“So it’s a search engine. It’s perhaps not the greatest at finding what you already knew was there. Instead it is designed to help you find some things you didn’t even know you were looking for.”[0]

[0] https://www.marginalia.nu/marginalia-search/about/

So a feature not a bug I guess! All good!

Google still kills for useful applications. I use marginalia when I have either A) something deeply obscure I want to research or B) when I just want to read some entertaining long-form text posts about something in a category that interests me.

If all you want is the same results as Google I say you should just use Google. I'm not trying to compete with them, I give the results you won't find on the big G.