There is no workaround to get more than 64 results from the API. And Google's 
general TOS prohibit programmatically accessing google.* results in any other 
way.

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On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:36 AM, chetan.kalore wrote:

> Actually my requirement is to get all the image search results which
> display if you search for any keyword or with specified image size etc
> in image search box on http://www.google.co.in/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
> this link, but I think if API is limited to 64 results then I have to
> stop proceeding further on this. What do you suggest?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chetan
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 5:08 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am not a Ruby guy, so I can't give you code, but the process for getting 
>> results and such is straightforward and laid out pretty well in the 
>> documentation of the API. I would check out the following links:
>> 
>> http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/#fonjehttp://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_...
>> 
>> Re: displaying positions, page ranks, etc., the answer is yes and no. Yes, 
>> you could display the position that the image has in the API, and you could 
>> even switch and use the WebSearch API to find a position for the page the 
>> image is on, but the API is not guaranteed - and in fact, probably won't - 
>> return results in the same order as a google.* search. Simply put, the API 
>> is not designed (in fact, you could say is deliberately designed against) 
>> SEO operations such as this.
>> 
>> And finally, yes, the API is limited to returning no more than 64 results, 
>> in 8 sets of 8. There is no provision for getting more from the API, and 
>> Google's general TOS make clear that you are not allowed to programmatically 
>> access google.com properties for the purpose of parsing (aka "scraping") 
>> results.
>> 
>> Jeremy R. Geerdes
>> Effective website design & development
>> Des Moines, IA
>> 
>> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan 
>> Church!
>> 
>> On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:46 PM, chetan.kalore wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>> 
>>> How can I use google ajax search API for image search using Ruby on
>>> Rails? Can you please provide me step by step guide for doing this?
>>> Here I am interested in getting all information about image. And Can
>>> the API sort the images and only display images of a specific size?
>> 
>>> Is it possible to display what position they are in Google? and Is it
>>> possible to display page rank of page the image is on?
>> 
>>> Is google ajax search API returns only 64 results? If yes then is
>>> there any way to get all the results?
>> 
>>> Please help me on this!
>> 
>>> Thanks,
>> 
>>> Chetan
>> 
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