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Google removes Web Search Service API documentation after accidental publication

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Google removed Web Search Service API documentation it had accidentally published, though the API itself remains unavailable to most users.

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Optimixed's original report on this story.

SERoundtable reports that Google pulled down Web Search Service API documentation weeks after it was accidentally published online. The company does not offer this API publicly, though it is believed to provide access to select partners such as Apple.

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