Finding Search Engine Statistics

Discussion in 'PHP' started by kc3, Feb 27, 2006.

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    How do you make a script that retrieve search engine stastics from like google and yahoo etc? Also how do you make it pick up the website's meta tags?
     
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  2. Weirfire

    Weirfire Language Translation Company

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    You could write a scraper (frowned upon) or you could implement Googles API. There's the Google API to retrieve the pages indexed and backlinks at http://www.google.com/apis/
     
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    Api is definately the way to go.. a scrapper is well unethical.. and might get on googles nerves..
     
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    lol very true.

    Does MSN search have an API yet? I had to write a scraper for their search a while ago.
     
    Weirfire, Mar 7, 2006 IP