Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

Post by BoredPositron » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 6:41 AM UTC

yellowapple wrote: post #98

kjs3 wrote: post #78

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I assume with the 'popularity' bias (probably not the right phrase) in the modern internet this is pretty much the future of search. Someone comes up with something cool, posts a pix, and someone else puts it on Twit/Face/Tube/whatever and it gets reposted over and over and over and since the original is some worthless peon as far as the algorithm is concerned you'll never, ever find them.

I wonder if that's something that can be addressed by embedding the right metadata into images/videos? Most people don't bother even checking e.g. Exif data (let alone stripping or otherwise altering it) when reposting content they find online.

Post by yellowapple » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 6:45 AM UTC

BoredPositron wrote: post #122

yellowapple wrote: post #98

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I wonder if that's something that can be addressed by embedding the right metadata into images/videos? Most people don't bother even checking e.g. Exif data (let alone stripping or otherwise altering it) when reposting content they find online.

Pinterest kills meta and exif of all uploads.

Post by whiplash451 » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 7:02 AM UTC

fumufumufumu wrote: post #85

What I gather from this is few if any non-software devs use Kagi 8 of the top 10 "raised" sites are software dev sites and with #6 being MDN I'm guessing it's not just any software devs, is web developers specifically that use Kagi. Am I drawing the wrong conclusion? Does that mean Kagi's days are numbered? What would it take for them to get enough non-web-devs that the top 10 raised looked more representative of the…

Post by harrall » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 7:22 AM UTC

zonkerdonker wrote: post #52

danpalmer wrote: post #43

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I only get Pinterest results when I'm searching for something generic enough, and in those cases, why not use an image from Pinterest. I don't really understand the hate.

It's a nightmare for finding the original sources of images. For example, I was looking for a new sink basin and doing some quick image searches for various styles. All the ones I liked were pinterest posts with zero attribution. A reverse image search then just brings up dozens of ripped and reposted copies of that pinterest post, also without attribution. It gets frustrating

Post by harrall » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 7:25 AM UTC

OuterVale wrote: post #123

fumufumufumu wrote: post #85

What I gather from this is few if any non-software devs use Kagi 8 of the top 10 "raised" sites are software dev sites and with #6 being MDN I'm guessing it's not just any software devs, is web developers specifically that use Kagi. Am I drawing the wrong conclusion? Does that mean Kagi's days are numbered? What would it take for them to get enough non-web-devs that the top 10 raised looked more representative of the…

I think it is also a consideration that more technically inclined users are more likely to spend time tailoring their experience in this way. Technical users also likely have specific sites (namely documentation) that they wish to bump in their results where other professions might not. I'm not disagreeing with your point, just offering some thoughts of my own.