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Google in particular absolutely does not allow automated search queries.

• jpwagner 16y ago
  I didn't know that, can you point to a ref doc for this? thanks!
  • jws 16y ago
    The Google TOS: http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS 5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Google, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Google. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
  • hinathan 16y ago
    Here ya go: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+tos+robots&l=1 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+tos+robots&l=1
    • jpwagner 16y ago
      see the above comment from jws that cites the appropriate text. here ya go: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+be+helpful http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+be+helpful
• dasil003 16y ago
  Why does http://lmgtfy.com/ http://lmgtfy.com/ still exist then?
  • unshift 16y ago
    lmgtfy just issues a redirect, it doesn't perform a query and return results of its own
  • benologist 16y ago
    You don't get your results on their site, they redirect you to Google.
• aneesh 16y ago
  Not quite true. They do allow automated queries through their APIs for at least some of their search verticals. http://code.google.com/more/#google-search http://code.google.com/more/#google-search