which db does the API key look at

Discussion in 'Google API' started by loki, Apr 22, 2004.

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    not even sure if the title is accurate...

    often i find that the results i get (and clients get) from digitalpoint via the API key differ from results i get from a manual search in google.com

    how do i explain that?

    thanks
     
    loki, Apr 22, 2004 IP
  2. compar

    compar Peon

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    Look in the Tools section of the forum. There has been an extensive discussion about this.

    But the simple answer is that not all of Googles servers are in sync and if you are getting results from a different server than Digital Point you may see different results.
     
    compar, Apr 22, 2004 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Yep... the API is just like using Google for any other user. User A is not going to get exactly the same results as user B when they use www.google.com because of data center differences.

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Apr 22, 2004 IP