Hi Jeremy, Thanks a lot for your quick response.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > Once again, without knowing how their application is working internally, I > can't really comment on whether or not they're violating any TOS. However, > after glancing through their information, I find the claims that they can > provide accurate ranking information and trends without violating any TOS > rather suspect for a couple of reasons. > > First, if they are indeed using the Google Search API, they will find that > the search results are often not consistent with those returned by > google.com. This has been noted on the issue tracker for a very long time, > but I must say that I suspect it is a "feature" of the API which is > specifically intended to thwart efforts to use it for SEO purposes. > > And second, if they are tracking data over time, as they note that they > are, then they are either sitting there manually running queries on a > regular basis, or they are running cron jobs of some sort. Since the first > option here seems rather impractical (they claim to have over 95,000 > registered users), I suspect that they are utilizing cron jobs. > Unfortunately, the TOS for both google.com and the Google Search API > prohibit the use of applications which make automated queries (e.g., robots, > spiders, etc.). This would include applications which are automatically > triggered by cron jobs. I would also note that Google is not alone in making > such restrictions. The TOS for Yahoo!'s BOSS API specifically state that you > will not (and will not permit your users to) "reverse engineer or otherwise > discover the architecture and technology behind Yahoo!’s web crawl, index, > search, ranking systems, or any other aspect of the Web Search Results or > Services;" and/or "access or use the Services for the purpose of > aggregating, analyzing, extracting, or repurposing any Yahoo! branded > properties" (4.b). In my admittedly non-expert legal assessment, I would say > that pretty much nixes SEO. And the Bing's TOS could be read to say that you > can only retrieve and display search results to an end user, which would > preclude any analysis necessary for SEO applications. > > So, again, unfortunately, I don't see how you can build a practical SEO > application while still abiding by the TOS. > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Effective website design & development > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote: > http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > [email protected] > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:47 AM, Khan Tanveer wrote: > > Hi Jeremy, > > Thanks a lot for your constant guidance, I just would like to share some > thing. > > There is a website that develop a keyword ranking tool and they claim that > they don't break any TOS of any search engine, they achieve their objective > by using API's provided by Search Engine. > > The URL of the web site is http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/ > > May you please guide me further more, if you don't mind. > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Without inside knowledge of how those sites are working, I would guess >> that the vast majority of them are violating TOS at some point, whether they >> know it or not. >> >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Effective website design & development >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote: >> http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com >> [email protected] >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan >> Church! >> >> On Jul 13, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Khan Tanveer wrote: >> >> Hi Jeremy, >> >> There are lots of paid and unpaid SEO tool in which any body can put their >> keywords and domain name so the Tool will display the match URL and rank of >> the URL in google natural search, so i guess they guys may have some legal >> mechanism since they hit google through some spider. >> >> Please guide. >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> To my knowledge, there is no such service. >>> >>> On Jul 12, 2010 9:06 AM, "Khan Tanveer" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jeremy, >>> >>> Thanks a lot for quick response. >>> >>> Can you tell me is there any paid or unpaid ways from which i can request >>> google for a search query and get the results. >>> >>> Please, please let me know if is there any such type API. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> > >>>> > Unfortunately, the TOS on both google.com and the Search API prohibit >>>> the use of robots, spiders... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" grou... >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google AJAX APIs" gr... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<google-ajax-search-api%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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]<google-ajax-search-api%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. >> > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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]<google-ajax-search-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. 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