


30 + 15 points
Request Search Engine Data by Gadget
May 10th, 2006 3:42 AM- You may not have much luck unless you can put together a subpoena, and are the government
- You might try asking Jeeves, who, in what must have been a blow to his self-esteem, wasn't asked for similar information.
- We wonder what format the data was provided in. If it looks like you'll be successful, why not demand that MSN provide the search data in OpenDocument format?
- Come to think of it, we'd rather you not upload huge database dumps to SF0. So just post your request, any response you receive, and - if you're successful - some graphical representation of some subset of the data.
- If you don't get a response from the search engines, but really have your heart set on a massive data set, try asking AT&T for random phone call origins/destinations (by city/state/country) and lengths, or eBay for the content (no user info) of one million random pieces of feedback.
Drafted letter to Yahoo! and put it in the mail. Waited several weeks for a response. Suprisingly, I've heard nothing back... not even a, "thank you, but no" letter. :-(
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posted by Sean Mahan on May 10th, 2006 7:52 PM
Yeah, nice work. Maybe "Customer Care" department isn't right, though. Jason - do you know the address of the "Department of Bulk Search Data and Chinese Dissidents"?
OH SNAP!
Since I actually work for Yahoo, I'd feel weird trying to pull this task off, regardless of what search engine I went after.