Actually, it <i>is</i> that easy to programmatically search Google.
Here&#x27;s the endpoint:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ajax.googleapis.com&#x2F;ajax&#x2F;services&#x2F;search&#x2F;web?v=1.0&amp;rsz=small&amp;safe=active&amp;q=cats&amp;max-results=10&amp;v=2&amp;alt=json" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ajax.googleapis.com&#x2F;ajax&#x2F;services&#x2F;search&#x2F;web?v=1.0&amp;r...</a>