Thanks man... My thought was to charge for the commercial use of the site, which one of the features is the google AJAX search 'scrapping'. I guess it's a bit complicated, I'll maybe try to ask Google or give the TOU to a lawyer...
Ron On Mar 19, 3:17 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not a legal expert, so this should not be taken as absolutely > definitive. However, my understanding of the TOU would indicate that, > as long as you are (a) not charging users for content taken from > Google, (b) properly attributing the Google results, and (c) not > including search results from other search engines (e.g., Yahoo! or > Windows Live), you'll probably be okay. Without knowing the specifics > of your application, though, it's tough to say that for sure. Check > out the terms of use for Google in general, as well as the AJAX APIs > involved in your application in particular: > > Search:http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/terms.html > Feeds:http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/terms.html > Language:http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/terms.html > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Effective website design & development > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project > quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgeerdes.wordpress.com > [email protected] > > Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this > communication are given in US dollars. > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights > Wesleyan Church! > > And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, > athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com > ! > > On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:26 PM, CBassel wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I'm developing a local mobile service/application for mobile users, > > the service will provide answers for general questions by sending SMS > > containing the question and we will reply with the answer (something > > like ChaCha), the search results will be generated by a local search > > engine and databse and also uses the Google AJAX APIs. Can I use the > > APIs in this case legally? > > If not, what do I need to use it legally ???? > > > Thank you --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
