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Yahoo has a search api with generous limits, BOSS. There are a few python apis around it. But we wanted a lighter api, and one which has the same interface as out Bing Python api. So here is the updated bingapi.(Now with bossapi.py as well). Or svn it from here Usage Usage is mostly compatible [...]
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The newly launched search engine Bing has a simple restful API. We have created a thin Python wrapper over this API, which allows to query the Bing servers in a very pythonic way. Installing this is as easy as easy_install bingapi. [Or get it here or here ] Using from bingapi import bingapi bing = [...]
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This is a parable in two parts. Story and the Moral. If you are in a hurry you might want to skip ahead to the moral (But you miss the beautiful story). The Story Long ago was the kingdom of Foobr, a kingdom mostly of shepherds, who grazed their sheep under the benevolent but watchful [...]
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Bob Massa is a pioneer in the field of Internet marketing. He has been working on Internet Marketing and Search Engine Placement since 1997. He has operated Magic-city.net and SearchKing. He gained both fame and notoriety when he sued Google, which is a classic case study in PR stunts. We talked about the importance of [...]
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(A story about Captcha, and why they do more bad than good. You may also like Parable of the Nowfollow) Part 1: Captcha and Spammers In a time not so long ago, and not so far off existed a country called Theweb. It was a well populated place, populated with upstanding citizens who called themselves [...]
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Part 1: Webpage and the Umans In a time not so long ago, and not so far off existed a country called Theweb. It was a well populated place, popluated with upstanding citizens who called themselves Webpage, and lived together in harmony. Each Webpage knew some other web pages in Theweb, and though well of [...]
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