# Find Long-Tail Keywords from Google & YouTube Autocomplete (`benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube`) Actor

Google autocomplete scraper and YouTube autocomplete keyword tool. Enter seed terms, get hundreds of long-tail keyword ideas with A-Z and question expansion, intent tags, rank position and country/language targeting. $0.0013 per keyword, for SEO and video creators.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube.md
- **Developed by:** [Ben Harmon](https://apify.com/benuelh) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Videos, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.91 / 1,000 keyword ideas

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🔎 Keyword Ideas for Google & YouTube: bulk autocomplete suggestions

This Actor turns seed keywords into bulk keyword ideas using public Google Search or YouTube autocomplete. It is built for SEO specialists, content marketers, YouTubers and researchers who need fresh keyword lists fast.

*✅ Last verified working: 2026-10-21 (automated daily test run)*

No browser and no login are needed. Give it up to 20 seeds, pick a source, and get a clean, deduplicated list.

### ✨ What you get

- Unique keyword ideas per seed, deduplicated case-insensitively
- Source label: `Google Search` or `YouTube`
- Optional expansion with a-z suffixes and question prefixes (how, what, why, best, vs)
- The modifier used to find each idea, or `none`
- Rank position within the autocomplete response
- A simple intent label: Question, Commercial or Informational (a keyword-based heuristic)
- Word count, country and language for each row

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works with the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com), so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients can find it with the `search-actors` tool and run it with `call-actor`. To load it directly as a tool, connect to `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube`.

Smallest working input:

```json
{
  "seeds": [
    "coffee grinder"
  ],
  "expand": false,
  "source": "google",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

Each result row has: `keyword`, `seed`, `source`, `modifier`, `position`, `intent`, `wordCount`, `country`, `language` (plus `error`, set only when an item could not be processed).

Price: $0.0013 per keyword idea. One charge per unique keyword suggestion saved to the dataset. Duplicates, failed requests, retries and empty results are never charged. Agents using Apify agentic payments can run it without an Apify account.

### 🎯 Popular uses

- Build topic clusters and content calendars
- Find question-style queries for FAQ and blog content
- Research YouTube video title ideas
- Spot commercial-intent phrases for product pages
- Compare ideas across countries and languages

### ⚙️ Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `seeds` | string\[] | Required. 1-20 seed keywords. Empty entries are dropped. |
| `source` | string | `google` (default) or `youtube`. |
| `country` | string | 2-letter country code (gl), default `us`. |
| `language` | string | Language code (hl), default `en`. |
| `expand` | boolean | Also query seed + a..z and how/what/why/best/vs + seed. Default `true`. |
| `maxPerSeed` | integer | 1-500, default 200. Stops collecting for a seed at this many unique keywords. |
| `useProxy` | boolean | Route requests through Apify proxy. Default `false`. |

```json
{
  "seeds": ["coffee grinder"],
  "source": "google",
  "expand": false,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

### 📦 Output

Each dataset row is one unique keyword idea.

```json
{
  "keyword": "coffee grinder electric",
  "seed": "coffee grinder",
  "source": "Google Search",
  "modifier": "none",
  "position": 1,
  "intent": "Informational",
  "wordCount": 3,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "error": null
}
```

The `error` field is empty when a row is collected normally.

### 💰 Pricing

$0.0013 per keyword. You are charged one `keyword` event for each unique row added to the dataset. Nothing else is charged: no start fee, no charge for duplicates, failed requests or skipped expansions.

### ❓ FAQ

**Does it need a login or browser?** No. It uses plain HTTP requests to public autocomplete.

**How does expansion work?** With `expand` on, it also queries each seed followed by a letter a-z, and the prefixes how, what, why, best and vs before the seed.

**What happens if a request fails?** Rate-limit and server errors (429/5xx) are retried up to 3 times with growing delays. A failed expansion is skipped with a warning.

**When does a run fail?** Only if every seed returns zero rows.

**Is the intent label exact?** No. It is a simple keyword-based heuristic, useful for quick sorting.

**Should I use the proxy?** It is off by default. Turn on `useProxy` if you run large batches and see blocked requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `seeds` (type: `array`):

1-20 seed keywords or phrases to get autocomplete ideas for.

## `source` (type: `string`):

Which autocomplete engine to query.

## `country` (type: `string`):

2-letter country code, e.g. us, gb, de.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code, e.g. en, de, es.

## `expand` (type: `boolean`):

Also query seed + ' a'..' z' and how/what/why/best/vs + seed to get many more ideas.

## `maxPerSeed` (type: `integer`):

Stop collecting for a seed after this many unique keywords.

## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Route requests through Apify proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "seeds": [
    "coffee grinder"
  ],
  "source": "google",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "expand": true,
  "maxPerSeed": 200,
  "useProxy": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset of keyword ideas collected from Google Search or YouTube autocomplete.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "seeds": [
        "coffee grinder"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "seeds": ["coffee grinder"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "seeds": [
    "coffee grinder"
  ]
}' |
apify call benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,benuelh/keyword-ideas-google-youtube"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/1SXxtjdb1xkNas1Ka/builds/Nbat0DPUxlmt5Eeyj/openapi.json