I'm not too bothered about the accuracy (within reason of course) but, granted, the TOS could be a problem.
I would actually rather code the client in Java but couldn't find an appropriate Google Search API - is there one? On Aug 28, 7:10 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > There are a couple of problems with your task as far as the Google > AJAX Search API is concerned. First, the closest thing to a result > count that the API offers is the cursor.estimatedResultCount property. > Unfortunately, it is known to be highly inconsistent and wildly > inaccurate. It is generally a good idea NOT to rely on it for mission- > critical functionality. And second, the API's TOS explicitly forbid > the use of applications which submit automated queries. In other > words, you would have to write your application in such a way that you > would have some sort of user interaction before each of your queries > was run. For a set of several thousand, that would probably be a > problem. > > I would suggest that you use a different search API (e.g., Bing or > Yahoo!), but I know that at least Yahoo has a similar restriction on > automated queries. And frankly, I can't imagine that Bing wouldn't as > well. > > 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 Aug 28, 2009, at 1:41 AM, mjc147 wrote: > > > > > > > I want to run several thousand search queries for the sole purpose to > > find out the number of results for each search. The actual search > > results are of no interest to me. > > > What is the best way to do this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
