I'm back from my "vacation".

As you might be aware (or not), the newzingo and techzingo sites are using Yahoo's API to automatically extract the terms from incoming news stories. I have recently added additional languages to newzingo, only to discover that I've hit Yahoo's API usage rate limit. I've written Yahoo asking them to "gimme more", hoping they will allow me to use their API for new languages, and 2 new zingos I am dreaming of.

I could circumvent their limit, and even just squeeze it to its limits (I can think of a couple of tricks) - but I don't see a reason why I should be a jerk when they supply this great service free of charge. So - while waiting patiently for them to answer, I've done some research regarding writing my own term extraction service.

In any case - I really admire Yahoo!'s strategy (and tactics), they really seem to be able to quickly react to market changes. kudos.

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