Kagi's built-in Redirects feature lets you customize search result URLs with simple find & replace magic.
Modified results will include a visual indicator, so you’ll always know when a rule has been applied.
If you're using it, how has this been helpful for you?
Note to Web builders: One of the tiny things I did while wiring Pagefind into the blog was arrange, when you pop open the search field, that that the input has focus so you can start typing. There are plenty of sites I visit where the obvious thing you want to do is type into a search field, but you have to click first, which is just wrong. It’s not hard with basic JavaScript and you don’t need jQuery or anything.
Dear Lazyweb.
Seriously? There is no search engine dedicated to the fediverse? Indexing as many mastodon (etc.) servers as they can get? 
Hmm, probably no business model. Pity. And running a bunch of servers can be expensive. Even more expensive would be the necessary editorial work to keep out idiots starting up an instance and filling it with stuss.
'Google for DNA' enables rapid full-text searches of vast genetic archives
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-google-dna-enables-rapid-full.html
Unfortunately, there is no single, up-to-date figure for the share of Russian-language search queries across all topics in Ukraine. This share varies significantly depending on the time and specific segment.
However, there is data that shows the dynamics:
– Before the full-scale invasion (2021): In some segments (e.g., “Electronics”), Russian was the dominant language. For example, in 2021, Russian-language queries accounted for 91.9% of the “Electronics” segment (with a frequency of 45 million queries).
– After the full-scale invasion (2023): There was a noticeable shift towards the Ukrainian language. For example, in 2023, the share of Ukrainian-language queries in the Electronics segment increased to 16.9%.
Thus, although Russian still accounts for a significant share of search queries, there is a steady trend towards a decline in its popularity and an increase in the use of Ukrainian.
Domain ranking is one of Kagi's most popular features. Prioritize the sites you love and filter out the ones you don't. Manage it all from your settings, and check out the most personalized domains across the community: https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderboard
Welp. That's Kagi off the list of viable alternatives.
No, there's no such thing as a good use case for LLM assistants in search. It's literally putting a deliberate, unfixable inaccuracy layer in between the user & their goal.
In conclusion, this can fuck all the way off.
(FTR I'm using StartPage, which so far (!) does not seem to involve #AI bullshit 
)
![An emial addressed to support@kagi.com, with the subject "Plans without Al". The email body reads:
Hi,
I enjoy using Kagi quite a bit and have it found to be a great search engine for my use. However, I strongly object to the usage of and proliferation of LLMs. I'm sure you're already well aware of the general issues these technologies pose and why I and many other users would prefer not to support them with their money. As such, I would very much appreciate it if there was a plan option *without* the "Assistant" or other such nonsense. I hope you take this to heart and offer alternative plans in the future, or I'll have to reconsider using Kagi.
Sincerely, Yukari Hafner]](https://files.sueden.social/cache/preview_cards/images/021/810/378/original/8eb8cb8683fad18a.png "An emial addressed to support@kagi.com, with the subject \"Plans without Al\". The email body reads:
Hi,
I enjoy using Kagi quite a bit and have it found to be a great search engine for my use. However, I strongly object to the usage of and proliferation of LLMs. I'm sure you're already well aware of the general issues these technologies pose and why I and many other users would prefer not to support them with their money. As such, I would very much appreciate it if there was a plan option *without* the \"Assistant\" or other such nonsense. I hope you take this to heart and offer alternative plans in the future, or I'll have to reconsider using Kagi.
Sincerely, Yukari Hafner]")
Seriously thinking of paying for Kagi search. Really been impressed during my testing.
Love to hear thoughts from existing users.
Who Rules AI Search? What 3 Months of AI Visibility Data Tells Us, by @semrushofficial.bsky.social:
https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-visibility-index-trend-update/
Listen to Cory Doctorow talk about finding a better search experience with Kagi on the New Yorker Radio Hour (min 5) -
"I was just amazed by how good they were the first time I used them"
Microsoft Unveils Fall Release of Copilot With Expanded Memory, Search and Collaboration Features https://tinyurl.com/4bfrbz7j
#mwgic #2025 #Algorithms #Ads #AI #Reading #Search #Concentration #Focus
My thoughts on the modern internet: https://grymwyre.blogspot.com/2025/10/f-algorithms-power-to-blogging-people.html
More #enshittification: auto #translation in search machines (no, Google is not the only one). I use different #languages to find country-specific content, e.g. French for finding stuff in France.
Now I get French results of English websites and #AIslop of automatically translated content.
Auto-dubbing on youtube makes me angry, too.
The internet of merde made by colonialist billionaires who are unable to speak or think in multiple languages.
sysadmins/webmasters of fedi:
I am looking for suggestions of which search engine crawlers I should consider permitting in my robots.txt file.
There can definitely be value in having a site indexed by a search engine, but I would like to deliberately exclude all of those which are using the same data to train LLMs and other genAI. More specifically, I would only like to allow those which have an explicit stance against training on others data in this fashion.
Currently I reject everything other than Marginalia (https://marginalia-search.com/). Are there any others I should consider?
As we continue building tools for both greater privacy and anonymity, we wanted to make this information easier to find. Our new dedicated privacy page puts everything in one place: our Privacy Policy, Privacy Pass, Tor access, and privacy-preserving payment methods.
From AI-powered productivity tools to multimodal search, Bing’s AI chat data is a blueprint for the next-generation search landscape.
Read: https://intellitrongenesis.com/2025/10/22/what-bings-ai-chat-data-reveals-about-future-search-trends/
OpenAI launches Atlas, its AI web browser, but its search feature is powered by Google https://www.seroundtable.com/openai-web-browser-chatgpt-atlas-40302.html hat tip @pedrodias
Who decides what information we find on the #internet Online searches are controlled by just a few corporations. A European alliance has now launched the #FreeWebSearch Charter, which aims to return control of searches to society by setting out ten principles: https://freewebsearch.org/en/freewebsearch-charter-calls-for-breaking-googles-monopoly/
Promote free searching: Through your signature, and through personal commitment. With the open web index OWI of the #research project OpenWebSearch.eu, you can even experiment for #search services.
Stay critical!
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered browser on macOS with plans for Windows and mobile. 
It offers chat-based search, context-sharing side panel, and personalized AI features for paid users. 
A new challenge to Google Chrome in the AI browser space. 
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/openai-launches-an-ai-powered-browser-chatgpt-atlas/
