Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

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Post by elorant » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC

Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore
techcrunch.com

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Post by ohyoutravel » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC

Kagi. Just use Kagi. It is by far far far the best. Best money I spend, aside from Fastmail.

https://kagi.com/

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Post by yogthos » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

I just use DeepSeek and I find it works great. You can give pretty loose queries and it will do a good job of finding articles and giving an overview.

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Post by righthand » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

Gee at least 15 years too late for this article? How many articles did I read from tech media over the years drilling into people that you could never take down Google because everyone says "Google it" instead of "do a web search"? It's too embedded and consumer choice is stupid because Google it lol!*

Google hasn't been "Google" for quite some time.

* I use Kagi and DuckDuckGo before that.

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Post by glouwbug » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

To be fair, it hasn’t really been one since SEO

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Post by ck2 » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

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Post by d12bb » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

I switched to Kagi little over a year ago and couldn’t recommend it enough. The search results are actually what I’m searching for, there is AI for the occasions I want it (and only then), and it comes with nice extras like search personalization and a great translation app. Tried to live without it when my first year of subscription ran out, but I didn’t last long…

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Post by skipnup » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

ohyoutravel wrote: post #2

Kagi. Just use Kagi. It is by far far far the best. Best money I spend, aside from Fastmail. https://kagi.com/

Anyone here who uses kagi in a language other than English? Specifically German? Is it any good?

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Post by xstas1 » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

ohyoutravel wrote: post #2

Kagi. Just use Kagi. It is by far far far the best. Best money I spend, aside from Fastmail. https://kagi.com/

Kagi is good, but only for English language queries

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Post by amazingamazing » Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC

So much for llms replacing search