Google And Web Services
from the what-next dept
When Google announced their web services API last month that would let anyone build Google searches into their software, the response from the developer community was interesting. Everyone seemed to think it was pretty cool, but very few people could think of why - or what to do with it. While a few developers have come up with cool applications, most are just mucking around. It seems that people who look at the "web services world" have the same opinion. They think that Google's release of their API was cool, but they're not sure what to do with it. They admit that it certainly generated some interest in web services (which the big companies themselves were having difficulty doing), but they're not sure how to follow Google's footsteps.
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The Google API is Huge
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Search engine APIs have been around for years
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