For a project (test program) I need a list of text ads based on a keyword. For example, for “notebook” I need one or more text ads, like
“Cheap Notebooks Hardware for Home or Office. Deals on Cheap Notebooks! Laptop.BizRate.com” (random, taken from Yahoo when searching for notebook)
or
“Notebook Computer – China Notebook Computer Supplier. High Quality, Competitive Price. Made-in-China.com/Notebook_Computer” (random, taken from Google when searching for notebook)
Of course, I could download a Google search page for notebook and extract the ads from there by parsing the HTML.
But is there an easier way? Maybe some site or api already offers this. I’m using Windows/C# but any Web/xml/etc. api would do.
I’m not interested in signing up for any account, it’s not for monetization purposes. Also, I need the actual text, so I cannot just insert a Webbrowser component with an IFRAME. Of course, I don’t want to build a list/database of text ads in my program, I want to download them from the Web.
Google offers the AdWords API. You could try that one. AdWords Homepage