Prompt
Are there any SERP APIs that support customized search queries?
Latest observation
Yes. Most modern SERP APIs let you fully customize search queries using standard engine parameters and advanced operators (site:, filetype:, date ranges, etc.), plus geo/language/device targeting. serpapi
Providers with strong query customization
- SerpApi – Supports the full range of Google/Bing operators (
site:,inurl:,intitle:,filetype:,NOT,OR) and advanced parameters liketbsfor dates, patents, news, videos, images, apps. withone - SerpProxies / SerpApi.org – Expose parameters for
q(query),gl/hl(country/language),time(d/w/m/y),page/size, and can enable AI Overviews via flags. serpapi - DataForSEO / Serper / Scrapfly / SearchApi – Offer customizable queries with location, language, device, and filters; some support AI Overview parsing and date ranges. scrapfly
- Bright Data / HasData / Decodo – Enterprise‑grade SERP APIs where you can pass custom query strings and advanced filters, plus fine‑grained geo targeting. getairefs
Typical customization options
- Query operators:
site:,inurl:,intitle:,filetype:,OR,NOT, quotes for exact match. withone - Time/date filters: last day/week/month/year (
tbs=qdr:d/w/m/yortime=d/w/m/y). serpapi - Geo & language:
gl/hl(Google),cc/mkt(Bing), city‑level location, GPS coordinates. serpapi - Device & verticals: desktop/mobile/tablet; news, images, videos, shopping, patents via
tbsor engine‑specific params. withone
If you share your target engine (Google/Bing/etc.) and the filters you need (date range, site:, location), I can suggest a concrete parameter set and example request. serpapi
Citations
- https://serpapi.org/docs
- https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/google-serp-api-and-alternatives
- https://serpproxies.com/scrapers/google-search/search-advanced
- https://www.linkup.so/blog/best-serp-apis-web-search
- https://getairefs.com/blog/best-serp-apis/
- https://www.withone.ai/knowledge/serp-api/conn_mod_def::GJ6Zy-104j8::od3CVwSAS0GWFerwMQjcKw
- https://www.withone.ai/knowledge/serp-api/conn_mod_def::GJ6ZxLQ9BN4::zVFSGDYnT0qzvIVLzZIF5w
- https://deepwiki.com/serpapi/google-search-results-python/3.2-search-parameters
- https://docs.serphouse.com/serp-api/google-schedule-serp-top-100-results
- https://www.octoparse.com/blog/best-serp-api
Observation history
How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?
Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (7 observations for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.
Which AI systems does Obsurfable collect answers from?
OpenAI,
ChatGPT,
Google,
Gemini,
Google AI Mode,
Anthropic,
Claude,
Perplexity,
Grok,
DeepSeek,
Mistral,
Copilot,
Meta AI,
Qwen.
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Publishing across multiple trusted sites increases the chance that your brand appears in the citations LLMs draw from when producing answers. Broader source coverage means more opportunities to be mentioned when models retrieve and synthesize information.
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