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The Verge published this spam article about the "best printers of 2024" to demonstrate how terrible Google's search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search "best printer" on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (36 children)

Except there isn't much of a Google stealing their thunder. Bing isn't better. DDG isn't better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I'm almost convinced that Kagi comments on Lemmy are spam. Please prove me wrong:

Has anyone here tried Kagi because of a recommendation from here and, well, actually found it better than the rest?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I use it, but to be honest I did not do a comprehensive comparison. I like it mostly for the fine grained website control. For work and some personal stuff I often look for code and can push websites like GitHub to appear more often. Or I can block Pinterest in my search results. I tried to do this in SearXNG, but this was too much of a hassle so in a way I pay kagi for convenience. I recently got a new job and will evaluate in the coming months if it is still worth the money, but right now I am satisfied. Nobody else I know would pay for a search engine, so I can understand the stance, but I am really fed up with all the advertising and enshitification so I thought why not give it a try. And yes, because it was recommended here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Thank you for your insight. Much better than the usual, "oh yeah, Kagi is good. All praise Kagi!"

Your account makes it sound very appealing, so I'll check Kagi out more closely.

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