NikolaiT/se-scraper

Safe per IP Google limits?

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#19 opened on Apr 22, 2019

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Description

Hi all, does anyone have up-to-date data for how many searches you can perform per IP per time period before getting blocked?

We have a limited scraping need, and spare server resources, so figured this would be a good solution, but would like to know how best to split the work.

I found old posts suggesting around 300 regular (not Google dorks) searches per 24 hours, but have no idea if this is still correct.

Any input greatly appreciated.

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
datasearch
Issue type
research
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Prerequisites
basic web scraping knowledgeunderstanding of rate limitingfamiliarity with Google's policies
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20
Research direction
Investigate current Google search rate limits per IP address. Review recent forum discussions, official documentation, or conduct tests with a controlled environment to determine the threshold. Summarize findings and suggest how to distribute search queries across IPs.