Ask HN: What's Up with Google?

Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:53PM (#30032382)

If you can get a beta invite for https://kagi.com get it. Not only are their defaults really good you also have the option to customize your searches by blacklisting, creating groups with sites like stackoverflow, github, hackernews etc for a dev search and so much more. It feels like google in the 00s with better customization.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by sususu on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:45PM (#30033660)

> Customize Results

I feel like Google could be 10 times better if it allowed the user to block/boost pages.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by thematrixturtle on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:06PM (#30033404)

Psst: https://kagi.com/signup?invite_code=morehumaneweb

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by vymague on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:44PM (#30033653)

Got a "The invite you provided is invalid or expired.". I guess it's used up.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by nafizh on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:57PM (#30032410)

Tried getting one. Told me to fill up a survey. Closed.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:05PM (#30032468)

You won't be a good beta tester without providing feedback so good for them.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by jodrellblank on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:13AM (#30033826)

It's a paid search engine, they're going to get your name, address, credit card details and everything you search for and click on. If a survey puts you off, that's probably a good early warning.

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