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Custom Search API vs Manual Search: Very Different Results

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Custom Search API vs Manual Search: Very Different Results tfthompso 7/26/12 5:17 PM I'm working on a research project in which I'm using Custom Search to identify specific file types (e.g., PDF) from specific sites (e.g., http://aicag.edu).  The Custom Search query that I'm using to accomplish this includes the following parameters (with e
Re: Custom Search API vs Manual Search: Very Different Results pkt-cse 7/31/12 4:00 PM I tried your query, and see 22 results over API as well. Here's the query I issued: https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?cx=<...>%3Adwccosmkujy&ie=UTF-8&q=filetype%3Apdf&key=<...> You can substitute your cse id in "cx=<...>" and API key in "ke
Re: Custom Search API vs Manual Search: Very Different Results tfthompso 8/3/12 5:00 PM Thanks for your reply @pkt-cse.  Are you sure that's the complete query that you used to get 22 results? It doesn't include this: &siteSearch=http://aicag.edu If I use your query without the siteSearch parameter, I get totalResults:104000000. They're all