KAGI (Kah-gee) is the next search engine I recommend, and it's probably the best non-google search available, at the moment, in terms of results and reach. Kagi is one of the only modern search engines that maintains its own index (so it doesn't rely on google or bing or yahoo for its results) and prioritizes non-commercial websites (though commercial websites do appear in the results as well) which leads to a more "SMALL WEB" feel.

This is not entirely correct. Kagi does operate their own index, but it's very small, so they rely on most of the other big indices for results.