Does Enquiro have APIs to access Search Engine data?

Yes, we have registered for API access from Google, Yahoo and MSN. We have also tested APIs from Amazon and Technorati.

For all 3 major search engines, we have developed a C# web project (ASP.net 2.0) in which we make calls through the APIs to retrieve the appropriate data. We have developed a set of classes (our Business Logic Layer) for all engines which contain methods for returning data such as back links, pages indexed, keywords and other search related data. Much of the data returned to the GUI is in the form of a DataTable which we are able to bind directly to a datagrid or datalist.

Google: Although they have updated to their service to an AJAX API we still continue to use their Search API through web services (SOAP).

Yahoo: We construct REST queries to pass to Yahoo’s API URL. It returns XML back to us, which we parse and bind the data to our controls. We have been using the Site Explorer API as its data (for our needs) is more accurate than the standard Yahoo API.

MSN: Similar to Google, we use MSN’s API through SOAP requests.

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