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I believe the reason why Kagi "feels right" for ex-Google users is that they are actually using Google to power the search [1]. They have other sources as well, but since it feels so natural after 25 years of daily Googling, I assume Google is quite important source for generic search.

[1] https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.htm...

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"But most importantly, we are known for our unique results, coming from our web index (internal name - Teclis) and news index (internal name - TinyGem). Kagi's indexes provide unique results that help you discover non-commercial websites and "small web" discussions"

They say that what makes them usable, their results most topical, is their own index.

They also list Google as an ancillary, as well as many others.

But the "feel" is more from the UI, and the relevance of the results. Both of these ways Google completely fails on now.

this makes me want to roll my own. But it's such a huge undertaking (maybe?).

I didn't realize it was a rebalancing. But seriously, I have no regrets. if nothing else, the incentive alignment matches my values better.

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