Comment by Osiris
2 years ago
I have recently started using kagi after seeing a recommendation here.
From what I understand, it aggregates results from multiple sources rather than having their own indexer.
The results aren’t really any better, but the lack of ads and videos in the results makes for a cleaner experience.
I also haven’t yet taken advantage of the extra features to block certain websites from results.
Personally, I pay the $5 mostly in an attempt to support another competitor in the space.
Pretty sure the reason Kagi is better isn't because they use multiple sources, it's just because they can use the presence of ads as a negative ranking signal, something that none of the major public search engines will ever do as it goes against their own business model.
Kagi is awesome, so much better experience than Google!
Start using bangs, lenses and customized results ASAP, that makes a big difference.
I actually find myself using bangs way more since I switched to Kagi from DDG. I think it's the AI bangs like !chat and !expert that got me in the habit of using bangs besides !g (which I never actually use anymore).