This may be a dumb question, but I cannot find the results within these threads. There used to be a free (up to 1,000 searches a day) Google Search API (which I still have an old key that no longer works). I cannot find the new equivalent. All I see are APIs where you have to include something like 'powered by Google' next to them or in the search box. I am running some meta search engines and would love to come up with a way to access Google data, but not have to say Google anywhere. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Yep, that's it. It's the GOOGLE AJAX API and it trumps the old SOAP API (which you probably have key for). Yes, there are very specific ways you can use the AJAX API from Google and the 2 primary conditions are. 1. Attribution: Must show 'powered by Google' 2. Results: You must show the actual search results generated from the API. No position reporting only.
well, im using JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), because im just too late to register for Google API. Im using JSON for my sites which pulls google search data about specific files type.