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Google Position Monitor

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To find position of a website in Google search results for given keywords.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;


namespace GoolgeMonitor
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button5;
		private System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown NoOfPages;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button4;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button3;
		private System.Windows.Forms.ListView listView1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.ProgressBar progressBar1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Threading.Thread myThread;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox3;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label4;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public Form1()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			listView1.Columns.Add("Keyword", 150, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
			listView1.Columns.Add("Position", 150, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
			listView1.Columns.Add("Date", 200, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
		
			FillList();
			
			
			

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.button5 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.NoOfPages = new System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown();
			this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.button4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.button3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.listView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
			this.progressBar1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ProgressBar();
			this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.textBox3 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.label4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.NoOfPages)).BeginInit();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// textBox2
			// 
			this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 304);
			this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
			this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(216, 20);
			this.textBox2.TabIndex = 22;
			this.textBox2.Text = "Key word";
			// 
			// textBox1
			// 
			this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 32);
			this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
			this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(368, 20);
			this.textBox1.TabIndex = 15;
			this.textBox1.Text = "YourUrl";
			// 
			// button5
			// 
			this.button5.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(344, 304);
			this.button5.Name = "button5";
			this.button5.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 23);
			this.button5.TabIndex = 27;
			this.button5.Text = "Delete";
			this.button5.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button5_Click);
			// 
			// NoOfPages
			// 
			this.NoOfPages.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(200, 344);
			this.NoOfPages.Name = "NoOfPages";
			this.NoOfPages.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(32, 20);
			this.NoOfPages.TabIndex = 26;
			// 
			// label3
			// 
			this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 344);
			this.label3.Name = "label3";
			this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 16);
			this.label3.TabIndex = 25;
			this.label3.Text = "No of Google Pages to check";
			// 
			// button4
			// 
			this.button4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(440, 304);
			this.button4.Name = "button4";
			this.button4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 23);
			this.button4.TabIndex = 24;
			this.button4.Text = "Delete all";
			this.button4.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button4_Click);
			// 
			// button3
			// 
			this.button3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(248, 304);
			this.button3.Name = "button3";
			this.button3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 24);
			this.button3.TabIndex = 23;
			this.button3.Text = "Add";
			this.button3.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button3_Click);
			// 
			// listView1
			// 
			this.listView1.FullRowSelect = true;
			this.listView1.GridLines = true;
			this.listView1.HeaderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeaderStyle.Nonclickable;
			this.listView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
			this.listView1.Name = "listView1";
			this.listView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(504, 224);
			this.listView1.TabIndex = 21;
			this.listView1.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
			// 
			// progressBar1
			// 
			this.progressBar1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 408);
			this.progressBar1.Name = "progressBar1";
			this.progressBar1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(504, 8);
			this.progressBar1.TabIndex = 20;
			// 
			// label2
			// 
			this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 376);
			this.label2.Name = "label2";
			this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 16);
			this.label2.TabIndex = 19;
			this.label2.Text = "Processing";
			// 
			// button2
			// 
			this.button2.Enabled = false;
			this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(472, 32);
			this.button2.Name = "button2";
			this.button2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(48, 24);
			this.button2.TabIndex = 18;
			this.button2.Text = "Stop";
			this.button2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button2_Click);
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(400, 32);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(48, 24);
			this.button1.TabIndex = 17;
			this.button1.Text = "Start";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 8);
			this.label1.Name = "label1";
			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(72, 16);
			this.label1.TabIndex = 16;
			this.label1.Text = "URL:";
			// 
			// textBox3
			// 
			this.textBox3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(352, 344);
			this.textBox3.Name = "textBox3";
			this.textBox3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
			this.textBox3.TabIndex = 28;
			this.textBox3.Text = "servername.com:port";
			// 
			// label4
			// 
			this.label4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(248, 344);
			this.label4.Name = "label4";
			this.label4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 23);
			this.label4.TabIndex = 29;
			this.label4.Text = "Proxy (URL:port ):";
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(528, 429);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label4);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBox3);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBox2);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button5);
			this.Controls.Add(this.NoOfPages);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label3);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button4);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button3);
			this.Controls.Add(this.listView1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.progressBar1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label2);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button2);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
			this.Name = "Form1";
			this.Text = "Google Monitor";
			this.Closing += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(this.Form1_Closing);
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.NoOfPages)).EndInit();
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			Application.Run(new Form1());
		}

