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title: DataForSEO
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With DataForSEO modules in Make, you can retrieve marketing and SEO data such as Google rankings, keyword suggestions, backlink reports, etc. from the DataForSEO API.
To use the DataForSEO modules, you must have a DataForSEO account. You can create an account at [dataforseo.com](https://dataforseo.com/).
Refer to the [DataForSEO API documentation](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/) for a list of available endpoints.
## Connect DataForSEO to Make
To establish the connection, you must:
1. [Obtain your API credentials in DataForSEO.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT)
2. [Establish the connection in Make.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT)
### Obtain your API Credentials in DataForSEO
To obtain your API credentials from your DataForSEO account:
1. Log in to your DataForSEO account.
2. In the left sidebar, click **API Access**.
3. Copy the **API Login** and **API Password** values shown and store them in a safe place.
You will use these values in the **Login** and **Password** fields in Make.
### Establish the connection with DataForSEO in Make
To establish the connection in Make:
1. Log in to your Make account, add a DataForSEO module to your scenario, and click **Create a connection**.
2. Optional: In the **Connection name** field, enter a name for the connection.
3. In the **Login** and **Password** fields, enter the values copied above.
4. Click **Save**.
5. If prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access.
You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit your scenario and add more DataForSEO modules. If your connection requires reauthorization at any point, follow the connection renewal steps [here](docId\:SO88FM6pkT0G-adKDDfzZ).
# Build DataForSEO Scenarios
After connecting the app, you can perform the following actions:
## Backlinks
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### Get Backlinks
Get a list of backlinks for a domain, subdomain or page.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
| **Mode** | Select the grouping type for the results:
- **As is**: Returns all backlinks.
- **One Per Domain**: Returns one backlink per domain.
- **One Per Anchor**: Returns one backlink per anchor.
If not specified, the **As is** option will be selected by default. |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of returned backlinks. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array for returned backlinks. Default is 0.
For example, if set to 10, the first 10 backlinks will be skipped, and the results will start from the next backlink. |
| **Sort** | Select the sorting rules for the results. |
| **Backlink Status** | Select the backlink status to return and count:
- **All**: All backlinks will be returned and counted.
- **Live**: Backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted.
- **Lost**: Lost backlinks will be returned and counted.
If not specified, the **Live** option will be selected by default. |
| **Include Subdomains (Optional)** | Select whether to include subdomains of the target in the search. |
| **Include Indirect Links (Optional)** | Select whether to include indirect links in the results. |
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### Get Backlink Summary
Get an overview of backlink data for a domain, subdomain, or webpage.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
| **Include Subdomains (Optional)** | Select whether to include subdomains of the target in the search. |
| **Include Indirect Links (Optional)** | Select whether to include indirect links in the results. |
| **Internal List limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the number of backlinks to be returned in the results. |
| **Backlink Status** | Select the backlink status to return and count:
- **All**: All backlinks will be returned and counted.
- **Live**: Backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted,
- **Lost**: Lost backlinks will be returned and counted. |
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### Get Historical Backlink Summary
Get historical backlink data for a domain back to the beginning of 2019.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
| **Date From** | Enter (map) the starting date of the time range.
Date format: `yyyy-mm-dd`. Minimal value: 2019-01-01. The minimum value will be used by default.
Time zone: Europe/Prague |
| **Date To** | Enter (map) the ending date of the time range.
If you don’t specify this field, today’s date will be used by default.
Date format: `yyyy-mm-dd`. Example: '2022-11-30'
Time zone: Europe/Prague |
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### Get Bulk Backlink Rank
Get rank scores for up to 1,000 domains, subdomains, and pages.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
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### Get Bulk Backlink Stats
Get the number of backlinks for up to 1,000 domains, subdomains, and pages.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
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### Get Backlinks Pages Summary
Get an overview of backlinks and associated data in bulk.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
| **Include Subdomains (Optional)** | Select whether to include subdomains of the target in the search. |
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### Get Bulk Referring Domain Stats
Get the number of referring domains for up to 1,000 domains, subdomains, and pages.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) Domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
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### Get Referring Domains
Get a detailed overview of referring domains pointing to the target you specify.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) Domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of returned backlinks. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array for returned backlinks. Default is 0.
For example, if set to 10, the first 10 backlinks will be skipped, and the results will start from the next backlink. |
| **Internal List limit ( up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the number of backlinks to be returned in the results. |
| **Backlink Status** | Select the backlink status to return and count:
- **All**: All backlinks will be returned and counted.
- **Live**: Backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted.
- **Lost**: Lost backlinks will be returned and counted.
If not specified, the **Live** option will be selected by default. |
| **Sort** | Enter (map) the sorting rules for the results. |
| **Include Subdomains (Optional)** | Select whether to include subdomains of the target in the search. |
| **Include Indirect Links (Optional)** | Select whether to include indirect links in the results. |
| **Exclude Internal Links (Optional)** | Select whether to include external links in the results. |
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### Get Bulk Spam Scores
Get Spam Scores for up to 1,000 domains, subdomains, and pages.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target (domain, subdomain, URL)** | Enter (map) Domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for. A domain or a subdomain should be specified without `https://` and `www.` A page should be specified with absolute URL (including `http://` or `https://`). |
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## SERP
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### Get Parsed SERP
Get Google Search results for the specified keyword.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Keyword** | Enter (map) a keyword, for parsing the SERP. You can specify up to 700 symbols. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Device** | Select your device type:
- Desktop
- Mobile |
| **OS** | Select your device's operating system:
- Windows
- macOS
- Android
- iOS |
| **Domain** | Enter (map) the search engine domain. For example: `google.co.uk`, `google.com.au`, `google.de`, etc.
