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by electromech 1428 days ago
This greatly appeals to me, but I don't quite understand how these work. I looked into searx and friends, and it seems too good to be true. Like, if it's turning around and making requests to Google, don't they detect that as bot-like traffic? Seems like a good way to get your IP blocked or worse.
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There is another option: Google offers a paid API for search.
Is it feasibly priced? Often enough APIs from big walled services don't seem to be any more than something to point towards when regulators raise concerns about market dominance.
Feasible for my personal use. 100 free daily quota. 1000 calls per 5$. I'm not affiliated with Google.
Why would it look like a bot? Does your normal search traffic look botlike? It's just a search multiplexer.