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Table 11.1: Large Websites Offering Web Services
Web Site
Web Services Offered
Alexa Alexa web services allow access to their web site direc-
tory and web site thumbnails.
Amazon Amazon allows access to their product database
through their web services. This allows web sites to cre-
ate a complete Amazon based online store, complete
with a shopping cart.
Blogger Blogger web services allow blog entries to be posted.
Digg Digg web services allow you to digg a web link, as well
as other access to the Digg API.
EBay EBay web services allow you to place and modify auc-
tion listings.
Flickr Flickr web services allow access to their image data-
base.
Google Google web services allow access to their search data-
base, and other services.
MSN MSN web services allow access to their search data-
base.
Paypal Paypal web services allow you to process payments.
United States Postal Service The USPS web services allow you to calculate shipping
rates.
Yahoo
Yahoo web services allow access to their search data-
base.
For more information on any of these web services you should consult their web site.
Most web sites that make web services available have documentation on how to implement
their service using Java.
Using the Google API
Google offers a wide variety of web services. One of the most useful to bot programmers,
is the Google Search API. Information about the Google Search API can be found at the fol-
lowing address:
http://www.google.com/apis/index.html
