[madog]

This is what I want from a new search engine:

1. Respect exact match searches - this used to work enclosing the search terms in "" quotes, but no longer works. If there are no exact match results, return nothing.

2. Allow blacklisting or removing results from certain websites entirely e.g. I want to be able to configure geeks4geeks to never show up in any results ever

If someone could make this new search engine they would have a good shot at replacing Google :)

[freediver]

Both features exactly as described already exist in Kagi search [1] (founder here).

We are not trying to replace Google though, but offer an alternative to people who care so much for the quality of their search experience, that they are willing to pay for it.

[1] https://kagi.com

[fho]

You won me over by summarizing listicles to a short list :-)

To be honest I think your pricing is to high. $25 for unlimited queries might be fine for somebody who needs a good search to work and earn appropriately.

But as a (former) PhD student I ran through the 100 free queries in 2 or 3 days and just would not have been able to afford 25€.

I would gladly pay 10€ (for unlimited searches) or 15€ (for a unlimited family option). But to me, 25€ just seems to high. That's 5 meals at my workplaces cantina right now (Germany, NRW).

(I assume you are aware of pricing issues as pricing options have changed at least once while kagi is on my radar)

[freediver]

Thanks for the kind words. There are many things like grouping listicles you can do to improve search experience, once the incentives are aligned.

Unlimited for $10 is something we are working towards.

[fho]

Thanks for listening! At $10 per month unlimited searches I'll immediately switch.

Also thanks for creating kagi. Kagi was the first "alternative" search that convinced me that there can be competition to Google. YaCy just does not work, most competitors (DDG, etc) just repackage the big engines. I use presearch as my daily driver right now, but am somewhat turned down by the NFT shenanigans behind that. Kagi looks like the only engine that stands on its own and is definitely something worth paying for.

[eitland]

Can confirm.

And if you find a result that got included despite not being an exact match you can report it and see it get fixed in a few days.

[christophilus]

I think Brave search has those features. (I haven’t tried it, though.)

[DarkmSparks]

https://search.brave.com/

probably my new default search engine. Thnx