AW: [Python-Dev] Python sidebar for Mozilla/Netscape (original) (raw)

Gerson Kurz Gerson.Kurz@t-online.de
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 15:09:50 +0100

Gerson Kurz wrote: > > I have a version that > allows searching the docs by utilizing google.com, but unfortunately google > license prohibits querying google from a program :(

Is that so ? If yes, then we'll have to remove scripts/google.py from the Python distro.

On http://www.google.com/webmasters/dos.html it says in the "DONT" section: "Send automated queries to Google in an attempt to monitor your site's ranking." Rereading that I can interpret that as

a) no automatic query at all b) no automatic query if only for the purpose of site ranking c) its just a "please don't" thing, not something the license prohibits

I'll mail them and see what they answer.

Bye, Gerson