SEO News Aggregator - Search Engine Journal & Land

Aggregate the latest SEO news from Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, Moz, Ahrefs, and more. Uses BYOK AI to summarize articles and optionally generate images for social posts.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) -- you provide your own API credentials.

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Before You Start

This actor requires your own API credentials to fetch real data.

Where to get your key: Your Anthropic API key for Claude-powered summarization

You can test with Demo Mode first (free, no key needed) to see the output format before committing.

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Quick Start

Test with Demo Mode (free, no API key needed)

{
  "demoMode": true
}

Run with real data

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "sources": [
    "searchenginejournal",
    "searchengineland"
  ],
  "maxArticlesPerSource": 10,
  "hoursLookback": 24,
  "summarizeArticles": true,
  "anthropicApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "openaiApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "summaryStyle": "professional",
  "generateImages": false,
  "imageProvider": "gemini",
  "geminiApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "stabilityApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
demoMode	boolean	true	No	Run with sample data to test the actor without real scraping
sources	array	["searchenginejournal","searchengineland"]	No	Which SEO news sources to scrape
categories	array	-	No	Filter by article categories (empty = all)
maxArticlesPerSource	integer	10	No	Maximum number of articles to fetch per source
hoursLookback	integer	24	No	Only fetch articles published within this many hours
summarizeArticles	boolean	true	No	Use AI to summarize articles (requires API key)
anthropicApiKey	string	-	Yes*	Your Anthropic API key for Claude-powered summarization
openaiApiKey	string	-	Yes*	Alternative: OpenAI API key for GPT-powered summarization
summaryStyle	string	"professional"	No	Style of AI-generated summaries
generateImages	boolean	false	No	Generate blog header images for articles using AI
imageProvider	string	"gemini"	No	Which AI image generation provider to use
geminiApiKey	string	-	Yes*	Your Google Gemini API key for Imagen image generation (BYOK)
stabilityApiKey	string	-	Yes*	Your Stability AI API key for Stable Diffusion image generation (BYOK)
webhookUrl	string	-	No	URL to send results to when aggregation completes (Zapier, Make, n8n, etc.)
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}	No	Proxy settings for web scraping

*Required when Demo Mode is off.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

Event	Description	Price
Article Scraped	Each SEO news article scraped	$0.01
Article Summarized	AI summarizes an article	$0.02
Image Generated	Gemini Image Generator for social post images	$0.05

Demo mode is free -- no charges for sample data.

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Troubleshooting

"API key is required"

You have Demo Mode turned off but didn't provide an API key. Either:

• Turn Demo Mode on to test with sample data
• Add your API key in the input

"API error 403" or "Unauthorized"

Your API key is invalid, expired, or doesn't have access to this specific API endpoint. Double-check your key and account permissions.

"API error 429" or "Rate limit"

Too many requests. Wait a minute and try again, or reduce the number of items per run.

No results or empty dataset

Check the run log for error messages. Common causes:

• Invalid input format (check the examples above)
• API key without proper permissions
• The target data doesn't exist or is too small to track

How do I test without an API key?

Enable Demo Mode in the input. This returns realistic sample data so you can verify the output format works for your workflow.

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