If i had a Volkswagen VW Camper Van, ME and DAX are doing the Gumball3000 .. hell yer baby …

Google has axed the web services API. This sneaky moved was made without any announcement, but of you go to the page now you get a fuck you message, from the 5 December hmmm not sure it was like that last week … , Anyway SOAP API is no longer supported. and we have to use the crappy not working properly AJAX with ads built in which is surprising because the last time a saw someone playing with it they where walking the link to the site to see if the pages still existed,, bring clickbots

DaveN

PS: See this post on The Register for more information on this story and some interesting links.

Edit from Rob:

Bloody Google corporate money-grabbing whores! The search works fine for placing G-search on your site, but it’s not useful from the server at all. Parsing out the JSON from the response and reading it is all well and good, but it’s certainly not reliable and I see many “magic” numbers which I suspect will be difficult to calculate in a non-JS language. Personally I’d embed SpiderMonkey if I needed to (or better - use a sneaky “evaluating JS as Python in a clean environment” trick), but this is beyond the reach of the majority of developers

What Google have done is effectively put a stop to ALL mashup-type applications using Google’s data, which is supposed to be a pillar of Web 2.0. The SOAP API was great because it enabled average developers to use their creativity to make some really interesting applications. Remember that imagination and programming ability are skills rarely seen in abundance together.

G are probably trying to accomplish two things with this move:

1. Increase ad revenue by allowing them to embed Adwords in APIs. Alright, fair enough hands-down that will certainly work.
2. Prevent people like us from scraping SERP positions an all that nasty stuff from the APIs. Sorry, that just isn’t going to happen. Organisations that want to do this via the new AJAX API can and will do it. As I’ve said, it’s not overly tricky for a paid programmer who can afford to throw a few days at it. This is only going to hurt the creative people who make the great mashups.

Sigh.. that’s enough ranting from me. Obviously I’m pissed because this is going to waste a lot of my time. One more thing I’ll say is though: Google seem to have found a way to do cross-domain AJAX. I don’t really have the time to work out how yet, but I suspect they’re laying down <script> tags in a similar fashion to the premium Adsense program (output=js). If anyone has any info on this it would be great.

-Rob

dada dada dada how I hate thee and Let me tell you why.. I pushed some traffic at them and Dadamobile still owes me money..

now it’s not vast amounts but hey it’s the principle :

Dadamobile - Program Closed GB-06-03273 16/07/06 663.00

That’s when dadamobile closed at Tradedouber, Funny thing is that CJ paid their Bill .. hmm ..

so what options do I have?… link bomb Dadamobile or try and get the community to make this post rank for dadamobile ;)

DaveN

added .. they still run PPC,, fuck me there is a test right there BWHAHAHAHA … Bad people.. beers are on me ….. good people get out of that market place :)

Added Yes I’M 39

and man the world looked pretty today ..

that’s 7am in Ripon today, seriously is that just amazing or what ?

DaveN

I so love the style of the VW Camper Van . and I guess my family are starting to see this..

A few months ago my wife Becky, got me a VW camper van keyring and today it’s my Birthday. Miles and Ethan ( my sons ) bought me a VW camper van “dude” moneybox, and Jen (my sister) got me another VW camper ..

So here goes… Shoemoney tagged me to tell you 5 things that you didn’t know about me…

1) Sad things make me cry, and I’m not afraid to show emotion, ask Jessie she made me cry in Chicago

2) I used to be a boxer, ask Shoemoney I broke his rib in Chicago

3) I’m not allowed a VW Camper van, apparently it’s just a mid-life crisis I’m going through.. :(

4) I hate my weight, and I am not self confident about my appearence, but love beer and food too much so who gives a Fuck hey

