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Beyond the box with Google's Web API by: Jakob Jelling Google, the most popular, and many say best, search engine, offers searchers many options to help them zero in on just what they're looking for. Although these search modifier features are documented on own site, many searchers, including experienced marketers and technically savvy people, simple don't know these features are available. But these features, along with the Google search box, are only available to human searchers, who can type in their search parameters, and perhaps some keyboard scripting programs as well. But there is a way for programmers and web site designers to access Google's database from their own sites, in the exact way they need. This is done by using Google's Web API (Application Program Interface). With the API, programmers can use most any web programming language, such as PHP, ASP, Perl, .NET, and Java. Google's Web API provides 'data hooks' that allow a remote program to access certain portions of Google easily. You must be very aware of the Google Web API Terms of Service. You must obtain a developer key that you will include in each API use, you are allowed only '1
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