Looks like alternativeto.net wins the most divisive prize, for being on the top boosted list but also heavily banned/demoted.
Runner up to the NYT
Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
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Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm surprised - simply because I never get Pinterest results on Google. Now admittedly most of my searches aren't the kind where Pinterest is likely to have relevant results, but even then, surely I'd at least see them _sometimes_. But I literally can't remember the last time I saw a Pinterest search result. Unless, as you suggest, they take over Google Images but not text search results? I could believe that I use I…
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
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#53Why is healthline so high on the block/lower list? (Excluding Pinterest) IMO I like the fact that they link sources to their claims, which is very rare on the current web. I think of it as a somewhat trustable source of information. Am I wrong?
I think it's reasonably trustworthy for a popular health site, but if I used Kagi I would block Healthline myself. Their Top N lists frequently appear on top of my health related searches when I'm looking for something more scholarly.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a couple "left leaning" media sources in the boost list and 3 "right leaning" in the lower list. There's none going to the other way for sources and their generally acknowledged "lean". I interpret that as a skew.
Skew in the user base at least
That's natural. Kagi users are mostly techies and techies skew left.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#55When I subscribed to Kagi, my block/lower/raise/pin lists were very highly correlated with these aggregate ones. It makes me think that for Kagi customers, search engine rankings optimize for something other than useful sites such as docs.python.org and cppreference.com
Google Ad team can dictate to the Search team. We have the leaks. Google has sold out.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#56Two different views for logged-in users and public. I realize that it has a different view from a different non-logged-in browser (or incognito). I stopped wearing T-Shirt swags from companies quite a while back. Recently, I thought of promoting Kagi and wore the T-Shirt they sent at a few meet-ups, office spaces with lots of tech-people and no-one recognize it. A few of them thought, when we talked, if the logo is f…
Such a huge miss not including the name of the company on the shirts. It could be a fitness logo for all anyone knows.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm surprised - simply because I never get Pinterest results on Google. Now admittedly most of my searches aren't the kind where Pinterest is likely to have relevant results, but even then, surely I'd at least see them _sometimes_. But I literally can't remember the last time I saw a Pinterest search result. Unless, as you suggest, they take over Google Images but not text search results? I could believe that I use I…
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.
Because Pinterest doesn't let you see anything without making an account and logging in.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#58Looks like alternativeto.net wins the most divisive prize, for being on the top boosted list but also heavily banned/demoted. Runner up to the NYT
It's probably got to do with the bizarre design that hides the actual link to a productms website as a small element on the page and makes the most prominent links and buttons go to other things instead.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Because Pinterest doesn't let you see anything without making an account and logging in.
And even if you are logged in, good chances you get redirected to some other useless page rather than the image you were trying to view. Or if you're not logged in, by the time you do get logged back in, you lose the original link and you're dumped on a random feed.
Re: Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
#60Why is healthline so high on the block/lower list? (Excluding Pinterest) IMO I like the fact that they link sources to their claims, which is very rare on the current web. I think of it as a somewhat trustable source of information. Am I wrong?
I block them, but I block most common health sites. When I'm searching a health condition, I almost always only want Wikipedia. But Wikipedia's search is pretty bad unless you know the exact name of what you're searching for.