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What about just creating a "Search CL" type site with a killer search. Become the new way to get into it, rather than their own home page.
by brandnewlow 18y ago
What about just creating a "Search CL" type site with a killer search. Become the new way to get into it, rather than their own home page.
- kennyroo 18y agoOodle tried it, and CL stopped them.
- eznet 18y agoYup. Short of an official supported API, we are pretty much tied on utilizing CL's data. While screen scraping CL is easy and can yield fully utilizable data for an outside application, the application will be doomed to failure (financially, at least) because it will always be arguable in court that your application is worthless and that it is their proprietary data that ultimately holds the value of your application.
- euroclydon 18y agoThat would violate their terms of use, and they would shut you down.
- rms 18y agoThey have given some sites permission, such as http://housingmaps.com http://housingmaps.com, as long as no ads are run.