That is because many Google API's, e.g., language API require the JS
API to load them.

See the helloworld example on 
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#HelloWorld
which uses google.load() to load the javascript.

On Sep 20, 3:36 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you're not using the ClientLocation feature, is there any reason  
> that you NEED to have the jsapi loaded? You can call individual  
> components of the APIs directly from Google's servers using your own  
> <script> tags.
>
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> On Sep 20, 2009, at 1:18 PM, n.b wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > For use of Google's JS apis, we need to include the script
> >http://www.google.com/jsapiin HTML pages. The problem is:
> >   - Load of jsapi added 500-900ms per load (this is very slow)
> >   - The script for no reason adds "no-cache, no-store, max-age=0,
> > must-revalidate" with no option to turn on caching (we don't use any
> > client location or other specific features)
>
> > I wish to know if there is any alternative to this. We are thinking of
> > keeping a local static copy ofhttp://www.google.com/jsapion our
> > local web server (updated every 15 mins). Clients will be served the
> > script file from our web server instead of the Google's servers.
>
> > I wish to know if the jsapi has any issues with such a mechanism,
> > either technical or legal.
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