Humm. Are there any free or more cost effective custom search APIs? I know google does not offer theirs anymore but I have seen some workarounds - I am sure you know just where you lie on the landscape, just interested in similar bots myself.

I never knew custom search gets so expensive. Even google custom is pretty outrageous and limits 10k.

I am interested in finding some new funding methods for services like cheetah - she really does provide the best bot services on steem today.