If you set up a Custom Search Engine, you can then return to the settings and remove the site restrictions so that it will search everything. But it still won't be the same as a regular Google search. Beyond that option, there are no other search services authorized by Google. You could try the Bing API or the Yahoo! BOSS API, but they have their own limitations and drawbacks.
jg On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Scott Barbour <smbarb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now that the AJAX search API is offline, is there an alternative for > general search (custom search appears to be restricted to searching within > a set of domains) from a Perl script? > > I would prefer not to go to a competing search engine, but without an > adequate API from Google, I may have to. > > -- > -- > 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 > To view this message on the web, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/a2e3863d-a2fd-421f-86bc-3b589d920196%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/a2e3863d-a2fd-421f-86bc-3b589d920196%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremy R. Geerdes Generally Cool Guy Des Moines, IA If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! http://www.debraheightswesleyan.org -- -- 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 To view this message on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/CAF4cwg__o9W2wks5UuB56nzyTOtmdMg4N7nPUZVj9GAjS84h8g%40mail.gmail.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
