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Www.apifinder.com - the essential directory for application programming interfaces

Www.apifinder.com - the essential directory for application programming interfaces

Google Maps Mania Mashups: Opportunity, Innovation, and Money - Blog - Semantic Focus A mashup is a hybrid Web application that combines complementary elements from two or more sources to create one integrated experience. Content used in mashups is generally sourced from a third party via an API or from Web feeds (e.g. RSS or Atom). Opportunities and innovation Mashups offer developers and entrepreneurs alike an enormous and continuously growing number of opportunities to create services with free, third-party data and processing. In many ways, Mashups are the precursor to full Service-Oriented Architectures. New markets and revenue streams are created by combining independent, complementary data sources. Potential pitfalls Let's take some time to think about the caveats. Issues to watch out for when developing mashups: Rate limiting Many public APIs will limit the number of requests an application can make within certain period of time. Reliability Keeping a current cache of recent requests can help keep your service online until your data source(s) return. Vendor lock-in

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