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Information just about GoogleHow to Use Your Google API Key as Your Private secret Weapon: Part One
by:
Tinu AbayomiPaul
Copyright 2004 Tinu AbayomiPaul
Just over a year ago, Google.com began to provide access to its' web search API to programmers and developers. This provided them with a way to utilize the optimum resources of Google's information of listings. At first, there were few practical applications that would-be help the average webmaster.
However, there are now plenty of route that any site owner with an API key can benefit from these innovative programs, and web applications.
And since the licensing of the API restricts the production of tools for commercial use, these resources wish not cost you thing
but several well-invested time. In the next few minutes, you'll discover how to use this information to your advantage.
Let's back up a moment and get several of the word
out of the way. This won't be a tech-guru explanation- more like an oversimplification to give you a basic idea in layperson's terms.
An API means application coder interface. Basically, the Google API gives programmers access to Google's information of listings, which they can then use to create web applications.
When you get an API key it just gives you the ability to access the interface the programs are based on. Therefore, your key wish allow you to plug into the application they've created, for a pre-determined number of queries.
So now you can harness the power of Google's information to your site's advantage.
How?
First, get a Google API key.
The myriad of route sites are victimisation Google API keys are astounding. Several of them require you to provide your own API key to use them. You can get it at no charge here:
http://www.google.com/apis/
Your queries are limited to 1000 per day. But that's more than enough for most web site owners. For several of the tools, you won't even as need it, as the developers seem to be allowing you to run tools victimisation their own keys.
Don't worry, you don't need to be a computer code genius for this key to be useful to you. Developers have already built tools for you to use, all you'll have to do is find the sites wherever
their online applications are housed, and if necessary, plug in your key.
Think of it as a universal password. You'll get the key via email, then all you'll need to do is cut and paste it in the box provided. Which brings us to the next piece in the puzzle.
There are virtually
hundreds of places you can use the Google API key.
Some folk have developed plug-ins you can use with database-driven sites. Many an have developed tools that wish help you increase or study your present rankings in Google, resultant in more targeted traffic to your site.
My favorite tool helps you study innumerable several pieces of data found through Google via email, automating hours of research. But we'll move back to that later.
I've already written a step by step manual to help you increase your current Google rankings. Instead of continuation
my brief review of those sites here, I've announce that article to a page that you can see at http://www.freetrafficdirectory.com/increaserankings - it's a free online manual that you can start victimisation today.
I wanted to get that out of the way so we can talk just about several of the else sites I've discovered since then.
One site wish search Google for you and compile a site map victimisation the pages it finds for your site in Google. Visit it here:
http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/google/indexer_info.htm
You can study the relationship between your sites and others victimisation Greta louisa gustafsson
(stands for Google API Relation Browsing Outliner). This can help you find sites to trade links with, or sites you can link to from your site to provide more information to your visitors, and otherwise study the relationship between two sites, as told by Google.
Read more just about it here:
http://www.staggernation.com/garbo/readme.html
Want to query only the newest additions, for research or for following purposes? Try Goofresh here:
http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/001405.shtml
You can likewise add Google searches to your site. It's the number one search engine, and especially if you have a member's area, it can help do your site "sticky", meaning that your visitors wish find themselves coming to your site over and over to use your resources. You can find the script to add this to your site here:
http://scriptsearch.com/details/8886.html
Another helpful Google API Tool can help you get users to search your site victimisation Google. It uses PHP, and can be found here:
http://www.thinkbling.com/scripts.php
To find more applications on your own, you'll 1st want to look about at the sites I have already mentioned, as many an of them have multiple web based applications developed with their access to Google's API, or wish in the near future.
The reason I wrote this article is because it takes a bit of dig
to find several of the better ones. Here is a nice starting places that I found, naturally, through Google:
http://www.soapware.org/directory/4/services/googleApi/applications
If you want to search Google itself, you strength
try search terms like "Google API applications", "Google API software" or "Google API scripts". You can likewise start from "Google API" and search inside
results for implementations or the word "key".
To see part two of this article, and discover how to combine the Google API key with tools that can traffic to your site, visit http://www.freetrafficdirectory.com/apikey2
Just just about the author:
Tinu is a free traffic FANATIC. She has been offered treatment for this condition but says it just saves her too more money! For more free traffic tips visit http://www.freetrafficdirectory.comor subscribe at ftdsecrets-subscribe@topica.com
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