Google Hacks, 2nd Edition

Google by Email

Access 10 of Google’s search results at a time via email.

Long before the Web existed, there was email. And now, thanks to the Google API, there’s Google email. Created by the team at Cape Clear (http://capescience.capeclear.com/google), CapeMail queries Google via email. Send email to [e-mail] with the query in the subject line. You’ll receive a message back with the estimated results count and the first 10 results.

Here’s an excerpt from a search for Frankenstein:

Estimated Total Results Number = 591000

  URL  = "http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/"
  Title = "Online Literature Library - Mary Shelley - Frankenstein"
  Snippet = "Next Back Contents Home Authors Contact, Frankenstein. 
Mary Shelley. Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; 
Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter ... " URL = "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frankhome.html" Title = "Frankenstein Exhibit Home Page" Snippet = "Table of Contents Introduction The Birth of Frankenstein, The Celluloid Monster. Promise and Peril, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus. ... " URL = "http://www.sangfroid.com/frank/" Title = "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" Snippet = "1818 (this edition 1831) Frankenstein is the world-famous story of a doctor whose brilliant mind gets the better of him. " URL = "http://www.imdb.com/Title?0021884" Title = "Frankenstein (1931)" Snippet = "Frankenstein (1931) - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussion, Taglines, ...