How to Use Your Google API Key as Your
Secret Weapon
Just over a year ago, Google.
com began to provide access to its web search API to
programmers and developers.
This provided them with a way to utilize the optimum
resources of Google s database of...
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How to Use Your Google API Key as Your
Secret Weapon
Just over a year ago, Google.
com began to provide access to its web search API to
programmers and developers.
This provided them with a way to utilize the optimum
resources of Google s database of listings.
At first, there were few practical applications that
would help the average webmaster.
However, there are now plenty of ways that any site owner with an API key can benefit from
these innovative programs, and web applications.
And since the licensing of the API restricts the creation of tools for commercial use, these
resources will not cost you anything but some well-invested time.
In the next few minutes,
you ll learn how to use this information to your advantage.
Let s back up a moment and get some of the terminology out of the way.
This won t be a
tech-guru explanation- more like an oversimplification to give you a basic idea in
layperson s terms.
An API means application programmer interface.
Basically, the Google
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