We need this paywall indicator badly here on HN.
Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget
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Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm also not sure I quite get the love. I got the free trial, and I've set it as my browser's default search engine for now to get used to using it. The problem for me is that it's at best equivalent to, and at worst a lot poorer than the same search in Google. Which is a shame, because I've been finding Google less and less useful recently. Maybe I need to fiddle around with the settings more, get some better filter…
Why not just use bangs to change from the more common to less common region on a search by search basis? Or just use the programming (or other) lens for documentation
Thanks for mentioning bangs! I'm having the same issue as in the parent comment and didn't realize you could use bangs to set the location.
Still not an ideal solution for me, because it requires me to plan ahead when typing the query (or rewriting it later, which is slower).
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#73I like Kagi , I do. I like the ranking, I like how I can search for controversial people and not have my intended search target censored by obfuscation. Kagi just gives me the data. That’s great! I pay the 5 a month but I run out mid month which makes me not use it and breaks the habit and worry. I’m considering the 10 a month but then I think I get 500gb e2ee cloud+email+email hosting+vpn+a couple of other small thi…
I really hope they keep lowering the unlimited searches price. I'm pretty sure I use way less resources than my $10 pays for, but I just wanted it for the peace of mind - if enough people like me subscribe, they'll probably be able to lower it even more.
alternatively, I don't know how deeply embedded the LLM stuff is in kagi, but I really do not need that, so maybe a plan without that, since that is the stuff that requires a lot of expensive compute.
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#74As a UK user I find Kagi returns results from Australia far too often which is a super weird issue DDG used to have as well
I'm a UK Kagi user and do not have this issue. Perhaps it is your IP range? Do you have the same problem on mobile and broadband?
It happened at both work and home - my region was always set to United Kingdom and it would still decide I want localised Australian results sometimes.
It may have been fixed since I last used it of course - I just didn't find the results provided by Kagi any better than DDG to keep paying.
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#75Kagi is mind blowingly good. It's almost unbelievable first time you use it. Like you forgot that there could be good, interesting and relevant stuff on first page of results.. I am mad at myself for not trying it earlier.
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#76Kagi is ok but I don't understand the level of gushing over it that I see here. I got the 100 query free trial a few months ago and haven't used it up yet. So I'm not willing to buy a monthly subscription for something I'd rarely (won't say never) use. A flat $20 for 500 queries would be fine and might last me a year or so.
Be careful with the "100 free searches" limit, it's not always really 100.
If you click the "More" button at the bottom of the search results page it reduces the number of free searches left.
In hindsight, it probably means they're re-running the search again with different parameters, thus "using" another free search.
However it's not at all obvious to the user that asking to display more results from an existing list would do this. :(
Frankly, it seems a bit dishonest to me. Which is unfortunate, as I otherwise liked Kagi.
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#77I tried Kagi for a few months this year, and while the overall flavor experience was pretty good, it was not quite there yet for me in terms of result quality. I strongly believe in them and will absolutely try it again in 2024 though, the improvements they make are impressive and I actually miss some features (domain ranking and blacklisting is so great!). Can’t wait to see how the quality of results has evolved.
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#78Every once in a while, I looked for an alternative to Google. I have given them all a go, but none of them stayed as my default for more than a few days. Until Kagi. I absolutely did not think I would pay for a search engine. Especially as I've recently been on a quest to cut every unnecessary subscription. YouTube Premium is gone (thanks to 83/% family plan price hike). Half of my dozen or so domains are gone... you…
For me, Google search started declining dramatically in quality when they took away the Plus Operator ... which was probably around that time You would think a mega company would think more long term then that
"doublequote" word to make it required.
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#79I've been using Kagi for a while now and I love it. My only gripe is the usability on iOS as it keeps logging me off every now and then (it feels like more often than many other sites) which then results in a login screen when you're trying to search something and after the re-login the query you already wrote once is now lost.
not sure if it's possible to set up on iOS, but in settings -> account they offer a "Session Link" that contains a token that will log you in automatically. if you can set that link as your default search you shouldn't have that issue any more.
I use it in private browsing mode so i can still use the nice search without having to log in every time.
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#80For me it just brings a lot of peace of mind to be able to click on any link and not have it blocked by ublock or pihole. All links are what Kagi believes to be valid results.
Semi-off topic, but do you recommend using both uBlock and Pihole? I'm currently a uBlock user (on Firefox), and I was thinking of setting up a Pihole. Thanks!
They might have similar results in many cases, but they're very different things. For a start, if uBlock blocks a domain then it's a click away from accessing it just this once. On the other hand, it only helps in browsers it supports. On the gripping hand, uBlock Origin can block individual resources, not only entire domains.
I'm a happy user of NextDNS rather than a PiHole, but the rationale is the same: use DNS blocking to block stuff that you never want anything on your network to see, and use uBlock Origin for fine-grained blocking of the rest.
I wouldn't want to rely exclusively on DNS blocking, because it won't block at the right level of granularity. I wouldn't want to rely exclusively on uBlock Origin either, because it doesn't work everywhere I want to block stuff.