Okay, let me rephrase. The API itself is free, but my understanding was that you have to buy a license if you're going to do more than some small number of queries/day using the API (rather than the website). If you're building your own search engine, it's probably going to do more than "a small number" of queries/day. And checking their site: "To access the Google Web APIs service, you must create a Google Account and obtain a license key. Your Google Account and license key entitle you to 1,000 automated queries per day." > Not true, according to their API FAQ. If Google is indeed selling > commercial access to their API, please let me know. > > > You might be better off going the route Yahoo! started with and > > manage the database by hand. This gives you complete control > > over what goes into your database, at the expense > > of having to maintain it. > > http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list