Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc.
Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org
There is no reason one has to use any particular remote instance
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Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc.
Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org