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Re:Google Search Is Dying by jlund-molfese on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:34PM (#30350673)
They could do the SaaS model and give you an API key or unique URL allowing up to 10000 searches per month which you could share with friends/your company

That's probably a worse business model, but it would be really interesting to hear what other monetization ideas Kagi considered or is considering.

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Re:Google Search Is Dying by r00fus on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:50PM (#30351717)
Works at an enterprise level (e.g. exchange rate providers) but would be a bad fit for a B2C product.

Managing customer expectations on api key usage (esp. if that key is publicly visible e.g. URL parameter vs. HTTP header) is not worth it unless you have higher-priced products.

Also api keys would mean you might have to prevent re-selling, etc. Furthermore, they could still analyze api key usage to get the same historical data on you as if you logged in.

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Re:Google Search Is Dying by zelphirkalt on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @03:30PM (#30352236)
Would still link searches to your API key.
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Re:Google Search Is Dying by jlund-molfese on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:46PM (#30408669)
That's missing the point. If the same API key is used by 1000 people at a company, you don't have the expected 1:1 mapping of search terms to individuals with an account.

An individual account which isn't permitted to be shared is different.

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