Perhaps these APIs should be set up in a way that requires user authentication, such as the Facebook and Flickr APIs. That should cut down on the abuse.
On May 27, 2:22 pm, Adam Feldman <adam.feld...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > When we created the Search APIs many years ago, we hoped that they would > help developers create innovative websites and applications that provide > value to end users. Unfortunately, we've found that most requests to these > APIs involve scraping, data mining, or other usage that doesn't improve the > end users' experience. Because we've failed in this respect, we've decided > to deprecate them. I understand that not everyone was misusing them in > these ways - and certainly don't mean to imply otherwise! I feel for those > who are doing great things here, but there simply aren't enough of you to > allow us to continue supporting these APIs. > > Thanks for your understanding, > Adam > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Mark Essel (@victusfate) > <mes...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anyone understand why this is being deprecated? Read the official post > > and specifics but no details. > > > Well used Apis become infrastructure, the removal of apis sends a > > clear signal for the future. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
