I'm thinking of my usage patterns here. I tend to leave searches (and results but that's not Kagi's problem) open in the browser for days/weeks and come back to them when I need them again.
I also use the auto tab discard extension, which will of course unload the tab after a few minutes out of focus.
Let's also consider the machine going into sleep mode.
Will those actions trigger a new Kagi search and bring down my monthly search counter?
Does it matter? You're talking about less than 2 cents. We all have a finite time, do you want to spend your days worrying about a few cents? The energy and time you spend on that could make you at least 4 cents or even more if put to other purposes.
Kagi already does this, performing the same search multiple time’s doesn’t count against you (from my testing), so they must be caching, or your browser does, not sure.
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What's a Kagi search?
I'm thinking of my usage patterns here. I tend to leave searches (and results but that's not Kagi's problem) open in the browser for days/weeks and come back to them when I need them again.
I also use the auto tab discard extension, which will of course unload the tab after a few minutes out of focus.
Let's also consider the machine going into sleep mode.
Will those actions trigger a new Kagi search and bring down my monthly search counter?
Does it matter? You're talking about less than 2 cents. We all have a finite time, do you want to spend your days worrying about a few cents? The energy and time you spend on that could make you at least 4 cents or even more if put to other purposes.
Aren't we talking about subscriptions with a limited number of searches that run out here?
Yes, and subsequent searches cost 1.5cents, really a pittance.
Ah, I thought they'll try to push you into a higher subscription tier instead until you get to the enterprise edition pricing that's not displayed...
If the page is not cached by the browser, but its instead reloaded from the Kagi server then it would be a new search.
Looks to me like they need to cache search result sets then before it's fair. I have to have an account anyway.
Not to mention incrementally refining a search by adding/removing/changing keywords.
Those limits start to look increasingly low to me. As in, not your main search engine but the option to use when all else fails.
Of course they don't mind because it's subscription pricing.
Kagi already does this, performing the same search multiple time’s doesn’t count against you (from my testing), so they must be caching, or your browser does, not sure.