		private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
		
		}

		private void FillList()
		{
			try
			{
				System.IO.StreamReader ssW =  System.IO.File.OpenText("data.ydb");
				string sStr = ssW.ReadLine();
				textBox1.Text = sStr;
				sStr = "";
				sStr = ssW.ReadLine();
				NoOfPages.Value = Int32.Parse(sStr);
				sStr = "";
				sStr = ssW.ReadLine();
				textBox3.Text = sStr;
				sStr = "";
				while(true)
				{
					string sKW = "";
					string sPos = "";
					string sDate = "";
					
					sStr = ssW.ReadLine();
					if(sStr == "")
					{
						break;
					}
					else if(sStr == null)
					{
						break;
					}
					int nPos = -1;
					nPos = sStr.IndexOf("##");
					if(nPos != -1)
					{
						sKW = sStr.Substring(0,nPos);
						sStr = sStr.Substring(nPos+2,sStr.Length-(nPos+2));
						nPos = -1;
					
						nPos = sStr.IndexOf("##");
					
						if(nPos != -1)
						{
							sPos = sStr.Substring(0,nPos);
							sStr = sStr.Substring(nPos+2,sStr.Length-(nPos+2));
							nPos = -1;
							nPos = sStr.IndexOf("##");
							if(nPos != -1)
							{
								sDate = sStr.Substring(0,nPos);
								sStr = sStr.Substring(nPos+2,sStr.Length-(nPos+2));
								nPos = -1;
							}

						}
					

					}
					ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem(sKW,0);
						
					item1.SubItems.Add(sPos);
					item1.SubItems.Add(sDate);
					
					listView1.Items.AddRange(new ListViewItem[]{item1});
				}
				ssW.Close();
			}
			catch(Exception e)
			{
				return;
			}

		}

		private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			myThread = null;
			myThread = new System.Threading.Thread(new System.Threading.ThreadStart(StartSearch));								
			
			myThread.Start();
			button1.Enabled = false;


			button3.Enabled = false;
			button4.Enabled = false;
			button5.Enabled = false;



			button2.Enabled = true;
			label2.Text = "Processing";
		//	StartSearch();

		}
		private void StartSearch()
		{
			progressBar1.Minimum = 0;
			progressBar1.Maximum = listView1.Items.Count;
			//	progressBar1.Step = 1;
			

			for(int i = 0 ; i < listView1.Items.Count;i++)
			{
				
				string sKW = listView1.Items[i].SubItems[0].Text;
				SearchKWinGoogle(sKW,i);
				progressBar1.Value = i+1;
				
				
				
			}
			button1.Enabled = true;
			button2.Enabled = false;


			button3.Enabled = true;
			button4.Enabled = true;
			button5.Enabled = true;


			label2.Text = "Completed";
		}

		public string GetPage(string url)
		{
			
			WebResponse response = null;
			Stream stream = null;
			StreamReader
				reader = null;

			try
			{
				HttpWebRequest request =
					(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

			
				if(textBox3.Text != "")
				{

					WebProxy myProxy = new WebProxy(textBox3.Text);
					request.Proxy = myProxy;
				}




				response = request.GetResponse();
				stream = response.GetResponseStream();

				if( !response.ContentType.ToLower().StartsWith("text/") )
					return null;

				string buffer = "",line;

				reader = new StreamReader(stream);

				while( (line = reader.ReadLine())!=null )
				{
					buffer+=line+"\r\n";
				}

				return buffer;
			}
			catch(WebException e)
			{
				System.Console.WriteLine("Can't download:" + e);
				return null;
			}
			catch(IOException e)
			{
				System.Console.WriteLine("Can't download:" + e);
				return null;
			}
			finally
			{
				if( reader!=null )
					reader.Close();

				if( stream!=null )
					stream.Close();

				if( response!=null )
					response.Close();
			}
		}
		private void SearchKWinGoogle(string sKeyWord,int index)
		{
			int nCount = 0;
			bool bBreak = false;

