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I like the concept of this product but the search results are pretty bad and I really like google maps and flights. It'll take a long time for to be competitive with those features, if ever.

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For me the search results are much better. Even more since sometimes Google is full of AI and ads. And what does Maps and Flight has to do with it? I use Kagi and still Google Maps and Flight.

The !gmaps and !gflights bangs are available.

Yet the !g bang does not work any more.

I get that they want to replace Google, but removing such a bang is user-hostile and I'm unhappy about it for those 2 times a month I need to compare with Google's results.

EDIT: nvm it works iff you add the bang at the start of the query, for some reason.

It does? I just tested with "!g test" and got redirected to https://www.google.com/search?q=test as expected. Not that I ever really use that bang any more given how bad Google’s results have become.

Ah, it works only at the start of the query.

I always put it at the end (you do a normal query, and add the bang the second time around) which used to work on DDG which introduced them.

Just tested and it works both at the start and at the end Maybe there's a setting for it?

I thought you can add your own bangs as well.

It does work. Your problem may be different, but it temporarily stopped working for me because I set "Search Engine to Redirect" in the Kagi Extension to Google (because my browser search engine default was Google). My "!g" searches ended up being redirected back to Kagi. It started working again when I changed the browser default and extension to something different.

bang first or last works both for me.

!gm also works for maps.

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