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I was going to develop an app based on google search API but with those restrictions it's impossible to do anything serious...

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Exactly, I think there are tons of innovation getting blocked because of this restriction. I mean 100 queries a day, that's is ridiculously low to be able to do even some proof of concept.

Other players, like blekko, may be more willing to open their API. Ask them directly.

There are a bunch of free and open-source apps using blekko's search API. We do ask that you keep free usage down below 1 query per second, and the free API results are not as good as the ones on blekko.com or the izik tablet search app, but you're free to rearrange the results and do other things that you can't do with other search APIs. Contact us at apiauth@blekko.com for details.

Hey Greg,

Thanks for replying. The use case which I am considering requires instant like search which google offers. I would like to speak to you 1-on-1 and see if you could help me get such an access through blekko. I know its a huge technical challenge to implement something like instant search and if blekko does not already have it, but may be I could share my idea with you and see if there is a possibility. My email id is in my profile. Please send me an email if you are open to discuss further.

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