[WEB4LIB] Metasearch Engines and Commercial Portals

[Avi Rappoport]

At 11:18 AM -0700 7/10/01, Howard Pasternack wrote:
>I am curious whether commercial portals such as Yahoo and Google can 
>legally restrict client software (graphic or otherwise) from 
>searching their sites and harvesting results.  One of my favorite 
>search clients used to be Copernic, but it has gotten less useful in 
>recent months as Google and other sites have been removed from the 
>client.  -- Howard

Yep, the commercial portals can do whatever they want.  If you don't 
like it, drop them a line -- they are pretty responsive to people, 
most folks never ask.  But no one can make them cooperate, they have 
to believe it's in their best interest.

Avi
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