Hi there. We kicked this around when you initially asked the question back in July. Here is the link to that thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api/browse_thread/thread/ff899395a6b2cc42/6c1c8d1e43896bf6 I would point out today that there are compelling arguments on both sides of this question. On the one hand, the spiders, etc., that crawl your site will be triggering automated queries which will be in violation of the TOS. However, on the other hand, in the case of GoogleBot, we're not talking about you or a third party triggering the automated search, but Google itself. Since the TOS specifically require that the search results not constitute the bulk of the content on your page or site, I will assume that the queries to Google are simply augmenting things. Therefore, I would suggest using whatever server-side app you're using to run these queries to detect the client's User Agent string and, if it's a common bot, simply not running the requests to the Google APIs. All of this said, I am not a legal expert, and I don't know anyone on the group who is. If you're truly concerned about this, then you should consult someone who is (e.g., a lawyer). 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 Sep 17, 2010, at 5:23 AM, MarkOG wrote: > Situation: > A web page displays some data that is taken from Google via sever side > implementation of the Ajax Api. > > The page is requested by users who click on a link to get to the page. > > Now a Spider has found the link to the page and starts requesting the > page. > > Is this now against the Terms of Use regarding requests only being > made by real end users? > > Does GoogleBot spidering my site and hitting pages like this mean that > I am breaking the TOS? > > Regards, > Mark. > > > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
