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Undoubtedly useful, but I'd be shocked if this wasn't violating Google's ToS and I can't imagine building something important using this.

vjshah 3y ago
i had the same reaction, but i looked to see what google's tos was for things like this and i found https://serpapi.com/ https://serpapi.com/ , which apparently has been around for 5 years and also offers paid services for scraping google search. if their homepage is to be believed, there are large companies using their service. i'm very surprised that google hasn't taken steps to block them.
- michaelmior 3y ago
  Interesting. I haven't heard of SerpApi but that is indeed surprising.
  - sour-taste 3y ago
    I was also serprised
- benzible 3y ago
  Note that part of SerpApi's product seems to be indemnification from liability. On their pricing page, the Developer plan specifies "No Legal US Shield" and the Production plan specifies "Legal US Shield". From their FAQ: > What are scraper legal protections? > SerpApi, LLC assumes scraping and parsing liabilities for both domestic and foreign companies unless your usage is otherwise illegal.
  - vjshah 3y ago
    if i were evaluating serpapi, my concern wouldn't be my own legal liability. i'd be worried about serpapi getting blocked one day and my own application suffering as a result
- yellow_lead 3y ago
  There's many services like this that want/need access to Google search results. Another is ahrefs which is geared towards SEO.
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sdfhbdf 3y ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if actually it’s just a ChatGPT prompt “What google search autocomplete would return for this query:” seems easier than reverse engineering/scraping google search autocomplete
- jonwinstanley 3y ago
  Definitely easier but will be not be factually correct. Will be ok if you just want some ideas but not if you’re tracking keywords performance in Google
dns_snek 3y ago
You can use Google without agreeing to their ToS, so technically it shouldn't matter, but practically, if their lawyers come knocking, that's a different story.
- michaelmior 3y ago
  I'm not sure what the connection is here. I wouldn't be so worried about violating the ToS myself if I was using the service. I'd be worried about Keyword Quill violating the ToS, getting shut down, and a service I was depending on disappearing.

vjshah 3y ago

i had the same reaction, but i looked to see what google's tos was for things like this and i found https://serpapi.com/ https://serpapi.com/ , which apparently has been around for 5 years and also offers paid services for scraping google search. if their homepage is to be believed, there are large companies using their service. i'm very surprised that google hasn't taken steps to block them.

michaelmior 3y ago
Interesting. I haven't heard of SerpApi but that is indeed surprising.
- sour-taste 3y ago
  I was also serprised
benzible 3y ago
Note that part of SerpApi's product seems to be indemnification from liability. On their pricing page, the Developer plan specifies "No Legal US Shield" and the Production plan specifies "Legal US Shield". From their FAQ: > What are scraper legal protections? > SerpApi, LLC assumes scraping and parsing liabilities for both domestic and foreign companies unless your usage is otherwise illegal.
- vjshah 3y ago
  if i were evaluating serpapi, my concern wouldn't be my own legal liability. i'd be worried about serpapi getting blocked one day and my own application suffering as a result
yellow_lead 3y ago
There's many services like this that want/need access to Google search results. Another is ahrefs which is geared towards SEO.

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sdfhbdf 3y ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if actually it’s just a ChatGPT prompt “What google search autocomplete would return for this query:” seems easier than reverse engineering/scraping google search autocomplete

jonwinstanley 3y ago
Definitely easier but will be not be factually correct. Will be ok if you just want some ideas but not if you’re tracking keywords performance in Google

dns_snek 3y ago

You can use Google without agreeing to their ToS, so technically it shouldn't matter, but practically, if their lawyers come knocking, that's a different story.

michaelmior 3y ago
I'm not sure what the connection is here. I wouldn't be so worried about violating the ToS myself if I was using the service. I'd be worried about Keyword Quill violating the ToS, getting shut down, and a service I was depending on disappearing.