[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a copyright issue with using the powerful
RevGoURL command to access websites using known Internet search engines? For
instance, if one is interested in dogs one can access Google simply by writing:
It's not so much a copyright concern as one of lost revenue. Search
engine sites make their money from advertising, and automated searches
nullify the value of such advertising.
Google, for example, states their position on this in their Terms of
Service at <http://www.google.com/intl/en/terms_of_service.html>:
No Automated Querying
You may not send automated queries of any sort to Google's
system without express permission in advance from Google.
Note that "sending automated queries" includes, among other
things:
* using any software which sends queries to Google to
determine how a website or webpage "ranks" on Google
for various queries;
* "meta-searching" Google; and
* performing "offline" searches on Google.
Please do not write to Google to request permission to
"meta-search" Google for a research project, as such
requests will not be granted.
On the upside, Google does provide an API for developers to use for such
purposes:
<http://www.google.com/apis/>
--
Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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