I think that this is unfortunately against the TOS: - You will not (...) (i) changing the order in which the Google Search Results appear - You will not, and will not permit users or other third parties to (...) copy, store, archive, republish, or create a database of Google Search Results, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly
But as Jeremy said I'm also not a legal expert. On Jun 21, 9:46 pm, jebego <[email protected]> wrote: > I have created a script that needs access to Google's AJAX Search API. > It basically returns images gotten from Google's Image Search, and > displays them in a more pleasing format. > > I've looked over the API's TOS, and the script seems to fit all of the > requirements, but there's one that I'm not completely sure on: > > "...You will not...(i) changing the order in which the Google Search > Results appear..." > -http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/terms.html > Under section 1.4 > > I don't think it will be easy to visualize what my program does, so I > created a visual representation: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search 1 - > Keyword: Apple => [01],[02],[03],[04],[05],[06],[07],[08] > Color Filter: White > Page: 1 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search 2 - > Keyword: Apple => [09],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16] > Color Filter: White > Page: 2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Search 3 - > Keyword: Apple => {17},{18},{19},{20},{21},{22},{23},{24} > Color Filter: Blue > Page: 1 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Displayed to User: > [01][02][03]{17}[04][05] > [06][07]{18}{19}{20}[08] > {21}[09][10][11][12][13] > {22}{23}{24}[14][15][16] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I also created an image, but I apparently can't link to it =/ > > Basically, the user searches 3 times, each with the same keyword, the > second time as the second page of the first, and the third time with a > different color filter than the first two. > > I would display the images in the order in their respective searches, > from left to right for each row. The searches are intermixed, but > within each search, the order they were gotten in stays the same. > > So, would this go against the TOS? If need be, I could display the > individual searches above the final box created, with no intermixing > of them. > > Thanks! -- 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.
