▲ 402 ▼ TIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023" (mastodon.social) submitted 2 years ago by redcalcium@lemmy.institute to c/til@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lauha@lemmy.one 56 points 2 years ago (5 children) 5 euros for only 300 searches a month. That's ridiculous permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Pechente@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah kagi looks quite good to me but I just can’t justify their asking price. 3€ / month for unlimited searches is probably as far as Id go. Hopefully they find a way to lower prices in the future and capture a wider audience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute [S] 5 points 2 years ago* I guess that's not really possible at the moment because kagi sources their data from other providers where each one of them charges by usage. They're banking on their users to not search as much so they can be profitable, which means they're incentivized to make their search result good so their users won't repeatedly search same topics over and over. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago You're apparently worth something like $40/month to Google. So they're already at a competitive disadvantage to services where you are the product and not the customer. Stuff's not free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I switched to yearly billing recently and it's a bit cheaper that way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Honestly, I thought the same! I primarily use DDG, but when that doesn't cut it, I go use my Kagi free trial of 100 searches. It's lasted me months at this point, which is a testament to DDG and Kagi tbh. DDG for getting me there 99% of the time, and Kagi for delivering on the rest, with the bonus of being customizable and privacy focused. When the trial runs out, I will likely purchase the lowest tier so I can mix it in more bc the result quality is truly higher and it actually LISTENS to my quotes and + & - terms. You may not do as many searches as you think, and for throwaway searches, DDG is probs good enough. Im a dev & my entire job is googling shit basically, so it's worth it for me to get quality results without dealing with the bullshit AI SEO wasteland permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I've been pretty happy with the $10/mo plan. And I really wasn't planning on using past the first month originally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago I wish it was $5 for 300 searches, or even 150 searches. I really don't like that it's a subscription for limited searches, why can't I pay per search? permalink fedilink source parent [–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago What’s wrong with this price for a tool you use multiple times every day? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pechente@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah kagi looks quite good to me but I just can’t justify their asking price. 3€ / month for unlimited searches is probably as far as Id go. Hopefully they find a way to lower prices in the future and capture a wider audience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute [S] 5 points 2 years ago* I guess that's not really possible at the moment because kagi sources their data from other providers where each one of them charges by usage. They're banking on their users to not search as much so they can be profitable, which means they're incentivized to make their search result good so their users won't repeatedly search same topics over and over. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago You're apparently worth something like $40/month to Google. So they're already at a competitive disadvantage to services where you are the product and not the customer. Stuff's not free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I switched to yearly billing recently and it's a bit cheaper that way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute [S] 5 points 2 years ago* I guess that's not really possible at the moment because kagi sources their data from other providers where each one of them charges by usage. They're banking on their users to not search as much so they can be profitable, which means they're incentivized to make their search result good so their users won't repeatedly search same topics over and over. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago You're apparently worth something like $40/month to Google. So they're already at a competitive disadvantage to services where you are the product and not the customer. Stuff's not free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I switched to yearly billing recently and it's a bit cheaper that way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Honestly, I thought the same! I primarily use DDG, but when that doesn't cut it, I go use my Kagi free trial of 100 searches. It's lasted me months at this point, which is a testament to DDG and Kagi tbh. DDG for getting me there 99% of the time, and Kagi for delivering on the rest, with the bonus of being customizable and privacy focused. When the trial runs out, I will likely purchase the lowest tier so I can mix it in more bc the result quality is truly higher and it actually LISTENS to my quotes and + & - terms. You may not do as many searches as you think, and for throwaway searches, DDG is probs good enough. Im a dev & my entire job is googling shit basically, so it's worth it for me to get quality results without dealing with the bullshit AI SEO wasteland permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I've been pretty happy with the $10/mo plan. And I really wasn't planning on using past the first month originally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago I wish it was $5 for 300 searches, or even 150 searches. I really don't like that it's a subscription for limited searches, why can't I pay per search? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago What’s wrong with this price for a tool you use multiple times every day? permalink fedilink source parent