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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 878 days ago
> Also do note that there isn't really a "Kagi's algorithm", since every Kagi user will received customized results based on how the set their account.

Of course, there is a "Kagi algorithm" that takes the website's contents and ranks it according to the search. The algorithm, of course, takes into account user preferences, but there is a massive amount of commonality. Yes, that ranking algorithm probably can be games, just like Google's algorithm is gamed now with SEO spam.

However, because of the size, there is no real incentive to spend time/money gaming it, but it is misleading to suggest that there is no algorithm.