Thanks Adam - I think the Custom Search Element would work in my case. However another issue is whether or not this is actually financially viable. We have to pay $5 per 1000 queries to use the JSON API, but will we actually make that back through adverts (of whatever type)? We currently use adsense for search on our other sites, and it generally makes less revenue than that.
Bing has a revenue sharing model for their search API, which is more viable for us (and they do in fact return the ads in the xml/json api). Currently we are using the bing API, but we would much prefer to use google instead. Dave On May 23, 12:05 am, Adam Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shabadoo, > > Regarding Search Ads: Due to the nature of the ads, there's no way to > return them in a JSON API. If you ever need ads in a JavaScript > environment, the Custom Search Element > (http://www.google.com/webelements/customsearch) is the best way to combine > AdSense for Search ads with Google Search results. > > Regarding quotas: If you're seeing limits on the order of 100 queries per > day on the old API, then it's likely that you're hitting the anti-abuse, per > IP limits. If you are running your queries server side, be sure to use the > userip parameter, as described by the documentation. > > In any case, please remember that the old API has been deprecated since last > November, and all users are encouraged to migrate to the new, Custom Search > API:http://code.google.com/apis/customsearch/v1/overview.html > > Thanks, > Adam > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Shabadoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the heads up on the Custom Search Ads Omr, I hadn't seen it > > before, it looks good, but it would not work in my case. I'm using > > Google search results in a non web browser environment, i.e. There is > > no JavaScript support, not even HTML support for <div> tags. That's > > why I need to use the JSON/AJAX interface to the API. > > > I think I'm seeing the same as you Alex, around 100 requests on the > > old API per day now. > > > On May 23, 1:53 pm, omr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm not familiar with AdSense services, and I don't know if this would > > > be suitably applicable in your case, but have you investigated the > > > "Custom Search Ads" service? > > > >http://adsense.blogspot.com/2011/03/ads-youve-been-searching-for.html > > > > Implementation: > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/custom-search-ads/docs/implementation-gui... > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/custom-search-ads/docs/sample.html > > > > Terms: > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/custom-search-ads/terms.html > > > > -- omr > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
