The Open Web
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 29, 2002 at 2:47:58 PM
Google and Amazon as well as some others are allowing developers to bypass their homepages and make their own front ends. In effect, giving them control over the databases themselves. Webservices it is called.
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Google is giving developers direct access to its search database, bypassing its Web site and allowing them to design their own ways to use the valuable technology. Amazon has allowed similar access to its inventory database, releasing free developer kits that have enabled others to produce faster searches of "light" versions of the company's catalog, as well as other experiments. Yahoo and eBay have also begun to give developers access to their services, though neither company has made the program available for general use.