Google Search Scraper

What is this tool?

Google Search Scraper helps you collect search data from Google (the world's most popular search engine). Just type in your search term, and the tool will gather all the websites, articles, and information that Google returns.

What can you use it for?

• Research on any topic with web search results
• SEO research and content strategy
• Monitor how brands and topics appear in search
• Build datasets and knowledge bases

What data do you get?

The Actor exposes a stable 54-field output contract. Organic rows contain only source-backed values, while type-specific rows use dedicated fields such as summary and sources for cited AI Overviews, questions for People Also Ask, and searches for related searches.

Identity (5 fields): Type, Result Type, Position, Page, Rich Result Type

URLs: Result link, URL alias, displayed URL, source domain, favicon, site links, thumbnail, cache link, and search URL

Text (6 fields): Title, Title (HTML), Snippet (plain text), Description (alias), Snippet (HTML), Highlighted Terms

Pricing (3 fields): Price, Price (numeric), Currency

Ratings (3 fields): Rating, Rating Count, Review Count

Location (1 fields): Country

Dates & Duration (5 fields): Date (raw), Date (raw alias), Published At, Published At (raw), Relative Time

Categorization (2 fields): Category, Tags

Search Context (5 fields): Search Metadata, Query, Query (alias), Market, Language

Other: Breadcrumbs, additional info, PAA questions, related searches, nested-item count, ad/sponsored flags, and scrape timestamp

When Google displays an AI Overview, the Actor emits one aiOverview record with the visible summary, linked source titles and URLs, source domains, and source count. It omits the record when the answer or cited external links are absent.

How to use it

Step 1: Enter your search

Type in your search term, like "Elon Musk".

Step 2: Set your preferences

Adjust the options below to customize your search.

Step 3: Run the tool

Click the run button and wait for your results. The tool will gather all the data and save it in a clean, organized format.

Input options

Option	What it means	Required	Default
Search Query	The search term to use	Yes	Elon Musk
Maximum Items	Maximum dataset records to retrieve (1–500)	No	10
Google Country	The Google country to use for the query Options: af (Afghanistan), al (Albania), dz (Algeria), as (American Samoa), ad (Andorra), ao (Angola), ai (Anguilla), aq (Antarctica), ag (Antigua and Barbuda), ar (Argentina), am (Armenia), aw (Aruba), ac (Ascension Island), au (Australia), at (Austria), az (...	No	—
UI Language	The Google UI language to return results Options: af (Afrikaans), ak (Akan), sq (Albanian), am (Amharic), ar (Arabic), hy (Armenian), az (Azerbaijani), eu (Basque), be (Belarusian), bem (Bemba), bn (Bengali), bh (Bihari), bs (Bosnian), br (Breton), bg (Bulgarian), km (Cambodian), ca (Catalan), chr (...	No	—
Language Results	Limit the results to a specific language Options: lang_ar (Arabic), lang_hy (Armenian), lang_be (Belarusian), lang_bg (Bulgarian), lang_ca (Catalan), lang_zh-cn (Chinese Simplified), lang_zh-tw (Chinese Traditional), lang_hr (Croatian), lang_cs (Czech), lang_da (Danish), lang_nl (Dutch), lang_en (En...	No	—
Country Results	Limit the results to a specific country Options: af (Afghanistan), al (Albania), dz (Algeria), as (American Samoa), ad (Andorra), ao (Angola), ai (Anguilla), aq (Antarctica), ag (Antigua and Barbuda), ar (Argentina), am (Armenia), aw (Aruba), ac (Ascension Island), au (Australia), at (Austria), az (...	No	—
Time Period	Time period for results	No	—
Custom Time Period Min	Minimum date for custom time period (MM/DD/YYYY)	No	—
Custom Time Period Max	Max date for custom time period (MM/DD/YYYY)	No	—
No Autocorrect	Exclude results from auto-corrected queries (0 or 1)	No	—
Filter	Enable/disable Similar Results and Omitted Results filters (0 or 1)	No	—
Maximum concurrency	Parallel browser requests (1–5)	No	2
Maximum request retries	Retries for temporary failures (0–5)	No	1
Navigation timeout	Browser navigation timeout in seconds (10–120)	No	45
Request handler timeout	Per-page handler timeout in seconds (30–300)	No	120
Proxy configuration	Apify Proxy or user-provided proxy settings; GOOGLE_SERP is recommended on Apify Cloud	No	Apify Proxy

Output

Your results come in a clean, organized table with two views:

Overview view

Shows the most important fields at a glance:

• Query
• Position
• Title
• Displayed URL
• Domain
• Rating
• Rating Count
• Date (raw)
• Country
• Language
• Scraped At

Full details view

Shows all 54 documented fields in detail. Fields with no source value are omitted rather than stored as null or empty placeholders.

Tips for best results

✅ Be specific with your search terms for more relevant results

✅ Try different variations of your search term to discover more results

✅ Browse multiple pages of results to get a wider variety

Frequently asked questions

Why use Google? Google is the world's most popular search engine, handling over 8 billion searches per day. It has the largest index of web pages and provides the most comprehensive search results.

How do I get the results? Your results are saved in your Apify dashboard. You can download them in various formats (JSON, CSV, Excel) or access them via the API.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes! Apify supports scheduled runs. You can set up the tool to run automatically at any interval (hourly, daily, weekly, etc.) from your dashboard.

What if I get fewer results than I asked for? This can happen if the search engine doesn't have enough matching results for your search, or if some results are blocked. Try different keywords or relax your filters.

Need more help? If you have questions or run into issues, our support team is ready to help. Just reach out through the Apify platform and we'll get back to you quickly.