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Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by freediver »

caskstrength wrote: post #7

And yet in the article they reference their Discord channel and Twitter sigh

Rooting for small web does not mean one needs to be against other technology.

For example Kagi uses Google and even hosts on GCP - I think Google's technology and people are great, it is just the business model that is rotten and contributes to the deterioration of the web.

And interestingly enough, at least Discord (and to some extent Twitter) are trying to have a business model that does not put more ads down your throat (although admittedly I did cancel my Twitter subscription as unexplainably they still showed ads even when subscribing - you can't sit on two chairs).

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by mhitza »

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…

I really enjoy that this feature got released. Adding more visibility to the indie/small web is a great thing. I've complained in the past on HN that any useful personal blog is buried under spammy content in search engines.

It would be nice to also be able to just search within the small web, maybe using a lens in the future?

Regarding the topic of self promotion, I would disagree with the current rules and I would ask you to allow people to self promote. As long they have an old enough blog, maybe even cut that down to a year, would be helpful. Most users on the small/indie web lack visibility and this would do them service. My blog is already within the index because I think it might have been picked up during the "HN share your blog" post that happened a while ago, but others might not have been that lucky.

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by tstrimple »

packetlost wrote: post #28
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 letdow…

> 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.

I hadn't considered this aspect of Kagi yet. I'm not a subscriber at this point, but I am strongly considering it. But I use search instead of typing domain names directly to avoid the typo phishing style attacks. I wonder how much "artificial" search that would generate based on my typical usage.

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by freediver »

thrtythreeforty wrote: post #8

This is quite interesting. I feel you should include content from blogs that publish less often than once a week - some of the best blogs post once in a blue moon and are still quite interesting.

We do as a part of our own search index, just not as a part of this particular initiative where we wanted a focus on the fresh stuff from the small web "oven".

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by scroot »

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?

Another very satisfied Kagi user here. It's totally worth the money, and a great example of the kinds of services that are possible if you're just willing to pay a little for 'em

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by freeAgent »

ot1138 wrote: post #18

Nice, but I can't figure out how to search it. The "Small Web" site linked to in the article just shows a number of links to Kagi articles.

It sounds like it’s integrated into Kagi’s main results and you can use the API to reference only the small web results, but I also don’t see a way for a Kagi search user to toggle “small web” results as a lens or whatever. I assume and hope that may be added in the future.

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by RamblingCTO »

freediver wrote: post #39
vk7eu wrote: post #17

Great idea! https://kagi.com/smallweb displays the homepage for the Kagi Blog at the moment, though.

We had a 'glitch', it should be fixed now.

It actually displays a website with js (newsletter popups). Is that a bug or did I misinterpret things?

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by unshavedyak »

This sort of stuff makes me really happy to be a Kagi subscriber. Not only do i get value out of Kagi, but this shows me that the money is being used to develop Kagi in a way i agree with. By comparison, Spotify (just picking one of my subs) feels hostile to me. I pay them, but would cancel in a heart beat if i felt i had options.

I really appreciate Kagi's development matching what i feel like i'm buying. Thanks Kagi Team <3

Re: Kagi Small Web

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Post by digitalsin »

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 absolutely fantastic, thank you!
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