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Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by doublerabbit »

chillfox wrote: post #87
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…

The average internet user is never going to pay for search. Trying to target them would likely be a mistake.

I am an average internet user.

I pay for Kagi and it's refreshing to actually see real results rather than sponsored slop from the others.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by p3rls »

galleywest200 wrote: post #64

Just as I suspected, fandom.com appears on the top "lowered" list. So many games have moved to different wiki sites but because of SEO the Fandom.com wikis still appear near the top of "normal" search results, unfortunately.

I run a competitor to fandom (in kpop) and fandom isn't even the worst offender by a mile. Google has made my niche dominated by porn ads and underaged nude leakers for the past decade. Even gaming is completely fextralife enshittificated. Fandom at least has some professionals behind it.

The sad thing is we should be living in a golden age for these sorta websites, but Google has to promote dogshit so nothing cool gets built.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by orphea »

doublerabbit wrote: post #161
chillfox wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The average internet user is never going to pay for search. Trying to target them would likely be a mistake.

I am an average internet user. I pay for Kagi and it's refreshing to actually see real results rather than sponsored slop from the others.

  I am an average internet user.
How many average internet users comment on HN?

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by alpaca128 »

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…

DuckDuckGo likely also had almost exclusively tech people as users because the average person doesn't even think about search engines and more importantly doesn't want to. Alternative search engines only have a chance at getting a wider audience when Google messes up enough that people need to think about it.

With Kagi this is more significant because paying for a search engine is an even larger obstacle than simply switching.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by thoroughburro »

vladde wrote: post #155
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 have a hard time figuring out how to pitch a paid search engine to "normal people", when Google works and is free.

You literally just wait for them to complain about Google, then say “Well, you get what you pay for.” They will be curious because everyone knows search is free.

IME, this works well.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by natebc »

orphea wrote: post #164
doublerabbit wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am an average internet user. I pay for Kagi and it's refreshing to actually see real results rather than sponsored slop from the others.

I am an average internet user. How many average internet users comment on HN?

it's a nice round number.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by thoroughburro »

Phil_Latio wrote: post #143

How pinterest got this big in the first place is only explainable by corruption/kickbacks within Google antispam team.

I don’t like Pinterest, but it’s easier to explain than conspiracy: a valuable demographic was underserved because people tend to overlook that women are half of humanity.

Mood boards do nothing for me, but that isn’t true of everyone.

Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

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Post by sejje »

orphea wrote: post #164
doublerabbit wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am an average internet user. I pay for Kagi and it's refreshing to actually see real results rather than sponsored slop from the others.

I am an average internet user. How many average internet users comment on HN?

The average Internet user doesn't contribute content/comments at all.

The average Internet user doesn't visit HN at all.

The intersection of these groups, HN visitors that comment? Distinctly not average.

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