DataForSEO returns Google search results by API for about $0.0006 a query, so SCM needs no proxies and no IP rotation. Add a login and every search step pulls live SERP data.
Only required if you plan to scrape large volumes.
PAA scraping is enabled for this service as well. PAA will cost you extra.
- PAA is $0.00015 per click
- Search is $0.0006 per 10 urls. A 100 url search is $0.006.
- Typical job, 100 urls plus 15 PAA: $0.0066 per keyword, or $6.60 per 1000.
- Same job without PAA: $6.00 per 1000.
Why use this?
- Cheapest. $0.0006 per 10 results on the standard queue
- No proxies and no IP bans, it is a plain API call
- Pay as you go with no subscription, so an idle month costs nothing
- Queue priority setting is available in SCM, so you trade speed against cost per job
Notes
Prepaid service.
- $1 free credit on signup, roughly 500 live queries
- $50 minimum top-up after that, which does not expire
- Standard queue $0.0006, Priority $0.0012, Live $0.002 per 10 results
SCM pages at 100 results per request, so a 100-result search is 10 billing units, about $0.006 on standard.
$50 buys roughly 8,000 full 100-result searches. Cheap per search, but you commit $50 up front, unlike Exa’s free monthly credit.
Where to get DataForSEO
DataForSEO:
How to enable DataForSEO
Settings > API Logins > Search
DataForSEO tab
Fill out your login + password
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How to use DataForSEO in Page Pipeline
DataForSEO will appear as an option anywhere search source is available.
eg AI articles as research
Also in Article Writer
Just select it and it will be used, no need to worry about Google blocks anymore.