On Apr 12, 2005 8:40 AM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How would I go about this? Wonder how software like "Dynamic Ranking" > does it?
Google has had an API for ages... and so do MSN and Yahoo now. You should use the API, because no search engine likes mass automated searches being run against it. In fact Google now will temporarily ban searches from an IP if too many queries come at it at once - I had that happen to me when I was playing with some ranking software a few weeks ago. Our sysadmin was not amused :) Digital Point do a fantastic job: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/ They give you PHP code for accessing Yahoo and MSN that you put on your own server to check those rankings (the requests are limited to a certain number each day based on IP). You might be able to emulate that with CF. Google limit you to 100 queries per day based on an API key which you have to pass. I don't know much about how that works, but they have documentation on their site. Good luck! I'd be interested to see what you come up with :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202332 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