Note: We choose the relevant search engine domain automatically according to the location and language you specify however, you can set a custom search engine domain in this field. |
| **Depth** | Enter (map) parsing depth, number of results in SERP, max value is 700. |
| **Target** | Enter (map) the target domain, subdomain, or webpage.
Note: Domain or a subdomain should be specified without https\:// and `www.`. |
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## Business Data
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### Get Search Business Listings
Get information about businesses listed on Google Maps in the specified categories.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Categories** | Enter (map) up to 10 categories for the business listings, allowing you to specify relevant business categories. |
| **Description** | Enter (map) a description for the business listing. |
| **Title** | Enter (map) the title for the business listing. |
| **Is Claimed** | Select whether the business listing is claimed. |
| **Location Coordinate** | Enter (map) location coordinates in the format `latitude`, `longitude`, `radius`.
**Example**: 53.476225,-2.243572,200. |
| **Sort** | Select the sorting rules for the results. You can specify multiple sorting criteria by adding items. |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of returned listings. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array for returned listings. |
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### Get Business Listings Categories Aggregation
Get data about groups of related business categories along with the number of entities in each category.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Categories** | Enter (map) up to 10 categories for the business listings, allowing you to specify relevant business categories. |
| **Description** | Enter (map) a description for the business listing. |
| **Title** | Enter (map) the title for the business listing. |
| **Is Claimed** | Select whether the business listing is claimed. |
| **Location Coordinate** | Enter (map) location coordinates in the format `latitude`,`longitude`,`radius`.
Example: 53.476225,-2.243572,200. |
| **Internal List Limit** | Enter (map) the number of business listings to be returned in the aggregated results. |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of results to be returned. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array for returned. |
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### Get Google Reviews
Fetch reviews and related data from millions of Google Business Profiles around the world.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Search By** | Select the method for searching Google reviews:
- Keyword
- CID
- Place ID |
| **Keyword/CID/Place ID** | Enter (map) the keyword, CID, or Place ID for the business or place you want to retrieve reviews for. |
| **Task Priority** | Select the task priority for the request. You will be additionally charged for the tasks with high execution priority. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Number of reviews** | Enter (map) the number of reviews to retrieve. |
| **Sort** | Select the sorting criteria for the reviews:
- Newest
- Highest Rating
- Lowest Rating
- Relevance |
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## On Page
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### Get Page Audit Check
Run an essential SEO Audit of a page.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target page URL** | Enter (map) the complete URL of the target page for which the data will be retrieved. |
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### Parse Page Content
Get parsed and structured content of any page, including link URLs, anchors, headings, and text.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target page URL** | Enter (map) the complete URL of the target page for which the data will be retrieved. |
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## Labs
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### Get Domain Rank Overview
Get ranking and traffic data from organic search for a domain.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target Domain** | Enter (map) the target domain to retrieve the rank overview. The domain should be specified without `https://` or `www`. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Ignore Synonyms** | Select whether to ignore synonyms in the search results. |
| **Limit** | Enter (map) the maximum number of results to retrieve. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array. For example, if set to 10, the first 10 results will be skipped, and the data will start from the next result. |
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### Get Keyword Suggestions
Get search terms that are relevant to the product or service categories of all the specified keywords.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Keyword** | Enter (map) the keyword for which you want to retrieve suggestions. |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of keyword suggestions to retrieve. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array. For example, if set to 10, the first 10 results will be skipped, and the data will start from the next result. |
| **Sort** | Enter (map) the sorting criteria for keyword suggestions. |
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### Get Ranked Keywords
Get the list of keywords that any domain or webpage is ranking for.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Target** | Enter (map) the domain name of the target website. The domain should be specified without `https://` or `www`. |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of keywords to retrieve. |
| **Item Types** | Select the type of search results included in the response. |
| **Sort** | Enter (map) the sorting criteria for keyword rankings. |
| **Ignore Synonyms** | Select whether to ignore synonyms in the search results. |
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### Get Keyword Difficulty
Get keyword difficulty for the specified keywords.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Target Keywords** | Enter (map) the keywords you want to analyze for difficulty. Keywords should be in **UTF-8** encoding, at least 3 characters long, and will be converted to lowercase. You can specify up to 1000 keywords." |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
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### Get Organic Traffic Stats
Get an estimation of monthly organic traffic a website or page.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target Domain or Subdomains** | Enter (map) the target domain to retrieve the organic traffic stats. The domain should be specified without `https://` or `www`. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Item Types** | Select the type of search results included in the response. |
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### Get Historical Traffic Stats
Get a historical estimate of organic traffic for a website or page.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target Domain or Subdomains** | Enter (map) the target domain to retrieve the organic traffic stats. The domain should be specified without `https://` or `www`. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Item Types** | Select the type of search results included in the response. |
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### Get Keyword Ideas
Get search terms that fall into the same Google product or service category as the specified keywords.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your DataForSEO account.](docId\:br6OJkkkCHj03r3txxfGT) |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Keywords** | Enter (map) the keywords you want to retrieve suggestions for. |
| **Location** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine location. You can find the supported locations in the DataForSEO [Supported Locations page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations/). |
| **Language** | Enter (map) the full name of the search engine language. You can find the list of supported languages in the DataForSEO [Supported Languages page](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages/). |
| **Limit (up to 1000)** | Enter (map) the maximum number of keyword ideas to retrieve. |
| **Offset** | Enter (map) the offset in the results array. For example, if set to 10, the first 10 results will be skipped, and the data will start from the next result. |
| **Sort** | Enter (map) the sorting criteria for keyword ideas. |
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