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Author Google bad, Yahoo good (was Re: Spidering Hacks)
Randal L. Schwartz

2007-11-26, 7:13 pm

>>>>> "alexxx" == alexxx magni@gmail com <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:

alexxx> Do you know where I have to look, to simply obtain the (authorization?
alexxx> key?) to use the Google search api?

If I recall, Google withdrew that API about six months ago, replacing with a
page-embedded search result API that ensures that their ads will also show up
in the right place. Yech.

If you want programmatic access to a search result, Yahoo is now the best
player in the space, offering a variety of searches, including JSON results
for direct embedding with no server-side code required. See
http://developer.yahoo.com/search/ and Yahoo::Search in the CPAN, and my usage
of same at <http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col85.html>.

So much for Google "doing no evil". Yahoo for the win.

print "Just another Perl hacker,"; # the original!

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