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    • ansik@kbin.social
      11·
      2 years ago

      I’m extremely happy with the results on Kagi. Setting up my own ‘page-rank’ with their search customizations is a godsend to get rid of any unwanted sites and promoted the sources I know I’ll come back to.

      I’m a bit turned off the pricing though, especially since last month I blew through 1000 searches before the end of last month so currently back to Google, but frustrated by every second search or so.

      • Wisely@lemm.eeEnglish
        81·
        2 years ago

        I ended up paying for the unlimited $25. Figure it is worth supporting the business model and saves me a lot of time and frustration. I really wish it was $10 for unlimited though, but I do use it enough to get my money’s worth with thousands of searches per month.

        You can also try Mojeek, Whoogle and Brave search for free.

        • ansik@kbin.social
          3·
          2 years ago

          Thanks! Replying so I remember to check them out tomorrow, but I’ll probably eventually relent and get unlimited too. With how much I apparently use it, probably worth it in the end 😅

          • Wisely@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            2 years ago

            If you aren’t already using bangs that can help to keep the number of Kagi searches down. It doesn’t count towards your search count.

            So for example I setup some custom bangs, and you can make it so you don’t even need to type the “!”. Like the letter L will take me to the first result in DDG feeling lucky. I could type “l verizon” and it goes directly to Verizon’s website without using a search.

            I also did that with a bunch of other sites, so I can search Wikipedia with w, imdb with imd, wolfram alpha with wa, etc.