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If any technology is closely associated with the Web 2.0 phenomenon it's Asynchronous Javascript and XML aka AJAX. AJAX-based applications ...
I realize this isn't exactly related to the AJAX API but this is the best place I've found to ask this question. I'm curious how Google determines which sites it uses to gather data that it shows on the Details and Review portions of the local search
Sun, Dec 28 | Google AJAX APIs Google Group