Mining Google web services: building applications with the Google API

Google Brings Data Mining to the People! Virtually everyone sees Google as, hands down, the best online search tool. Now you can use and improve on Google technology in your own applications. Mining Google Web Services teaches you dozens of techniques for tapping the power of the Google API. Google already gives you fine-grained control over your search criteria, and this book shows you how to exert the same control in your own focused search and analysis applications. With just a little knowledge of JavaScript, VBA, Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio .NET, PHP, or Java, you wil.

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Introduction; Part I Discovering Google Web Services; Chapter 1 Learning about Google Web Services; Understanding Google Web Services; Discovering Uses for Google Web Services; Downloading and Installing the Kit; System Setup Considerations; Knowing What to Expect as Output; Your Call to Action; Chapter 2 Defining a Search; Performing a Typical Search; Defining a Special Search; Working with Files; Defining Searches for Nonstandard Uses; Your Call to Action; Chapter 3 Working with Web Service Data; Understanding XML Basics; Using XSLT for Presentation; Defining SOAP Messaging

Understanding Privacy IssuesUnderstanding Security Issues; Your Call to Action; Part II Writing Google Web Services Programs; Chapter 4 Starting the Development Process; Choosing a Communication Method; Selecting a Platform; Picking a Development Language; Understanding Internationalization Issues; Your Call to Action; Chapter 5 Writing Applications Using VBA; Understanding the Benefits of Using VBA; Resources for Learning VBA; Understanding Scripting of Web Services; Developing with Microsoft Excel; Developing with Microsoft Word; Using Microsoft Access as a Database; Your Call to Action

Chapter 6 Writing …