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Since Yahoo! got out of the game, Bing is the only major search engine in the English speaking world providing an API for developers against their index. Yande
by harryf 6y ago
Since Yahoo! got out of the game, Bing is the only major search engine in the English speaking world providing an API for developers against their index.
Yandex _might_ be another option (haven’t looked) or even Baidu. Of course there are unofficial ways to scrape Google but you can’t build a legit business on that.
Side note: a far simpler first step than trying to break up Google would be requiring them to have a search API and contractual obligations that enable others to do business on top of it.
- skyfaller 6y agoYes, adversarial interoperability is a fantastic antitrust tool that isn't discussed or used enough these days: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interopera...
- chaosharmonic 6y agoThis would have been a great way to deal with Facebook's attempt at building out a single backend for their messaging platforms. Because yes, the ability to use a single protocol for cross-service messaging, with E2E by default, disappearing messages, and text (or presumably email) fallback would actually be spectacular. But as a spec. Hell, as a spec, this would create an argument to migrate toward a user@service model and finally start relegating phone numbers to legacy status.
- an_opabinia 6y agoOther search engines do use Google via an API.
- ricardo81 6y agoMojeek provides API access and they have their own index, albeit a fair bit smaller than G and Bing