Search quality seems to have fallen recently

Cannon9594

Steps to reproduce:
search: "docker list running containers"

Expected behavior:
Good results show up. Instead, google had significantly better results (docker ps)

I don't know if something changed about the search algorithm recently but I have noticed myself be increasingly frustrated by Kagi search results (and then notice that google actually had better search results). I have used Kagi for over a year now and have historically been very happy with the search results, but recently it feels like over the last week(/month??) they are just... worse?

Have other long-time customers noticed this? (or am I just going crazy?)

Vlad

We invested a lot in the search quality and it should be going up, not down. Also "one swallow doesn't make a summer" if we are going to have a serious answer to this question we should show multiple queries, preferably over time and try to see any trends in search result quality.

Here is what I get in Kagi vs Google. It is not clear to me that Google results are "significantly better".

buteo

I know there was a point around a year ago that search quality felt subjectively patchy (for lack of a better word), and other times where over the winter/early spring this year I felt like the actual index(es) might even have had a drop in quality. But I would say especially over past few months the incremental improvements have largely enabled me to find what I'm looking for on my first try with even lazy queries (no quotes or special operators, etc).
Obviously each user uses Kagi a bit differently and has different areas of interest, so my experience is just one possible datapoint. But if anything, I'd say I'm getting better results with less effort now than when I first started using Kagi during the closed beta.

Cannon9594

If nothing significant has changed recently, feel free to close.

I've just been (subjectively) less happy about search results recently (specifically regarding programming topics) and can't pinpoint why. I have no strong data one way or the other.

Wanted to let you know in case you had changed something.

Vlad

Cannon9594 I recommend noting the results every time you feel unhappy (and google results are better) and then presenting the findings in one thread.