I've been experimenting with kagi.com search, which is a paid service. So far I am very happy with the search results. They also have responsive support on their discord.
For technical searches, Kagi was great. Usually more spot-on than Google, but not always.
For literally anything else, Kagi was not very good. Location-aware searches don't exist. Shopping results were also very bad. General searches (especially my favorite, site:Reddit.com searches) required several submissions and tweaks that Google didn't need.
I quit using it a few months ago. I will try it again in the future though.
I've been using it since March 2022. Right from the beginning the results were better, I didn't have to append my country to every search when I wanted a local business. It's not always that snappy though.
I've been using it for a year now. Google had been giving increasingly bad results. Kagi doesn't have adds and works surprisingly wel in my own language and location. Worth every cent.
Is anyone else using this?