The Google Translate API has been officially deprecated(code.google.com)
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The Google Translate API has been officially deprecated
http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/language/translate/overview.html
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I will hazard a guess that people were using it to 'spin' content for SEO purposes, by automatically translating others' content to foreign languages and back again.
If so, I imagine the double resource drain of doing that and then Googlebot indexing all that useless content would be a compelling reason to turn it off.
If so, I imagine the double resource drain of doing that and then Googlebot indexing all that useless content would be a compelling reason to turn it off.
Also, its difficult to monetize the API, for example, with ads.
What good alternative Translation APIs are out there?
I wouldn't consider that abuse... Not even if it was the primary translation.
But I can't figure what people would be doing that was abusive?