Is it legal to include google results in my meta search without asking google?

[metasearchwannabe]

I am starting an experimental meta search engine, and obviously, I want to include google's results in the meta results.

I have already included several search engines in my lookups. Would it be illegal to make this meta search publicly available? Or do I have to get google's (and the other search engines used) permission? I'm currently using the php curl function to gather the meta results and compile them for display.

Anyone know what the rules are for meta search in this regard?

[mcanerin]

No.

Personal Use Only
The Google Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Google Services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales. You may not take the results from a Google search and reformat and display them, or mirror the Google home page or results pages on your Web site. You may not "meta-search" Google. If you want to make commercial use of the Google Services, you must enter into an agreement with Google to do so in advance. Please contact us for more information

Source: http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html

Ian

[phaithful]

You're probably going to have to contact Google directly. Others have done it... www.dogpile.com for instance.