There are a couple of different options for explaining the different search services that are available on the web.
They're using the old SOAP Search API. The major problem here is that the SOAP Search API has been deprecated since 2006 and will be discontinued in August. They're using the AJAX Search API and breaking the TOU. The problem here is that they're breaking the TOU of the AJAX Search API. They're "scraping" results from the web interface. Again, blatant violation of Google's TOU. They have a different arrangement with Google. This is possible, I suppose, but it would seem to be uncharacteristically cannibalistic of Google. Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://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, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On Aug 3, 2009, at 2:50 PM, apynkman wrote: > > We are looking at using Google search API for our application, but the > terms of use seem very restrictive. In particular, they say that we > can not reorder the results provided by the API, or mix them with > other content. BING search API also seems to have similar > restrictions, while Yahoo BOSS does not have such restrictions. > > If this is correct, how do all the metasearch engines out there work? > Many of them do show that a particular result was retrieved from > Google. In that case, are they breaking the Google terms of use, or > may be they have a different contract or Terms of Use? > > Can someone help me understand this? > > thanks > apynkman > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
