Thank you for your clarification. I am actually looking for automated query and high-retrieval queries (if you consider more than 64 responses high-retrieval). I hope that wanting to programmatically interface with more than 64 responses doesn't make me some kind of abuser. The previous search API that Google offered was much more in the spirit of an open-source tool for web searching or seeding searches for web material.
Can anyone help me with a few more questions: 1. Does Google have any plans to augment this capability? I am fine with registering with Google and having limits on usage over time. I would also be fine with paying for the service (depending on the price). 2. Will Google ever offer something in the vein of their previous SOAP-based tool again? 3. Can anyone point me to a tool for programmatic queries that can provide more than 64 responses? Any favorites? Yahoo SOAP? Microsoft SOAP? Thanks in advance, Chris PS. I didn't use javascript. I coded directly to the JONSObject interface in Java and therefore did not look through all the javascript class references. All I meant to say is that if Google's AJAX API is meant for strictly low-retreival queries, it should say so in the description of "What is the Google AJAX Search API?" or at least somewhere in the developer's notes, not tucked away in the class reference. That way, you would read it and say "this is exactly what I need!", while I would read it and say "this may not be right for my goals". On Apr 15, 9:50 am, "Vision Jinx (Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just to address some of your questions/comments. > > Re: "Google's AJAX API is useless for any significant search tasks > because you are limited to 64 responses. This is not enough for even > a basic retreival application." > > Most people (meaning this APIs target audience) would refine their > search query before reaching 64 results (or can click the "more > results" link provided with the API), this API is not intended for > SEO, automated queries, high retrieval applications or "significant > search tasks". > > Re: "What's more, there is no documentation of this limitation..." > > Not true, the link is here > >>http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_... > > "Note: The maximum number of results pages is based on the type of > searcher. Local search supports 4 pages (or a maximum of 32 total > results) and the other searchers (Blog, Book, Image, News, Patent, > Video, and Web) support 8 pages (for a maximum total of 64 results)." > > Re: "Knowing now what I should have known when I researched this API, > I would not have wasted my time." > > You should have maybe started with the Terms of use and probably would > have found that your app is more then likely in violation of Googles > terms. This API is not intended for SEO, automated queries, results > harvesting etc as it target audience is users not abusers. > > I have developed many applications using Googles APIs and have not yet > found this to be a limitation in any of them when using it as intended > by Google. > > Hope that answers your questions and comments. Additionally, you are > welcome to stop by the IRC channel for this API and can ask for > clarification if things seem vague in the API Docs or your looking for > additional information (or just post in this group if you prefer). > > Best regards, > Vision Jinx > > On Apr 14, 10:06 pm, thestauffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Google's AJAX API is useless for any significant search tasks because > > you are limited to 64 responses. This is not enough for even a basic > > retreival application. What's more, there is no documentation of this > > limitation or any information on if it will ever be possible to ease > > this limitation. > > > Knowing now what I should have known when I researched this API, I > > would not have wasted my time. > > > Chris- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
