Monday, May 21, 2007

Yahoo API Search Feeds

What a pain in the ass. My keyword research tool uses Yahoo search result descriptions to tell me info about each keyword I use. While the info is wonderful, my problem right now is getting it down promptly. What's standing in my way? 5,000 search queries per day. So I'm sure you're saying, "Rick, just set up your script to use different IP addresses!".. Yeah, I have 30+ of them left over from the "good ole days", and I've been there, done that. They're checking for something else, and I'm gonna find out what it is so I can get this scan done. I have 116,000 more to go, and at this point, I set up a temp script to scan each keyword 18 seconds apart, that should keep me within my limit of 5,000 a day, but, it'll take me 23 or 24 days to get it done completely if I don't find another solution.

Once I get this done, build my bulk upload spreadsheets to get these terms into Overture, MSN, and Adwords quickly and efficiently. Then I'll have to get my script running that scans the results to make sure my ads are running as planned (mainly Overture).

If I'm giving away too many ideas, let me know, I can stop. ;)

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