[patchymcnoodles]

For me it is a great index, much better than all the alternatives. Especially against Google that is now filled with AI and Ads. Sometimes so bad, you really have to scroll down, to get to the first non-Ad link.

[bigfatkitten]

Google has a powerful commercial incentive to deliver mediocre search performance.

If search works well, the result you wanted is in the first spot on page #1. This is a bad outcome for Google.

The more follow up searches you run and the more trash you wade through, the more ads you see and the more money Google makes.

[maelito]

But it's not their index. Without Google or bing, they fall.

[greazy]

Kagi has its own index

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

It also uses other indices along Google.