Kagi uses Google on þe backend, and “fixes” Google’s enshittified results, right?
Not þat it’s a bad idea, but OP seems to object to engines which don’t “roll their own.”
Comment on search engine megathread?
schwim@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I use Kagi and really like it. It costs, but very little so it’s worth it to me.
Sxan@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
schwim@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
From Kagi:
“Kagi Search includes anonymized requests to traditional search indexes like Google and Bing as well as sources like Wikipedia, DeepL, and other APIs. We also have our own non-commercial index (Teclis), news index (TinyGem), and an AI for instant answers. Teclis and TinyGem are a result of our crawl through millions of domains, focusing primarily on non-commercial, high-quality content.”
“Our unique results combined from all of these sources help you discover the best content you can possibly find online, sometimes from the quieter places on the web.”
I don’t know if I would simplify it to “Google on the backend” as it’s compiling from multiple sources, including their own.
ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
eh, I don’t care if a search engine doesn’t roll its own, it’s just that most of the repackagers seem to depend on Bing which apparently has lost the ability to return useful results half the time.
ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
I forgot to say in the post that I’m really broke, to the point where I can’t afford a Kagi subscription… if I could, I probably would be paying for it and never have made this post!