Mastodawn

Every time there's something in the news about Google search, Kagi zealots come out of the woodwork to troll you into submission if you dare say anything about Kagi that doesn't resonate with their view. It's weird and people should stop being weird about technology like this.

Kagi started as an AI company that wanted to slurp up the internet to provide a question "answering" service not unlike what Google is proposing to replace web search with. Perhaps they've toned this rhetoric down a bit on their blog recently but there's no evidence I'm aware of that the business has changed mission. All of this is still available on Kagi's own blog---including the fact that they used to be kagi.ai---yet somehow it's controversial to point it out. If you're looking for a web search engine that isn't likely to turn into a slop extruder, Kagi is probably not going to be the one. Try @[email protected] or Marginalia. This list might be helpful too.

#web #search #dev #tech #software #AI #Kagi #WebSearch #InternetSearch #InformationRetrieval

A look at search engines with their own indexes

A cursory review of all the non-metasearch, indexing search engines I have been able to find.

Seirdy’s Home

Hackaday [Unofficial]5d ago

How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles in a WWW-Sized Haystack

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-search-engines-enabled-finding-needles-in-a-www-sized-haystack/

13 5d ago

How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles in a WWW-Sized Haystack https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-search-engines-enabled-finding-needles-in-a-www-sized-haystack/
#Featured #Interest #Internethacks #OriginalArt #Internetsearch #Searchengine #Worldwideweb

How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles In A WWW-Sized Haystack

When the World Wide Web surged into existence during the 1990s, we were introduced to the problem of how to actually find something in this ever-ballooning construction zone that easily outpaced ev…

Hackaday

Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)May 7

EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-clinches-deal-to-roll-back-ai-restrictions/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CybersecurityandDataProtection #ArtificialIntelligence #Internetgovernance #Dataprotection #Internetsearch #Medicaldevices #Intelligence #Algorithms #Technology #HealthCare #Technology #Companies #Industry #Bigdata #Privacy #Space #MEPs

EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions

Deal marks first significant delay of digital rules amid pressure from the U.S.

POLITICO

Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 23

Intimate talks: Brussels ponders the naked body in AI bill https://www.politico.eu/article/intimate-talks-eu-brussels-ponders-naked-body-ai-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalServicesAct #Contentmoderation #Internetsearch #Negotiations #Algorithms #Technology #Technology #Platforms #Omnibus #Privacy

Intimate talks: Brussels ponders the naked body in AI bill

Officials debate how to define “intimate parts” in a draft ban on AI nudification tech.

POLITICO

Ross of Ottawa Mar 26

Do you make a search engine and want more market share?

Provide a button that says "exclude sites with ads" or "order results with fewer ads first" and enjoy the huge surge in users.

#InternetSearch #searchEngine

Regina Kammer Mar 23

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
https://cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has-a-secret-reference-desk
#GoogleSearch #InternetSearch

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.

40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

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AnneTheWriter Mar 20

To do internet searches without getting that annoying #AIsummary (which usually makes for one more useless thing to scroll through to get to the links you want to see, and which wastes a large amount of electricity every time), you can add a simple bit of text at the beginning or end of your search query.

Type “hyphen AI” at the start or end of any search query to not get that annoying AI summary at the top of your search results (which usually makes for one more useless thing to scroll through to get to the links you want to see, and which wastes data center electricity every time).

For example:
-ai Names of all four Beatles
**OR**
Names of all four Beatles -ai

#AIprompts #GoogleTricks #AIsummaries #AI #GoogleSearching #GoogleSearch #InternetSearch #SearchEngines #Searches #Googling #AvoidingAI #NoAI

@thomkennon @GossiTheDog

N-gated Hacker News Feb 22

🎌🖼️ Apparently, the world has been eagerly awaiting the ability to upload blurry smartphone photos of Japanese woodblock prints to a magical #database that claims it can find anything. Because obviously, everyone’s weekend project involves deciphering 18th-century art via the sheer computational brilliance of an internet search engine. 😂🔍
https://ukiyo-e.org/ #blurryphotos #Japaneseart #woodblockprints #techhumor #internetsearch #18thcenturyart #HackerNews #ngated

Japanese Print Search and Database

Searches thousands of Ukiyo-e, Meiji, Shin Hanga, and Sosaku Hanga Japanese prints.

frederic Jan 26

public #searx instances
https://searx.space
#searxng #search #internetsearch

SearXNG instances

Online and offline instances