Startpage Search Scraper 🔍
by easyapi
Scrape Startpage's private search results for titles, URLs & descriptions. Perfect for unbiased market research, SEO analysis, and content discovery.
Opens on Apify.com
About Startpage Search Scraper 🔍
Need to gather search data but want to avoid the tracking and bias of mainstream engines? This Startpage scraper is my go-to. It taps into Startpage's privacy-respecting results, pulling clean, structured data like page titles, URLs, descriptions, and the original source domains. I use it regularly for projects where understanding genuine search rankings without personalized filter bubbles is crucial. It's incredibly handy for honest competitor analysis—you see what ranking signals actually work—and for content research that isn't skewed by your own search history. Whether you're building a market research dashboard, tracking SEO performance, or sourcing content ideas, this tool gets you the raw data efficiently. You just configure your search queries and let it run, getting back a neat dataset ready for analysis in a spreadsheet or your own app. It respects Startpage's terms, so you can gather the insights you need reliably.
What does this actor do?
Startpage Search Scraper 🔍 is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.
Key Features
- Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
- Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
- API access for integration with your applications
- Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
- Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation
How to Use
- Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
- Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
- Configure the input parameters as needed
- Run the actor and download your results
Documentation
Startpage Search Scraper
Scrapes search results from Startpage.com, returning structured data. It uses a privacy-focused search engine to collect titles, URLs, descriptions, and source sites for given keywords.
Key Features
- Extracts detailed search results: title, URL, description, and source site.
- Supports multiple search keywords in a single run.
- Configurable limit for the number of results (
maxItems). - Handles pagination automatically to gather more results.
- Implements anti-blocking measures: random delays, user-agent rotation, and retry logic.
- Outputs clean, structured JSON.
How to Use
Configure the actor with an input object specifying your search keywords and desired result limit. The actor will handle the scraping and return the data to your Apify dataset storage.
Input
Define your search parameters in JSON format. The only required field is keywords.
{
"keywords": ["Best Sci-Fi Books 2024", "artificial intelligence trends"],
"maxItems": 50
}
keywords: (Required) An array of search query strings.maxItems: (Optional) The maximum number of total results to return per keyword. Defaults to a preset limit.
Output
Results are saved to the dataset in your Apify run's Storage tab. Data can be downloaded as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML. The JSON structure for each result is:
[
{
"keyword": "Best Sci-Fi Books 2024",
"site": "Goodreads",
"title": "Readers' Favorite Science Fiction 2024 — Goodreads Choice Awards",
"url": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-science-fiction-books-2024",
"description": "Nominees ; The Ministry of Time · Kaliane Bradley ; The Family Experiment ..."
}
]
Use Cases
- SEO and keyword research.
- Market and competitive analysis.
- Content discovery and trend monitoring.
- Academic data collection.
- Lead generation and brand monitoring.
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Categories
Common Use Cases
Market Research
Gather competitive intelligence and market data
Lead Generation
Extract contact information for sales outreach
Price Monitoring
Track competitor pricing and product changes
Content Aggregation
Collect and organize content from multiple sources
Ready to Get Started?
Try Startpage Search Scraper 🔍 now on Apify. Free tier available with no credit card required.
Start Free TrialActor Information
- Developer
- easyapi
- Pricing
- Paid
- Total Runs
- 140
- Active Users
- 16
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