The Serials Solutions Blog Libific reports that they’re no longer able to federate any of the Google offerings in their Federated Search product, 360-Search. Apparently the Google TOS states, “You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Google, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Google. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.” And despite attempts, Serials Solutions has not been given permission.
Do those of you with Federated Search products other than 360-Search notice the loss of Google searches at your end?