote: post #21

I switched to them a few months ago, I was previously using duckduckgo (and Google before that). As most of you have probably noticed Google search results have seriously dropped in quality the last few years, but especially in 2023. I'm no longer able to get meaningful results for almost any topic, especially if it's technical, the only results are AI generated (?) / obvious SEO spam websites. It takes me multiple d…

I've been curious for a while too and I've been trying to de-google myself a tiny bit each year (more or less dropped Chrome in 2023). Once I actually grab a full time job again I wouldn't mind grabbing my own subscription here to try it out. I'm curious if 300 searches/month is truly enough for me, though. And what would happen if I go over that rate. Am I simply unable to search more for that month?

Post by ajdude » Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 6:59 AM UTC

anon-3988 wrote: post #91

cwsx wrote: post #21

I switched to them a few months ago, I was previously using duckduckgo (and Google before that). As most of you have probably noticed Google search results have seriously dropped in quality the last few years, but especially in 2023. I'm no longer able to get meaningful results for almost any topic, especially if it's technical, the only results are AI generated (?) / obvious SEO spam websites. It takes me multiple d…

> I wouldn't call myself a power user of Kagi, but even then I'm getting far better results than other search engines, definitely worth the price per month. This only works as long as Kagi is a niche. The moment any search engine becomes commonplace I think they will inevitably succumb to SEO. Otherwise, they would have to change their methodologies every once in a while to completely flip the ecosystem.

Post by eviks » Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 7:05 AM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #162

Doesn't this sound like a substantial distraction? The process from here involves setting up a business entity in Germany, so we can import the t-shirts, store them in a warehouse, connect inventory logistics and ship them all over the world. This includes building a website and connecting it to a back-end database. So, we basically ended up owning a merch production operation end-to-end, just so that we could ensure…

Post by darekkay » Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 7:33 AM UTC

Exoristos wrote: post #146

mminer237 wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And they would be losing money with every user then. It costs them way more than that just to pay Google and Microsoft their fees.

How does that work? They have a contractual obligation to report to Microsoft and Google how many individual IPs have accessed Kagi domains and pay accordingly?

Post by goplayoutside » Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 7:36 AM UTC