Hi @Jeremy Geerdes, Thanks again for a perfect anwser.
On Mar 8, 7:22 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > I should have explained that a little better. The AJAX Search API employs > dynamic throttling to try and detect abuse of the system and block it. So if > you were to send a massive number of requests in rapid succession, it would > cut you off for suspected TOS violation. The throttles have been tightened > since the API was deprecated, but there is still no hard limit on the number > of requests you can send. > > That said, the API's TOS very clearly prohibit the use of automated requests. > So you can't set up an application to simply crawl Google's results or even > really to poll for site ranking, etc. > > 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 12:18 PM, yomoore wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi @Jeremy Geerdes, > > > Thank you so much for your answer. > > I'm still not convinced about the unlimited queries. Because on this > > link: > > >http://code.google.com/apis/websearch/docs/ > > > it clearly states: "It will continue to work as per our deprecation > > policy, but the number of requests you may make per day will be > > limited." > > > Do you perhaps have any information about this ''limit' and what it > > means for a webdeveloper? > > > On Mar 8, 1:53 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > >> athttp://code.google.com/apis/soapsearch/api_faq.html#gen12isreferring 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 > >> athttp://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#the_hello_world_of_gener.... > >> This API has been expanded for use beyond AJAX, so it became called > >> simply the WebSearch API, and you can find documentation > >> athttp://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 > >> (seehttp://www.google.com/cseformore 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 athttp://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_gener... > > >>> 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 > >>> athttp://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 > > athttp://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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