{"id":704466,"date":"2025-12-20T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-sues-serpapi-over-scraping-and-reselling-search-data\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:00:24","slug":"google-sues-serpapi-over-scraping-and-reselling-search-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-sues-serpapi-over-scraping-and-reselling-search-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Google sues SerpApi over scraping and reselling Search data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29bba76380c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29bba76380c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-sues-serpapi-over-scraping-and-reselling-search-data\/#Google_accused_SerpApi_of_%E2%80%98circumventing_security_measures_protecting_others_copyrighted_content_that_appears_in_Google_search_results\" >Google accused SerpApi of &#8216;circumventing security measures protecting others\u2019 copyrighted content that appears in Google search results.&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_accused_SerpApi_of_%E2%80%98circumventing_security_measures_protecting_others_copyrighted_content_that_appears_in_Google_search_results\"><\/span>Google accused SerpApi of &#8216;circumventing security measures protecting others\u2019 copyrighted content that appears in Google search results.&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>Google said today that it is suing SerpApi, accusing the company of bypassing security protections to scrape, harvest, and resell copyrighted content from Google Search results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The allegations:<\/strong> Google said SerpApi:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Circumvented Google\u2019s security measures and industry-standard crawling controls.<\/li>\n<li>Ignored website directives that specify whether content can be accessed.<\/li>\n<li>Used cloaking, rotating bot identities, and large bot networks to scrape content at scale.<\/li>\n<li>Took licensed content from Search features, including images and real-time data, and resold it for profit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Google is saying. <\/strong>\u201cStealthy scrapers like SerpApi override [crawling] directives and give sites no choice at all,\u201d Google wrote, calling the alleged scraping \u201cbrazen\u201d and \u201cunlawful.\u201d Google said SerpApi\u2019s activity \u201cincreased dramatically over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch up quick.<\/strong> Google\u2019s lawsuit similar legal action taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>, which named SerpApi, Perplexity, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy and accused them of scraping Reddit content through Google Search results while hiding their identities to bypass restrictions.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reddit licenses its data to Google and OpenAI, but alleges others tried to sidestep those deals.<\/li>\n<li>Reddit said it set a \u201ctrap\u201d post visible only to Google\u2019s crawler that later <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in Perplexity results \u2014 evidence of scraping, according to the complaint.<\/li>\n<li>SerpApi denied wrongdoing and said it operates lawfully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What SerpApi has said previously<\/strong>. SerpApi argued that \u201cpublic search data should be accessible,\u201d framing its work as protected by the First Amendment and warning that lawsuits like Reddit\u2019s threaten the \u201cfree and open web.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care.<\/strong> If Google wins, reliable SERP data could become harder to get, more expensive, or both \u2014 especially for teams that rely on tools powered by services like SerpApi. As AI already reduces clicks and transparency, Google now appears intent on making it even harder for brands to understand how Search works, how they appear in results, and how to measure success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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