Google Retires Several APIs in February

February 15th, Google will be closing several search APIs including:

• Google Patent Search API
• Google News Search API
• Google Blog Search API
• Google Video Search API
• Google Image Search API

The retirement of the group was not a big surprise as Google began diverting resources away from the APIs in 2011 but they remained available for use until now. In their announcement, Google recommends the Custom Search API as a less robust alternative.