			StringCollection strCollection = new StringCollection();

			while(true)
			{
				if(bBreak)
				{
					break;
				}
				if(NoOfPages.Value != 0 && (NoOfPages.Value- 1) < nCount)
				{
					break;
				}
				
				string url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=";
				url += sKeyWord;
				url+= "&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=";		

				url += (nCount*10).ToString();
				
				url += "&sa=N";
				string sPage = GetPage(url);
				nCount++;
				if(sPage == null)
				{
					continue;
				}	
				bBreak = ExtractHrefFromSearchPages(sPage , strCollection);
			}			

			
			int position = -1;
			for(int i = 0; i < strCollection.Count;i++)
			{
				string sTmp = strCollection[i];
				if(sTmp.IndexOf(textBox1.Text) > -1)
				{
					position = i;
				}
			}
		
			if(position == -1)
			{
				listView1.Items[index].SubItems[1].Text = "Not Found";
				listView1.Items[index].SubItems[2].Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
			}
			else
			{
				listView1.Items[index].SubItems[1].Text = (position+1).ToString();
				listView1.Items[index].SubItems[2].Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
			}

		}
		public bool ExtractHrefFromSearchPages(string str, StringCollection strCollection)
		{
			
			Regex r;
			Match m;
			bool bBreak = false;

			r = new Regex("href\\s*=\\s*(?:\"(?<1>[^\"]*)\"|(?<1>\\S+))",
				RegexOptions.IgnoreCase|RegexOptions.Compiled);
			for (m = r.Match(str); m.Success; m = m.NextMatch()) 
			{
				//	MessageBox.Show("Found href " + m.Groups[1].Value + " at " + m.Groups[1].Index.ToString());
							
				if(!strCollection.Contains(m.Groups[1].Value))
				{
					string sFound = m.Groups[1].Value;	
				
					if(sFound.IndexOf("&filter=0") >= 0)
					{
						bBreak = true;
					}
					
					if(sFound.IndexOf("oi=news") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}

					if(sFound.IndexOf("google.com") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("&spell=1") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("&q=+site") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/search") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("www.googleadservices.com") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("dictionary.reference.com")>= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("language_tools") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/swr?q=") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/help/") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("search?q=cache") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("q=related:") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/advanced_search?q=") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/preferences?q=") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/quality_form?q=") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/ads/") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/services/") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/about.html") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound == "/options/")
					{
						continue;
					}
					if(sFound.IndexOf("/url?q=") >= 0)
					{
						continue;
					}
					int nPos = -1;
					nPos = sFound.IndexOf(">");
					if(nPos != -1)
					{
						sFound = sFound.Substring(0,nPos);
					}
					strCollection.Add(sFound);
					
					if(sFound.IndexOf(textBox1.Text) > -1)
					{
						bBreak = true;
						break;
					}
					
				}
			
			}
			return bBreak;	
		}

		private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem(textBox2.Text,0);
			item1.SubItems.Add("");
			item1.SubItems.Add("");
			item1.SubItems.Add("");
			item1.SubItems.Add("");

			listView1.Items.AddRange(new ListViewItem[]{item1});

		}

		private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			myThread.Abort();
			myThread.Join();

			button1.Enabled = true;
			button2.Enabled = false;


			button3.Enabled = true;
			button4.Enabled = true;
			button5.Enabled = true;

		}

		private void button5_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			foreach(System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem item in listView1.SelectedItems)
			{
				item.Remove();
			}
		}

		private void button4_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			while(true)
			{
				if (listView1.TopItem == null)
				{
					break;
				}
				else
				{
					listView1.TopItem.Remove();
				}
					
			}
		}

		private void Form1_Closing(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
		{
			WriteToFile();
		}
		private void WriteToFile()
		{
			System.IO.StreamWriter ssW = System.IO.File.CreateText("data.ydb");
			
			ssW.WriteLine(textBox1.Text);
			ssW.WriteLine(NoOfPages.Value);
			ssW.WriteLine(textBox3.Text);
			for(int i=0;i<listView1.Items.Count;i++)
			{
				string sWrite = "";
				
				sWrite += listView1.Items[i].SubItems[0].Text;
				sWrite += "##";
				sWrite += listView1.Items[i].SubItems[1].Text;
				sWrite += "##";
				sWrite += listView1.Items[i].SubItems[2].Text;
				sWrite += "##";
				ssW.WriteLine(sWrite);

			}

			
			ssW.Close();
		}
	}
}

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