Comment on Kagi silently removed all references to Google's index from their website
thejml@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Honestly, if the search results are good, anonymized, and consistent, I’m not worried about not using Google’s index. In all honesty, I’m much prefer it did NOT use Google. The further I can distance myself from their shady SEO/SEM practices, results stuffing, large site favoring, and monetization techniques, the better.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ya, like wats even the issue here?
boatswain@infosec.pub 8 months ago
The issue is that they’re using it but no longer being explicit about that use.
capital@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Google search is the 800 lb gorilla in this space. When I read that, there’s no doubt in my mind that it includes Google.
boatswain@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Sure but given that their previous language explicitly mentions Google why remove that unless they’re trying to make people think that maybe they didn’t use Google. It’s a shady change, from a company whose CEO is already doing somewhat unhinged things.
d13@programming.dev 8 months ago
I wonder if they are preparing to stop using it. That could be a benign reason for the change in wording.