Scrape search results on google.com

The call that returns search results from google.com today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.

97.0% success · Aug 2026No browser neededComplex price · 2 credits

Measured on Crawlbase

Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 97.0%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 0.2% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 1.9s.

Among the 11 tech and developer sites in the Cookbook, google.com sits at 7 of 11 by success rate; the category median is 97.8%. Its median answer of 1.9s sits at the category median of 1.9s. 8 of the 11 accept the plain token, this one among them.

The call

Search result pages are the shape the accounts fetch most here, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder query with your own.

Run in Playground
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_TOKEN&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch"

Parameters that matter

ParameterSet it toWhy
countryleave unsetMost successful calls set no country (99.8%) and succeed at 96.9%.
javascriptleave unsetPlain-token calls succeed at 96.9% and make up 99.8% of the traffic. A browser costs more and, on this site, buys nothing.
scrapergoogle-serp6.3% of calls request this scraper and get structured JSON back instead of HTML.

URL patterns accounts fetch

PatternShare of successesJavaScript tokenCountryQuery parameters
/search98.3%0.0%noneclient, filter, q

Fields you get

A search page carries a list of results, each with a title, a link and usually a price or a snippet. Paginate with the site’s own page parameter and stop when a page repeats.

What breaks, and the fix

Of the failures since 14 Aug 2026, the site answered:

200: 33.8% of failures The site answered 200 with a block or consent page instead of the content, and Crawlbase counted it as a failure rather than bill you for it. Retry once with the JavaScript token and the country the successful calls use.
0: 33.5% of failures A status of 0 is a request that never got an answer inside the timeout. Retry once with the JavaScript token if the pattern needs a browser.
429: 23.5% of failures A 429 is a rate limit on the site side. Space the calls or push them to the Crawler, which paces them.

Run it on a schedule

Search is the expensive side of a site. Keep the query list short, run it on a cadence through the Crawler with a callback, and fetch afterwards only the result pages you need. The median answer on this site is 1.9s.

Questions

Do I need a browser to scrape google.com?

No. 96.9% of plain-token calls succeed and accounts send 99.8% of their traffic without a browser.

How much does a google.com page cost on Crawlbase?

2 credits without a browser. google.com is in the complex tier.

Which country should I set for google.com?

None is needed: most successful calls leave it unset.

Site names identify the pages a recipe fetches. Crawlbase is not affiliated with any site listed. Use recipes within the acceptable use policy.Measured numbers from August 2026, refreshed monthly