Use JSON Custom Search API to determine website's SERP?

[stephanos]

Hey folks,

I was wondering if the new Google Custom Search API (from the Google
Console, the one with quota of 100) can be used in a script to
regularly and accurately measure the ranking of a website for a
specific keywords (SERP)?

Cheers
Stephanos

[stephanos]

No thoughts on this?

[Jeremy Geerdes]

No. And here's why:

1. The Custom Search API requires you to set up a Custom Search Engine (CSE) which must be set to search particular sites rather than the entire web.

2. The Custom Search API TOS explicitly prohibit you from making automated queries, which would be key to "regularly and accurately" measuring the SERP of a site.

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[stephanos]

Thanks for the clear answer!
Is there ANY other way of legally determining the SERP of a site and a
search query without human interaction?

On Dec 28, 2:48 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No. And here's why:
>
> 1. The Custom Search API requires you to set up a Custom Search Engine (CSE) which must be set to search particular sites rather than the entire web.
>
> 2. The Custom Search API TOS explicitly prohibit you from making automated queries, which would be key to "regularly and accurately" measuring the SERP of a site.
>
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Generally Cool Guy
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:

> jrgeer...@gmail.com

[Jeremy Geerdes]

Contrary to the many sites that would have you think otherwise, there is no legal way to automatically obtain Google SERP. At least, none that I have ever seen.

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[Ville Pärkkä]

Hi! I see this question and this answer is about 2 and a half years old and I just wanted to know if this answer is still the same or does Google now offer any way to check for ranking (serp)?

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[Jeremy Geerdes]

There has been no change.

jg

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