Archives Tag: AJAX
Next Step in Search: Making AJAX Crawlable
A large problem with new technologies, or even old technologies like Flash, is that there may be complications with how Googlebot crawls. This has been a huge problem with AJAX, which was introduced by Microsoft back in 1999 (then called XMLHTTP ActiveX control), but popularized by Google’s release of Gmail back in 2004. Google is [...]
Full StoryAJAX API Playground v2
The Google API team has launched version two of its AJAX API playground. So if you’re a developer and looking to play around in the new playground, now you can! Incoming search terms:AJAX API PLAYGROUNDajax api playground picturesajaxajax apiajax google
Full StoryGoogle AJAX Search API Supports 32 Results
Mark, from the AJAX Search API Blog, writes, Early this morning we turned on a highly requested feature… The AJAX Search API now supports up to 32 search results as well as pagination through result sets. I understand that this might not match everything that you have been asking for, but at this point in time, delivering a 4x increase in the number of available search results is all that we are able to support. Personally, I don’t even use their AJAX API functionality. I have my own SOAP Search API key still, so I’ll be using that when I need to. I prefer using a flat format of SOAP rather than AJAX if I’m ever querying Google for results. Oh yeah, pagination was added too. Guess that still doesn’t help me though. But a big .. hmm, thanks? to the Search API team 
Put Google News on Your Site
Google has released the Google Newsbar which will scroll through different news items that you specify a search string for. You can choose between the horizontal or the vertical format of the newsbar. You’ll be seeing this show up on this site soon when I release the updated version of the theme that I’m working on right now. So stay tuned!
Full StoryPut your site on the map
The Google AJAX Search API team has pulled together and created a stand-alone application that will let you put a searchable map on your site. Here are the easy steps to do it: Customize it – Use the wizard to define the map’s width, height, zoom level, title, location, etc. Provide Your Site’s URL – This is used by the wizard to create your free Maps API and AJAX Search API keys to associate with your web site. Hit the Magic Button – Click on the “Generate Code” button and the wizard will create the customized JavaScript for your map. Just paste this code into your web page, and Voilà, your users will have the power of Google maps at their fingertips. Google Maps API
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