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Another interesting thing to note in the recent release[0] is that they now have an Android app in the Play Store, and it will pave the way to include Kagi in the default search engine list for Android and Chrome.
> Additionally, a recent EU ruling presents a significant opportunity for Kagi. Google is now required to include any search engine that meets specific criteria, such as having an app with over 5,000 installs, in the default list for Android and Chrome.
They've seemed very focused on their AI assistant recently, so I'm happy to see a useful new search feature.
Happy to see that custom bangs work (eg a discourse forum I visit), but eventually I'd like to specify how far along the path to "snap".
I'd like my @javadoc to hit `site:docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/23/docs/api/` instead of the current `site:docs.oracle.com`.
Great feature! Kagi is awesome.
See also the settings for personalized results - block useless domains from even appearing.
https://help.kagi.com/kagi/settings/personalized-results.htm...
This looks cool but is too similar to "site: reddit.com" for me.
What would be super awesome, imo, would be if I could assign "some sites" as a short code, then snaps that.
So for instance, I might put html, phoenix, CSS, and tailwind spec/references all as one grouping, and then I can search "select drop-down @phoenix" - and search for that across all references (so I can see the html spec alongside the tailwind and phoenix docs)
Bangs are nice on the browser but Alfred is faster and more intuitive. I’m combining them
I wish there were Alfred alternatives for other operating systems
I was going use `@` to extend bangs with scopes, like NPM scopes: https://www.leftium.com/bangtastic/#scopes
There are multiple bang providers, often defining their own conflicting internal bang triggers. So bang scopes would let you specify which provider to use.
I guess I'll have to use another character... Maybe `$` for $cope
This is nice.
I previously made a custom bang for reddit to do exactly this. I guess I can delete that now and do the same thing on every site without all the setup.
Kagi is so nice. They give me the power to do these things on my own, while adding it in natively so over time less and less setup is actually needed.
Kagi is one of the few subscription I don’t think about cancelling on a weekly basis.
I had already started using Kagi to create bangs that run searches like “site:reddit.com %s” but glad to see this made even easier!
I expect this in search engines. I have to test this for searching websites with difficult to use search like Reddit or the Nike website.
Love Kagi - so worth it
Bangs but better
Doesn't Google already do that with the site:blah.com keyword ?
Awwww, yeah. One of my favorite features just got a lot better in a way that seems totally obvious now that I’ve heard about it, but hadn’t even occurred to me until then. I’m a very happy user, coincidentally wearing the shirt they sent me.
Now add a snap for local search in my machine and it's all I have ever wanted :)
"Snaps is an exclusive Kagi Search feature that allows you to easily limit search results to a specific website..."
WTF is this marketing bullshit?! Default Google Search is useless now and I'm rooting for Kagi, but this "exclusive" untruth is decidedly NOT the way to "win".
Google's "site:<domain>" search has been around for years: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/sear...
Not related, DuckDuckGo's "bangs" https://duckduckgo.com/bangs which has, likewise, been around for years.
*sigh*
This is why we need competition, and to stop the big guys from buying the small guys. This is trying to innovate for the customer, making search better for my areas of interest and desires. One of the few subscriptions that make me very happy.
Thank you Kagi folk that hang out here.