The Possibilities Aren’t Endless, but They’re Expanding
by Rael Dornfest, Tara Calishain
Google Hacks
- Google Hacks
- Credits
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Searching Google
- Hacks #1-28
- What Google Isn’t
- What Google Is
- Google Basics
- The Special Syntaxes
- Advanced Search
- Setting Preferences
- Language Tools
- Anatomy of a Search Result
- Specialized Vocabularies: Slang and Terminology
- Getting Around the 10 Word Limit
- Word Order Matters
- Repetition Matters
- Mixing Syntaxes
- Hacking Google URLs
- Hacking Google Search Forms
- Date-Range Searching
- Understanding and Using Julian Dates
- Using Full-Word Wildcards
- inurl: Versus site:
- Checking Spelling
- Consulting the Dictionary
- Consulting the Phonebook
- Tracking Stocks
- Google Interface for Translators
- Searching Article Archives
- Finding Directories of Information
- Finding Technical Definitions
- Finding Weblog Commentary
- The Google Toolbar
- The Mozilla Google Toolbar
- The Quick Search Toolbar
- GAPIS
- Googling with Bookmarklets
- 2. Google Special Services and Collections
- 3. Third-Party Google Services
- Hacks #36-40
- Of Google, but Not Google
- Tinkering with the UI
- Expanding the Options with the Google API
- Thinking Way Outside the Box
- XooMLe: The Google API in Plain Old XML
- Google by Email
- Simplifying Google Groups URLs
- What Does Google Think Of...
- GooglePeople
- 4. Non-API Google Applications
- 5. Introducing the Google Web API
- Hacks #50-59
- Why an API?
- Signing Up and Google’s Terms
- The Google Web APIs Developer’s Kit
- Using the Key in a Hack
- What’s WSDL?
- Understanding the Google API Query
- Understanding the Google API Response
- Programming the Google Web API with Perl
- Looping Around the 10-Result Limit
- The SOAP::Lite Perl Module
- Plain Old XML, a SOAP::Lite Alternative
- NoXML, Another SOAP::Lite Alternative
- Programming the Google Web API with PHP
- Programming the Google Web API with Java
- Programming the Google Web API with Python
- Programming the Google Web API with C# and .NET
- Programming the Google Web API with VB.NET
- 6. Google Web API Applications
- Hacks #60-85
- The Ingenuity of Millions
- Learning to Code
- What You’ll Find Here
- Finding More Google API Applications
- The Possibilities Aren’t Endless, but They’re Expanding
- Date-Range Searching with a Client-Side Application
- Adding a Little Google to Your Word
- Permuting a Query
- Tracking Result Counts over Time
- Visualizing Google Results
- Meandering Your Google Neighborhood
- Running a Google Popularity Contest
- Building a Google Box
- Capturing a Moment in Time
- Feeling Really Lucky
- Gleaning Phonebook Stats
- Performing Proximity Searches
- Blending the Google and Amazon Web Services
- Getting Random Results (On Purpose)
- Restricting Searches to Top-Level Results
- Searching for Special Characters
- Digging Deeper into Sites
- Summarizing Results by Domain
- Scraping Yahoo! Buzz for a Google Search
- Measuring Google Mindshare
- Comparing Google Results with Those of Other Search Engines
- SafeSearch Certifying URLs
- Syndicating Google Search Results
- Searching Google Topics
- Finding the Largest Page
- Instant Messaging Google
- 7. Google Pranks and Games
- 8. The Webmaster Side of Google
- Hacks #93-100
- Google’s Preeminence
- Google’s Importance to Webmasters
- The Mysterious PageRank
- The Equally Mysterious Algorithm
- Google’s Ad Programs
- Keeping Up with Google’s Changes
- In a Word: Relax
- A Webmaster’s Introduction to Google
- Generating Google AdWords
- Inside the PageRank Algorithm
- 26 Steps to 15K a Day
- A. Prep Work
- B. Choose a Brandable Domain Name
- C. Site Design
- D. Page Size
- E. Content
- F. Keyword Density and Keyword Positioning
- G. Outbound Links
- H. Cross-Links
- I. Put It Online
- J. Submit
- K. Logging and Tracking
- L. Spiderings
- M. Topic Directories
- N. Links
- O. Content
- P. Gimmicks
- Q. Linkbacks
- R. Rounding Out Your Offerings
- S. Beware of Flyer and Brochure Syndrome
- T. Keep Building One Page of Content Per Day
- U. Study Those Logs
- V. Timely Topics
- W. Friends and Family
- X. Notes, Notes, Notes
- Y. Submission Check at Six Months
- Z. Keep Building Those Pages of Quality Content!
- Being a Good Search Engine Citizen
- Cleaning Up for a Google Visit
- Getting the Most out of AdWords
- Removing Your Materials from Google
- Index
- Colophon
The Google API is still in beta. Furthermore, it’s still pretty limited in what it offers. You can’t get data from Google News, for example. That said, the ingenuity of those fiddling with the Google API knows no bounds. Watch the Web as the API expands, and more and more programmers take advantage of its power.
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