Kagi offer unlimited searches now for $10/month. Arguably the best value for money plan and it stops you worrying about how many searches you have left.
I think they need to bring it down to $0.99/mo before anyone but early adopters will consider it. Kagi must compete with a search engine that most people believe has no cost.
And many people, as evidenced by Google’s profitable enshittification, do trust the Google results. To them, if they got scammed by an SEO-hacking site, or a site paying Google for search result placements, it’s just how things are on the internet. They would not understand the complicity of their search engine.
All together, that’s the magical thinking Kagi will have to compete against. Because early adopters come and go. They will need to transition to mass market adoption, at least at some single-digit percent of the market share.
> Kagi must compete with a search engine that most people believe has no cost
Disagree. There is plenty of money to be made in being the premium search engine to the rich and educated. To the degree they might solidify that font, it’s in pursuing academia.
And many people, as evidenced by Google’s profitable enshittification, do trust the Google results. To them, if they got scammed by an SEO-hacking site, or a site paying Google for search result placements, it’s just how things are on the internet. They would not understand the complicity of their search engine.
All together, that’s the magical thinking Kagi will have to compete against. Because early adopters come and go. They will need to transition to mass market adoption, at least at some single-digit percent of the market share.