DataForSEO

Founded by Nick Chernets in 2016

Access SEO and SEM data for keyword research, backlinks, and rankings via API

Cost

Free Trial

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Moderate Setup (1-3 hours)

You can use DataForSEO to get SEO and digital marketing data through APIs for building your own tools. It provides keyword data, backlink profiles, SERP results, and ecommerce data pulled from search engines and websites. Developers and agencies can integrate the APIs to build rank trackers, backlink analyzers, keyword research apps, and reputation management tools. It uses pay-per-use pricing and includes a GUI for monitoring API usage and spending.

What DataForSEO does

Fetch live SERP results for a target keyword via API callRetrieve full backlink profile for any domain or URLPull keyword search volume, CPC, and competition data in bulkMonitor API usage and spending through the GUI dashboardSet up rank tracking for specific pages and keywordsAccess review data from Google Business Profile and YelpDownload historical keyword ranking data for trend analysisIntegrate SEO data into custom-built software using REST APIAccess keyword data from over 8 billion keywords indexed from GoogleLive backlink index with nearly 2 trillion backlinks crawledSERP data pulled in real-time from search enginesPay-per-use pricing so you only pay for what you callGUI dashboard to monitor and control API usage and costsDetailed documentation for every API parameter and field24/7 customer support for integration helpHistorical SEO data available through proprietary databases

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