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> Additionally, there are probably going to be big repercussions to the web/average person's browsing experience as a result of this. A massive number of sites

> Additionally, there are probably going to be big repercussions to the web/average person's browsing experience as a result of this. A massive number of sites (and programs, bots, etc) were using this API because of its simplicity (and absence of registration/authentication). Yep. My harmless little IRC bot can no longer Google search anymore :(

fixermark 10y ago
Why not? There's a custom search API. https://developers.google.com/custom-search/json-api/v1/overview https://developers.google.com/custom-search/json-api/v1/over...
- throwanem 10y ago
  Yes, and it's scoped by either domain or (rarely used) types from the schema.org ontology. You can't use it to just search the web.
  - fixermark 10y ago
    You can use it to search the web; you don't get the exact same experience as the old API. https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/2631040?hl=en https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/2631040?hl=en
    - throwanem 10y ago
      Neat. Now it's just a matter of dealing with the absurdly low free usage limit and absurdly expensive paid tier.
      - Ntrails 10y ago
        Then it's just a market forces question. Use a provider of search services which matches your budgetary/usage requirements.
billmalarky 10y ago
Google search web scraper as a service?