Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by knowknow on Thursday March 27, 2025 @09:29PM
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Interesting that TikTok is the 3rd highest on the block list (considering Pinterest links as one). I wonder why since itβs not often that I get it as a search result on Google . Is TikTok showing up as a result common on kagi or is TikTok just that bad?
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Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by bcoates on Thursday March 27, 2025 @09:52PM
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Tiktok has a lot of deep-ish search keyword spam that doesn't actually lead to anything related to the query, just some generic videos and a pitch to install the app. It's basically useless as a website.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by janalsncm on Thursday March 27, 2025 @09:55PM
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Likely because it requires a login?
Tiktok is just really annoying, they rank high for a lot of keywords but the results will either just redirect you to tiktok's homepage or a bunch of "discover" pages with random videos that contain those keywords.
If you're on mobile you'll get asked to install the app, if you try to view a video on mobile you'll probably get asked to solve a captcha and again asked to install the app.
Say you search something related to repairing a bmw, you might get results that are "bmw mechanic", "bmw repair inclusive", "bmw maintenance meme" which just lead to those tiktok discover pages.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by mid-kid on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:24AM
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What bothers me the most is getting an image result I want the full res version of, and being redirected to a discover page that doesn't have what I wanted
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by theshrike79 on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:28AM
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Requires login to actually do anything, like Twitter.
Making both completely useless as sources
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
by carlosjobim on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:17PM
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You can get a login if you want.