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Re: Kagi Small Web

#21

Post by manuelmoreale »

freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

This is so neat!

So happy so see the small, independent and more humane web being highlighted.

I’m trying to do my part[0] but I have no doubt that a search engine—even if still a niche one— can have a much bigger impact.

Really well done Vlad!

[0] https://peopleandblogs.com

Re: Kagi Small Web

#22

Post by BbzzbB »

freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

Isn't this more likely to have been inspired by marginalia* than a personal blogs thread? Doesn't seem to have the same results from the Apple Watch example, but it's what immediately came to mind for me when I read this post's title.

*https://search.marginalia.nu, commonly mentioned on HN https://hn.algolia.com/?query=marginalia

Re: Kagi Small Web

#24

Post by coding123 »

freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

Honestly the reality is a good coder is one that keeps chugging and doesn't give up.

Re: Kagi Small Web

#26

Post by marginalia_nu »

BbzzbB wrote: post #22
freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

Isn't this more likely to have been inspired by marginalia* than a personal blogs thread? Doesn't seem to have the same results from the Apple Watch example, but it's what immediately came to mind for me when I read this post's title. * https://search.marginalia.nu , commonly mentioned on HN https://hn.algolia.com/?query=marginalia

Vlad was dabbling with similar things to Marginalia with Teclis around the same time Marginalia first made headlines.

And to be fair, I was simultaneously inspired by the blog thread to build a curated blog filter for my search engine, which led to a series of changes that overall tends to promote more of this types of results in general.

The fact that we're several to have similar ideas sort of validates the ideas I think.

Re: Kagi Small Web

#27

Post by epilys »

freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

Discord really? why not IRC? I don't think having to use proprietary communication software that require accounts did with small web and open source.

Re: Kagi Small Web

#28

Post by packetlost »

kickdaddy wrote: post #5

Kagi is worth every penny. Been using it for 6 months as my primary search engine. I think I have used the Google !g 10 or so times in that period maybe?

The ability to block SEO garbage sites like GeeksForGeeks and not filling the first 3-5 results with ads is worth it alone. Not to mention the ability to boost certain sites results over others on a personalized level. Unfortunately for me, I end up regularly going over the "Pro" tier of searches a month (partially because I accidentally search all the time, but also I'm heavy search-engine user) is a bit of a letdown. At least they have an option to purchase additional searches instead of going up to the rather expensive unmetered tier.

Re: Kagi Small Web

#29

Post by marginalia_nu »

manuelmoreale wrote: post #21
freediver wrote: post #2

Vlad from Kagi here, thanks for posting. The RSS feed unexpectedly broke (edit: the feed is back up! [3]) just as we published the blog post, in the true spirt of "small web" :) Should be up in 30 minutes which will enable the site to function too (it uses the same feed). This has been a personal pet project of mine and I spent considerable time getting my hands dirty with the code, as the team was busy with other in…

This is so neat! So happy so see the small, independent and more humane web being highlighted. I’m trying to do my part[0] but I have no doubt that a search engine—even if still a niche one— can have a much bigger impact. Really well done Vlad! [0] https://peopleandblogs.com

I kinda wish there was a sort of proper blog-DMOZ. Would make this sort of stuff a lot easier. Right now everyone and their grandma is curating their own blog list. Lots of wasted effort that could be saved by collaborating somehow.

Re: Kagi Small Web

#30

Post by mgreg »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #29
manuelmoreale wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is so neat! So happy so see the small, independent and more humane web being highlighted. I’m trying to do my part[0] but I have no doubt that a search engine—even if still a niche one— can have a much bigger impact. Really well done Vlad! [0] https://peopleandblogs.com

I kinda wish there was a sort of proper blog-DMOZ. Would make this sort of stuff a lot easier. Right now everyone and their grandma is curating their own blog list. Lots of wasted effort that could be saved by collaborating somehow.

That is a very good idea. Any thoughts as to why this hasn't happened already?
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