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Originally posted by FTS
its true, most tools do violate their TOS, but now they have the google api, and tools can be made using that and they allow 1000 queries of their DB per day.... (api.google.com) there may be tools now that do conform to their TOS 
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IMHO you're better off writing a bot to query the main SERPS rather than using the API... if you use the API you're telling the bastards exactly what you're researching, with the regular SERPS you can come at them from all angles so they don't know all your queries are from the same person.