Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

Re:Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT by marginalia_nu on Sunday December 31, 2023 @07:24AM (#38823584)

There's also a known bug with Wikipedia in particular, I do index it but the results are never ranked particularly high. I haven't fixed it because I don't want Wikipedia to be the #1 result for every search. Feels like most people are aware of Wikipedia and don't need help finding it.

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Re:Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT by lbalazscs on Sunday December 31, 2023 @08:21AM (#38823858)

I often do a Google search, and then go directly to the Wikipedia result. My reasoning is that during the initial search, I don't know if there's a Wikipedia page about that topic, and I might need a fallback option.

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Re:Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT by strbean on Monday January 01, 2024 @12:19AM (#38829885)

Unless it's something related to medicine; then you have to explicitly add "wiki" to the query. Some public health thing to discourage hypochondriacs I guess, but it's very annoying.

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Re:Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT by treetalker on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:50AM (#38824409)

Thanks for your work!

I have a suggestion for the “About” section at the top of Marginalia’s landing page. I think it would read better like this:

> This is an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of [instead] of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed.

Showing one thing “in favor of” another seems contradictory in this case.

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