5) The best thing that has happened to me in my life has to be; please Select 1 from below

a) my wife & kids - if you’re my wife reading this
b) having the tour of the GooglePlex and meeting Larry & Sergey - if you’re Matt / Vanessa reading this
c) watching England at the World Cup - if you’re Tim from Yahoo reading this
d) Christmas dinner at my Mum’s - if it’s my mum or dad reading this
e) eating mexican triangles - if you’re Shawn Hogan reading this
f) shopping for kids stuff - if you’re Jenstar reading this
g) creating / analysing reports - if you’re a client reading this… :)
h) speaking at SES - if your Danny Sullivan reading this
i) omega watches - If your NFFC reading this
j) the invention of the VW camper van - if you’re my wife reading this
k) spitting coffee on my keyboard due to drive by AIM’s - if you’re Mr Mackin reading this
l) knowing that I’m a dickhead - if you’re RCJordon reading this
m) porn on the web - if your’e ChrisR reading this
n) having a totally awesome dude as a friend - if you’re Dax reading this
o) changing a guerrilla into a monkey - if you’re Greg reading this
p) the invention of the split screen on camper vans - if you’re my wife reading this
q) being Driven back to my Hotel in a Hummer - If your Dillsmack, Shogan or Shoe reading this
r) being top of the Tickme League - If you’re a Lovely Lady That Ticked ME ! reading this
s) drinking Real ALE - If you’re 4eyes reading this
t) cheating in a graphics competitor - if you’re Mivox reading this ( and you know i won ;) )
u) just been able to be there for my friends - If you have ever needed me and I was there for you
v) being lucky and being in the right place at the right time
w) Finishing Mario Bro’s on the DS - if your Miles or Ethan reading this
x) Getting a playstation, playstation 2, xbox, DS, Xbox360 - yer I can’t settle on a console wiiiiii
y) Msn messenger, AIM and skype for making it possible to chat to friends any time
z) I mentioned Camper Vans Didn’t I - just incase ;)

DaveN

hmm I will think who to Tag later

Elite Retreat starts today, Just wanted to wish all the organisers and attendees the best and to have Fun.

DaveN

We moved buildings and we needed a Fire Safety Report which was awesome because we built their site …

I got my Kids a Trampoline from here for my new garden, yes I built that site too

and MY wife sent me her Christmas Wish list from here which we also built.

and because I got a discount they can have some link love. and TickME yes I built that too

DaveN

Affiliated but anything with (NP) is not paid for

Ok you notice the little Affiliated at the top of this post, well that’s because I am and I wanted full transparency.

Ok Jason Calacanis say that Bloggers should get Paid !! he also said that Pay for Post is Bad… hmm Jason I would love you to clarify this .. In the past I have been Harsh, no Very Harsh, but today I got your Jason Calacanis linkedin request(NP) , not sure if that’s an olive branch, a mistake or something totally different.

anyway How do bloggers get paided ..

well this blog revenue comes from ReviewME (NP) which has made me like $375 not bad and in all fairness, the products i have reviewed, if I was asked to do them Free, I would have.

Adsense well that was a cluster fuck and waste of time.

Ok the Affiliate bit , That’s the Seobook Bit

ok That’s an Affiliate link, but in all honesty I would link the Aaron’s Book in a blink of an eye. WHY? it’s simple Me and Greg Boser (NP) had to pitch to a Corp Client, in hind sight i should have said have you read Aarons book it will give you a better understanding of what we are going to do and talk about. Now I’m not saying that buying the book and you will be as good as Me or Greg .. of course you never will be because we live and breath this industry 24hrs a day, while you have a On-line Business to Run and that’s what you should be doing anyway… Buy The book !

ok thats the Aff stuff over.

Ok so anyway back to Jason http://www.calacanis.com/ (NP), I did accept your LinkedIn request and I will recommend you to my friends, I think you are passionate in what you do, even if sometimes we sit at the opposite ends of the table … sometimes!

Welcome to the Social Networking Site that will have you hooked…

Now how can I describe it…
It’s a bit like Myspace/Faceparty but with more privacy and a dating slant. It’s all very simple. Log in and “tick” someone you like the look of. They won’t know you’ve ticked them unless they tick you back and you get a mutual tick! Cut out all the nonsense and be sure that the people you’re communicating with are on the same wavelength. How refreshing!

Tick Me is not just for dating. You can also make friends, build social groups and improve on your tickability! Check out the Tick League to see who is Top of the Ticks.

I have my own profile set up so come and tick me ..

And Join the World of Search Group ;)

…and it’s on Digg now!

OK ..

The way I see the Ticks is…

a) Hey = Like Hi…mates/friends that what’s why I ticked Shoemoney, That way I can send messages if he ticks me back
b) Looking Good = Looking Good kinda like a Hot Chick Mate :)
c) Hot Stuff = lets get dirty lol :)

DsveN