These are all part of a known issue. To curtail abuse of the APIs by SEO operations and such, a significant number of results are simply dropped, including many of the best results (e.g., the top two or three). It's frustrating, but the API wasn't designed to be a SEO tool. Rather, it was intended to provide rudimentary search functionality on a webpage or within an app. For that task, it has been extremely well-suited. And to be frank, I really can't think of too many applications other than SEO where it is critical that you retrieve exactly the same number or order of results.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Generally Cool Guy Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Jul 1, 2011, at 4:11 AM, Asma Mejri wrote: > Thank you so much for your help. > I succeed to get 8 results per page. > But, I note that hte results are sometimes a bit strange. For example : The > Query was : " water life" . I got for example these results : > > 1. Wellies Stock Photo Images. 816 wellies royalty free images and ... > http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/wellies.html > 2. Welly Stock Photo Images. 821 welly royalty free images and ... > http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/welly.html > 3. Family Support Services New - WACYPC : Family Support Services New ... > http://www.wacy-pc.org/family_support_services_new/ > 4. Amazon.com: The Great Gardens of China: History, Concepts ... > http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gardens-China-Concepts-Techniques/dp/1580933033 > 5. astropixie: 03/01/2011 - 04/01/2011 > http://amandabauer.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html > 6. Foodie's Hope: September 2006 > http://www.foodieshope.org/2006_09_01_archive.html > 7. Amazon.com: Ocean (9781405312929): Fabien Cousteau: Books > http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Fabien-Cousteau/dp/1405312920 > 8. From Ranger to Leather Neck http://kennethcarlson.blogspot.com/ > > These results are not the same as I find when writing for this Query using > www.gooogle.com !!! And they are not so related to the query . They don't > match very well with the Query. > > Also , I notice that sometimes after x results , I can't get more. For > example , when looking for the query " family help" , I can get only 12 > results. > However, when looking for the query "help", I can get 37 results. > > > Regards, > Asma > > > > > 2011/6/29 Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> > You can read about all the parameters and their uses in the documentation: > > http://code.google.com/apis/websearch/docs/reference.html#_intro_fonje > > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Generally Cool Guy > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote: > [email protected] > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Asma Mejri wrote: > >> Thank you so much for your advices. >> I'm working with AJAX Search API for just 3 months for my Master project. >> That's why, it isn't a matter if this API will be discontinued. >> I didn't understand how to use the start parameter to pull additional pages >> of results. >> >> Regards >> Asma >> >> >> 2011/6/29 Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> >> You need to add "&rsz=NUMBER" to your url, where NUMBER is a number from 1 - >> 8, inclusive. Beyond that, you can also use the start parameter to pull >> additional "pages" of results with subsequent requests. >> >> That said, it is important to note that the AJAX Search API (all varieties) >> has been deprecated and scheduled to be discontinued no later than May 2014. >> The Web Search API, in particular, will be discontinued no later than >> November 2013. You may want to utilize the Custom Search API or consider >> other options, depending on your application needs. At the very least, be >> aware of the pending doom of the AJAX APIs. >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Generally Cool Guy >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote: >> [email protected] >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan >> Church! >> >> On Jun 29, 2011, at 8:08 AM, assma.m wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > I'm working in Java (Eclipse Platform). >> > I'm a new user of Google Ajax APIs. >> > I need to get results from google when giving a query. >> > But I was surprised that I got only four results. I don't know how to >> > get more results . >> > This is the code (I developed it using : >> > http://code.google.com/intl/fr/apis/websearch/docs/#The_Basics : the >> > JAVA Access Section) : >> > >> > import java.io.BufferedReader; >> > import java.io.InputStreamReader; >> > import java.net.URL; >> > import java.net.URLConnection; >> > import java.net.URLEncoder; >> > >> > >> > import net.sf.json.*; >> > >> > >> > public class GoogleQuery { >> > >> > private final String HTTP_REFERER = "http:// >> > www.mygooglesearchssite.com/AsmaSite/"; >> > >> > public GoogleQuery() { >> > makeQuery("life"); >> > } >> > >> > private void makeQuery(String query) { >> > >> > System.out.println("\nQuerying for " + query); >> > >> > try >> > { >> > // Convert spaces to +, etc. to make a valid URL >> > query = URLEncoder.encode(query, "UTF-8"); >> > >> > URL url = new URL( >> > "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&"; >> > + "q="+query >> > +"&key=MYKEY&userip=MYUSERIP"); >> > >> > URLConnection connection = url.openConnection(); >> > connection.addRequestProperty("Referer", HTTP_REFERER); >> > >> > // Get the JSON response >> > String line; >> > StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); >> > BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( >> > new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream())); >> > while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { >> > System.out.println(line); >> > builder.append(line); >> > } >> > >> > String response = builder.toString(); >> > JSONObject json = new JSONObject(builder.toString()); >> > JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(); >> > >> > System.out.println("Total results = " + >> > json.getJSONObject("responseData") >> > .getJSONObject("cursor") >> > .getString("estimatedResultCount")); >> > >> > JSONArray ja = >> > json.getJSONObject("responseData").getJSONArray("results"); >> > >> > System.out.println("\nResults:"); >> > for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i++) { >> > System.out.print((i+1) + ". "); >> > JSONObject j = ja.getJSONObject(i); >> > System.out.println(j.getString("titleNoFormatting")); >> > System.out.println(j.getString("url")); >> > } >> > } >> > catch (Exception e) { >> > System.err.println("Something went wrong..."); >> > e.printStackTrace(); >> > } >> > } >> > >> > public static void main(String args[]) { >> > new GoogleQuery(); >> > } >> > } >> > >> > I need your help. >> > Regards, >> > Asma >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. 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