Google Search Results API (SERP) – Rank Tracker

Get Google search results as clean JSON for any query, country, city, language and device: organic results, ads, featured snippet, People Also Ask, related searches, AI overview and local pack. Add your domain and every row tells you where you rank, so a daily schedule turns this into a rank tracker. Built for SEO teams, agencies, AI agents and anyone who needs Google results in a pipeline. The results come from a licensed SERP data provider (DataForSEO), not from our own scraping, so runs do not fail on captchas or blocks.

What you get

• One row per search with organic_results (position, title, URL, domain, description), paid_results, featured_snippet, people_also_ask, related_searches, ai_overview (when Google sends the text with the page), local_pack (business name, site and rating) and the list of serp_features on the page.
• Rank tracking: set targetDomain and get target_position and target_url in every row (subdomains count; null = not in the results).
• Any market: country, region or city (New York,New York,United States), any language, desktop or mobile.
• Up to 100 organic results per query, up to 1,000 queries per run.

Example output row

A real row from a run with the default input (two of the seven organic results shown):

{
  "query": "web scraping api",
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "rank_absolute": 2,
      "title": "5 Best Web Scraping APIs in 2026 (Fast, Scalable & Easy ...",
      "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/blog/best-web-scraping-apis/",
      "domain": "www.scrapingdog.com",
      "description": "Jan 23, 2026 · The top APIs include Scrapingdog, ScraperAPI, ZenRows, ScrapingAnt, and ScrapingBee. They differ in speed, reliability, and pricing.",
      "breadcrumb": "https://www.scrapingdog.com › Blog",
      "is_featured_snippet": false
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "rank_absolute": 3,
      "title": "AI Web Scraper API for Structured Data",
      "url": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/features/ai-web-scraping-api/",
      "domain": "www.scrapingbee.com",
      "description": "Use ScrapingBee's AI web scraper API to extract structured data with natural-language instructions. ...",
      "breadcrumb": "https://www.scrapingbee.com › ai-web-scraping-api",
      "is_featured_snippet": false
    }
  ],
  "organic_count": 7,
  "paid_results": [],
  "featured_snippet": null,
  "people_also_ask": [],
  "related_searches": ["Web scraping api free", "Web scraping api python", "Web scraping api javascript"],
  "ai_overview": null,
  "local_pack": [],
  "serp_features": ["ai_overview", "discussions_and_forums", "organic", "related_searches", "video"],
  "total_results": 115,
  "google_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=web%20scraping%20api&hl=en&gl=US&ie=UTF-8&uule=w+CAIQIFISCQs2MuSEtepUEUK33kOSuTsc",
  "location": "United States",
  "language": "English",
  "device": "desktop",
  "checked_at": "2026-10-15T07:43:43+00:00"
}

With targetDomain set, the row also has target_domain, target_position and target_url.

Input

Field	What it does
queries	Search terms, up to 1,000 per run. Google operators work.
location	Country, region or city as Google names it. Default United States.
language	English, German, French ... Empty = the location's default.
device	desktop or mobile.
resultsPerQuery	Organic results per query: 10 (first page) up to 100.
targetDomain	Optional domain to track, e.g. example.com.

Speed

Runs with up to 3 queries are answered live in a few seconds (good for AI agents and quick checks). Bigger runs use the provider's standard queue: results usually arrive within 1–2 minutes, for the same price.

Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

• $3 per 1,000 searches ($0.003 per Google results page of up to 10 organic results, with all SERP features). 100 results for one query = 10 pages.
• $0.001 per run start.
• Failed searches are free.

Examples: one query costs $0.004. 1,000 queries (first page) cost $3.00. A daily rank check of 50 keywords costs about $4.50 a month.

Try it for $0.001: the pre-filled example is answered from a saved snapshot of a real search (rows carry from_snapshot: true) and costs only the run start. Change anything and the search runs live.

Free Apify plan: the pre-filled example works on any plan. Live searches need a paid Apify plan (any plan), because each one costs real money at the data provider; on the free plan the run returns a paid_plan_required row and charges nothing beyond the start.

You can cap the cost of a run with the maximum charge setting. The Actor only starts as many searches as your budget can pay for.

Good to know

• position counts organic results only; rank_absolute counts every block on the page (ads, maps, videos ...).
• Google loads most AI overviews after the page; then ai_overview is null and serp_features still lists ai_overview.
• Phone numbers and addresses from the local pack are left out on purpose.
• Error rows carry error and errorMessage and are never charged.

Related tools

• Google News Scraper & Monitor – news articles for any query, with a monitor mode for new articles only.
• Keyword Search Volume – monthly Google search volume, CPC and competition.
• Competitor Keywords – every Google keyword a domain ranks for.

Not affiliated with Google.