On the internet now, you can find documentation for three DIFFERENT Google search APIs. The first API that they released used an approach called SOAP which returned results in an XML format. This is what the documentation you were seeing at http://code.google.com/apis/soapsearch/api_faq.html#gen12 is referring to. The SOAP Search API would return up to 1,000 results for a search term, but it also had a limit of 1,000 queries per day, but it was discontinued in 2008 or 2009.
The second rendition of a Google search API was originally called the AJAX Search API. It did not have a hard limit on the number of requests you could send per day, but it was throttled and restricted in other ways to discourage SEO applications from using the service (e.g., it would only return up to 64 results for a normal query, 100 for Custom Search Engine query). This is what you were seeing demonstrated at http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#the_hello_world_of_general_search . This API has been expanded for use beyond AJAX, so it became called simply the WebSearch API, and you can find documentation at http://code.google.com/apis/websearch/docs/ . You will notice at the top of that page, though, that this API has been deprecated since November 2010. This means that, while it still works and Google will still maintain it, it is scheduled for shutdown no later than November 2013. The WebSearch API is being succeeded by the Custom Search API, which is really designed to interface a Google Custom Search Engine (see http://www.google.com/cse for more information) rather than simply search the general web. There are advantages and disadvantages to this API. Two big advantages are that it will return up to 100 results, and those results will generally be pretty good because CSE's are designed to be "curated" - that is, you set it up, pick the sites you want to search, and so you don't get a lot of garbage results. But there are also a couple of big disadvantages to it. For instance, the CS API will not search the general web; it must be coupled with a CSE, effectively rendering it useless for SEO applications and general search functionality. And the big disadvantage is that it is actually limited to only 100 requests per day. You can request more quota than that via the APIs Console, but the criteria on which the increased quota is granted - and the timeframe in which it will be processed - are absolutely unclear. You can sign up for the CS API and find the documentation for it and a number of other Google APIs in the API Console at http://code.google.com/apis/console Hope this helps clear things up a bit. Jeremy R. Geerdes Generally Cool Guy Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Mar 8, 2011, at 4:28 AM, yomoore wrote: > Hi, > > I have a qeustion. I want to use the ''web search'' from: > > http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#the_hello_world_of_general_search > > I have read somewhere that I'm only allowed 1000 queries a day, as > stated here: > > http://code.google.com/apis/soapsearch/api_faq.html#gen12 > > But at the verry top of that page it says clearly: Google SOAP Search > API (No Longer Available) > > So I'm a bit confused: What is ''no longer available'' addressing? Is > it the SOAP or the API?? Because the API is still in use..?? > > I hope someone can answer my question because I want to integrate the > API with my website and I will have more than 1000 queries a day for > sure. > > -- > 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.
