Dear all,

I am happy share brief info on our work on access Google
Search engine and their cluser using Web Services.

Thanks
Raj
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Guided Google: A Meta Search Engine built on Google Web Services

With the advent of the Internet, search engines have begun sprouting like
mushrooms after
a rainfall. One of the most popular search engines that are available on the
Web is
Google. The Google search engine allows sophisticated searches, with required
and
forbidden words, and the ability to restrict results based on particular
language or
encoding. However, only a small number of web users actually know how to utilize
the true
power of Google. Most average web users, make searches based on imprecise query
keywords
or sentences, which presents unnecessary, or worse, inaccurate results to the
user. Based
on this assumption, applications that help guide user's searching sessions have
started to
emerge. This is further motivated by the introduction of Google Web Services,
which allows
developers to query the Google server directly from their application.

The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory at the University
of
Melbourne, Australia has developed a "open source" meta-search engine, called
Guided
Google, using the Google Web Services. The Guided Google meta-search engine
guides and
allows the user to view the search results with different perspectives. This is
achieved
through manipulation and automation of Google functions that are accessible from
Guided
Google through the Google Web Services. It supports both "Combinatorial Keyword
Searching"
and "Searching by Hosts".
Some Pointers
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* [Technical Report] For description on system architecture, design, and
implementation of
Guided Google using Web Services, please browse the technical report available
at:
* http://www.gridbus.org/papers/guidedgoogle.pdf

* [Software] The Guided Google software can be downloaded from Gridbus Project
website
at http://www.gridbus.org

* [Hands-On-Experience] To search the Web using Guided Google, visit:
http://jarrett.cs.mu.oz.au:8080/gg/index.jsp
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