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Asked: 2026-06-13T11:09:34+00:00

I have a c# webservice that uses WebClient.Downloadstring(MYURL) to get a Google page. MYURL

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I have a c# webservice that uses WebClient.Downloadstring(MYURL) to get a Google page.

MYURL is equal to:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mystringtosearch&as_qdr=all&num=100&start=0

It was working fine until i got 503 errors from Google for being a bot. I then got sent here:

https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview

and got a key. Now it says all I need to do is add the &key parameter. However, when I have this as MYURL i still get a 503

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mystringtosearch&key=1234567890&as_qdr=all&num=100&start=0

The Google API console says that I haven’t done any searches, so I know I haven’t gone over my quota.

What’s going on?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to include your custom search engine id in the URL.. as the documentation states, thats what the cx parameter is for.

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