# Business Name & Phrase to URL Resolver - Google Search (`ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver`) Actor Resolve business names or distinctive footer phrases into deduped website URLs via Google. Used as a sub-actor by Website Contact Scraper and B2B Lead Gen Suite, or standalone for URL discovery. Country-aware TLD filtering, drops social and directory hosts. Pay-per-query, no subscription. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver.md - **Developed by:** [ryan clinton](https://apify.com/ryanclinton) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Business Name & Phrase to URL Resolver Convert a list of business names and/or distinctive marketing phrases into a deduped list of website URLs via Google search. Designed to feed [Website Contact Scraper](https://apify.com/ryanclinton/website-contact-scraper) — paste names instead of URLs into Website Contact Scraper and it calls this resolver internally. Also runs standalone if you only need the URL discovery step. ### What you get One row per unique discovered domain, including: - `url` — full https URL - `domain` — bare domain - `originalQuery` — the Google query that found it - `queryType` — `'name'` or `'phrase'` - `matchedName` / `matchedPhrase` — provenance back to your input - `rank` — SERP position (1 = top) Social-media hosts, search engines, directory sites, and major real-estate portals are excluded automatically. Output is filtered to your selected country's TLDs. ### How it works 1. Each `knownNames` entry is searched on Google as ` `. Top organic result is treated as that company's website. 2. Each `footerPhrases` entry is searched verbatim (exact-match). Every organic result on the SERP is collected. 3. Deduped, filtered, sorted, capped at `maxDomains`. Uses Apify Proxy `GOOGLE_SERP` group by default — designed for Google scraping, handles rotation and CAPTCHA. ### Pricing Pay-per-event — **$0.002 per query executed** (matches the per-page rate of `apify/google-search-scraper`). A query is one name or one phrase. 100 names + 5 phrases = 105 queries = $0.21. The actor is charged per query, not per result, so you pay the same whether a query returns 50 results or zero. ### Use cases - Feeding Website Contact Scraper with a list of names instead of URLs (most common) - Building a domain list from competitor footer phrases - Resolving a CRM export of company names to verified websites - Niche buyer/operator discovery (real estate cash buyers, junk car buyers, contractor franchises, etc.) # Actor input Schema ## `knownNames` (type: `array`): Business or company names to resolve to websites. Each name is searched on Google with the optional suffix appended; the top organic result is treated as that company's website. ## `footerPhrases` (type: `array`): Distinctive phrases that identify a niche (e.g. 'we buy land in any state'). Each phrase is run as an exact-match Google query and every organic result on the page is collected. ## `nameSuffix` (type: `string`): Appended to every name query to disambiguate (e.g. 'land', 'real estate', 'cash buyer'). Leave blank to search names verbatim. ## `country` (type: `string`): Used for both Google country code (gl=) and TLD filtering. Domains that do not match the country's TLDs are dropped. ## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): How many organic results to collect per query. Higher values find more long-tail sites but increase per-query SERP work. ## `maxDomains` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on the deduped output. Truncates after dedupe + filter. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Defaults to Apify Proxy in the GOOGLE_SERP group (recommended). Override only if you have a specific need. ## Actor input object example ```json { "knownNames": [], "footerPhrases": [], "nameSuffix": "", "country": "US", "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, "maxDomains": 1000, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "GOOGLE_SERP" ] } } ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "GOOGLE_SERP" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["GOOGLE_SERP"], } } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "GOOGLE_SERP" ] } }' | apify call ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ryanclinton/serp-name-resolver", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Business Name & Phrase to URL Resolver - Google Search", "description": "Resolve business names or distinctive footer phrases into deduped website URLs via Google. Used as a sub-actor by Website Contact Scraper and B2B Lead Gen Suite, or standalone for URL discovery. Country-aware TLD filtering, drops social and directory hosts. Pay-per-query, no subscription.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "0n5hlYaQknDt2JMau" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ryanclinton~serp-name-resolver/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ryanclinton-serp-name-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ryanclinton~serp-name-resolver/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ryanclinton-serp-name-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ryanclinton~serp-name-resolver/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ryanclinton-serp-name-resolver", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "knownNames": { "title": "Business names", "type": "array", "description": "Business or company names to resolve to websites. Each name is searched on Google with the optional suffix appended; the top organic result is treated as that company's website.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "footerPhrases": { "title": "Footer / marketing phrases", "type": "array", "description": "Distinctive phrases that identify a niche (e.g. 'we buy land in any state'). Each phrase is run as an exact-match Google query and every organic result on the page is collected.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "nameSuffix": { "title": "Name search suffix (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Appended to every name query to disambiguate (e.g. 'land', 'real estate', 'cash buyer'). Leave blank to search names verbatim.", "default": "" }, "country": { "title": "Target country", "enum": [ "US", "UK", "CA", "AU", "EU" ], "type": "string", "description": "Used for both Google country code (gl=) and TLD filtering. Domains that do not match the country's TLDs are dropped.", "default": "US" }, "maxResultsPerQuery": { "title": "Max results per query", "minimum": 10, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "How many organic results to collect per query. Higher values find more long-tail sites but increase per-query SERP work.", "default": 50 }, "maxDomains": { "title": "Max unique domains to return", "minimum": 10, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on the deduped output. Truncates after dedupe + filter.", "default": 1000 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Defaults to Apify Proxy in the GOOGLE_SERP group (recommended). Override only if you have a specific need." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```