For those who are still using google, this recently added search query strips all of the extras from Google search, leaving behind just the links!

What is &udm=14?

Browser search query: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

    • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      When it came down to it I realised I use search many many many mores times a day than I do Netflix so it became a no brainer for me to use Kagi… it’s funny my wife (who laughs at me for paying for search) was looking for a particular recipe yesterday and she was bouncing around Google unable to find exactly what she wanted… I put it into Kagi and it was literally the first item returned. She still laughs at me 🤷🏻‍♂️

      What I will say is Kagi is pretty useless for local searching though, eg looking for a local business, Google is still much better at that but you can Google through Kagi to help protect privacy.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        you can Google through Kagi to help protect privacy.

        Couldn’t you just pay for VPN and have the same benefit?

        I think that is the basis of the reason people think that the whole thing is a bit weird. If you’re already paying for a VPN, which presumably you are if you’re the sort of person who pays for search, then you’re already protected. So why do you also pay for search?