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Staggernation: Three Google APIs.

• API Proximity Search (GAPS) "uses the Google API to search Google for two search terms that appear within a certain distance from each other on a page. It does this by using a seldom-discussed Google feature: within a quoted phrase, * can be used as a wildcard meaning 'any word.'" This is a very useful tool; it gives users the option of searching for two terms within one, two, or three words of each other in any order or a specific order.
  

http://www.staggernation.com/cgi-bin/gaps.cgi

• API Web Search By Host (GAWSH) "uses the Google API to search Google for a query string, and returns a list of the web hosts found in the set of results. You can then expand any of these hosts and display only the results from that host…. Clicking on the triangle to the left of a host will perform the same query again, but restricted to that host (using Google's "site:www.foo.com" query syntax), and expand the listing to display the first 10 results." I have to admit I find this particular script more confusing than useful. I prefer to use Google's site: syntax, but others may find this API to their liking.
  

http://www.staggernation.com/gawsh/

• API Relation Browsing Outliner (GARBO) uses the Gooqle API to search Google for pages that are either related to (using the related: keyword) or linked to (using the link: keyword) that URL. Does not add a great deal to what Google can do already, beyond offering the option to view the results as snippets or urls.
  

http://www.staggernation.com/garbo/

Google Rankings. This site contains a number of different options created as search engine optimization tools for website creators and maintainers. However, some of these Google tools are what you might call "dual use technologies."