• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Anyone tried any “premium” search offerings? I have a tech friend recommending Kagi and I wonder if anyone here has opinions about it.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      I’ll add a second recommendation for Kagi. Being able to block sites (like Pinterest) is a game changer too. Their search, though ridiculous at first to bring yourself to pay for what was once free, is more than worth it.

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      3 days ago

      I use Kagi, highly recommend. I’ve found it tends to be better at filtering out blogspam and I use the “quick answer” feature a ton.

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        3 days ago

        Interesting. I’m not enamored with the idea of paying for something that used to be high quality for free though :(

        My google results are just completely filled with AI shit on any new topic though. And any old topic where I’m specificallllllly looking for a page I know exists because I’ve read it before the site gives me trash that’s new-ish instead of the older page I know is perfect and doesn’t need any new variation and should just be the best result for that thing forever lol.

    • machinya [it/its, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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      it would probably depend on your search needs and habits. i use searx as my main search and it works good enough even if results are not great. i tried kagi for a bit and i didn’t find a huge difference. it might have been a bit better with results and being able to group results is a great idea but the improvement was not sustancial enough to warrant the cost. also, having an account associated with your searches feels really problematic