How to Use Your Google API Key as Your Secret Weapon: Part One (Part 1)
by:Tinu AbayomiPaul
Just over a year ago,Google.combegan 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 API gives programmers access to Google’s database of listings, which they can then use to create web applications.
