How to use DataForSEO to get SERP data without scraping

How to get Google results for $0.0006 with DataForSEO

You can use DataForSEO (a PAYG API) to retrieve Google search results inside SCM.
This bypasses the need to invest in proxies and captcha breakers when downloading results from Google search.

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.