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Mashup University – the UI is the API. ScrAPIs

Assaf Arkin is talking about scraping content. I have mixed feelings about it since extensive scraping of our nicely hand-edited content seemed to be part of the problem with Google’s faulty indexing of Online Highways which still persists, but Web 2.0 sensibilities suggest that most content is now fair game. My new notions are that scraping, if accompanied with attribution, is OK and good for users since it helps them navigate the mess more effectively.

Assaf “Scraping is not evil”. He’s using Ruby. Ruby review: He started with Ruby a year ago and likes it. He’s reviewing example code for a scrape of EBay data.

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July 11, 2006 - Posted by | computers, Google, mashup, SEO, travel, Web 2.0, Websites

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