PumpkinJun 9, 2023

What search engine do you use? (and why?)

https://sh.itjust.works/post/18954

What search engine do you use? (and why?) - sh.itjust.works

I’ll go first. I’ve used a lot of search engines, I used duckduckgo for quite some time but found their search results kinda bad. I’m currently using ecosia [https://www.ecosia.org/] the search results are similar to ddg’s but at least I’m planting trees, so there’s that.

Show threadnullishcatJun 9, 2023

Kagi. Yes, it's paid and the pricing structure is really meh, but:

  • Actual privacy
  • No BS like with DDG
  • AI features (like a "quick answer" feature that's really useful)
  • Has its own index along with others
  • Search results are great, probably better than DDG's
  • "Lenses" (basically narrow results by a set of sites)
  • Devs are pretty cool
Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine

Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.

Show threadPumpkinJun 9, 2023
I didn't know it was privacy focused or that they were building their own index, that's really cool. Do you think it's worth the money?
Show threadzarquon

It's only a few bucks a month. I think so.

The only thing I don't like is needing to be logged in to search. That always feels like a huge invasion of privacy. The at least claim that they don't log search contents though

Jun 9, 2023 at 8:19pmWeb