DataForSEO
Real Google result pages, keyword volume and difficulty, the web's link graph, Google Business listings and Trustpilot, and how often AI assistants mention you.
The facts a reader needs
| What it unlocks | Search, SEO, reviews and backlinks. DataForSEO supplies the search data for paid reports and the beta weekly search check; its AI lanes stay parked, and the free read never calls it. |
| When it is called | Selected paid pulls only. Deep with a confirmed Google listing adds one live business profile, one brand-and-locality Maps search (20 rows), and one 20-record extended-review task. Unselected cells remain not_selected. Never on the free instant card or at signup. |
| Cost basis | $0.002 per live SERP query · $0.20–0.28 SEO · $0.07 backlinks · $0.006–0.02 reviews · $0.33–0.34 AI visibility · ≤ $0.018 directories |
| Environment | DATAFORSEO_LOGIN DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD |
| Bring your own key | Yes. |
The industry-directory check (up to nine site: queries per pull) rides the same live-SERP endpoint.
Endpoints we call
| Endpoint | Why we call it |
|---|---|
serp/google/organic/live/advanced | Real Google result pages, and the site: queries behind the directory check. |
keywords_data/google_ads/search_volume/live | Monthly search volume for your terms. |
dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live | How hard each term is to rank for. |
dataforseo_labs/google/ranked_keywords/live | The 200 keywords you already rank for. |
dataforseo_labs/google/keyword_ideas/live | 100 adjacent terms worth knowing about. |
dataforseo_labs/google/competitors_domain/live | Who else ranks for your words, and how big their index is. |
dataforseo_labs/google/domain_intersection/live | What they rank for that you do not. |
dataforseo_labs/google/domain_rank_overview/live | Your whole search footprint: keyword counts, traffic estimate, position bands. |
dataforseo_labs/google/search_intent/live | What people are trying to do when they search your terms — bought only when the label is missing from the ranked keywords. |
ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live | How often AI tools are asked about your brand terms. |
backlinks/anchors/live | The exact words other sites use when they link to you. |
backlinks/summary/live | Link totals, referring domains, follow/nofollow, domain rank. |
backlinks/referring_domains/live | Which sites link to you. |
backlinks/competitors/live | Whose link profile you are up against. |
business_data/google/my_business_info/live | Your Google Business listing and its rating. |
business_data/business_listings/search/live | Finding that listing in the first place. |
business_data/trustpilot/reviews/task_post + task_get | Trustpilot, asynchronously. |
ai_optimization/llm_mentions/target_metrics/live | How often AI assistants mention you, and what they cite. |
ai_optimization/llm_mentions/top_mentioned_brands/live | Who gets mentioned in your category. |
ai_optimization/llm_mentions/search/live | Mention search across the same corpus. |
serp/google/ai_mode/live/advanced | DataForSEO's own read of Google's AI Mode for your category — the cheap bulk twin to SerpApi's ai_mode unit. VERIFIED LIVE 2026-08-19: $0.004/query, and its references[] carry the domain directly, unlike SerpApi's source field. |
Checks it powers
The APIs, in depth
Every outside party this product calls — including the ones wired but not configured, and the free public endpoints called with no account at all.
ScrapeCreators
Public social profiles and their recent posts across seven platforms (2026-08-19 added Threads), plus Instagram's tagged-posts UGC strip, the ad-transparency archives for TikTok, Google and LinkedIn, and — since the 2026-08-19/20 evidence-quality round — the brand's own YouTube-video transcripts, organic hashtag/keyword mentions, Reddit-community sizing, and LinkedIn follower honesty (all tier >= 2), plus TikTok audience demographics, OCR'd Google ad copy, and permanent Instagram media (all tier >= 3, flag-gated, never on a default pull).