AOL Search Result Scraper

📌 What organic web results can you collect from AOL Search?

This template collects search-result records with Title, Link, Description, and Keyword. It is useful for SEO specialists, researchers, market analysts, and teams building searchable web datasets.

Data is collected from AOL Search. AOL Search is a web search service for discovering pages by keyword.

💰 Pricing

This template is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.

📦 Output

The current published implementation can return the following fields:

• Keyword
• Title
• Link
• Description

{
  "Keyword": "Sustainable living",
  "Title": "Sustainable lifestyles | UNEP - UN Environment Programme",
  "Link": "https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/resource-efficiency/what-we-do/sustainable-lifestyles",
  "Description": "Learn what sustainable living means and how it can help combat the climate crisis, support biodiversity and improve quality of life. Explore UNEP's research on sustainable lifestyles, their determinants, impacts and strategies, and how to apply a 'people lens' to sustainability."
}

🎯 Use Cases

• Build a structured research dataset organized by Keyword and result title.
• Analyze titles and descriptions for topic coverage, messaging, and search visibility.
• Use result URLs to audit source records or support verified downstream workflows.
• Compare result positions and pages for the submitted AOL queries.

🐙 Why Octoparse

• Ready-to-use workflow: The extraction steps for AOL Search are already configured, so you do not need to build the scraper from scratch.
• Flexible execution: Choose the supported local or cloud run mode to fit one-off checks or repeatable collection work.
• Structured, repeatable output: Results are returned as consistent rows that are easier to compare, filter, deduplicate, and process than manually copied pages.
• Verified input guardrails: The form exposes the current inputs, selectable values, and meaningful limits configured for this template.
• Practical data handoff: Review results in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.

📝 Input

Complete the following fields:

• Keyword (Required) — Up to 10,000 entries per run.

🚀 How to Use

1. Open the template and select Try it or Start.
2. Complete the input fields listed above.
3. Start the task using the supported local or cloud run mode.
4. Review the output rows and export or process the structured data.

⚠️ Limitations

Results depend on what the source site exposes at run time. A listed output field can be empty when the source page does not provide that value. Input limits shown above are enforced by the template.

💡 Tips

Use specific, valid inputs and review a representative result before starting a large batch. Remove duplicate inputs when repeated records are not needed.

❓ FAQ

How does this scraper work?

The automation applies Keyword (up to 10,000 per run), processes the resulting search pages and their result items, and writes structured rows including Keyword, Title, Link, and Description.

What do I need to enter?

Use the fields and accepted values shown in the Input section. Only user-relevant limits and selectable options are listed.

What data does this template return?

The current output fields and a representative JSON Data Preview are listed in the Output section. Field availability can vary when the source page does not display a value.

Is this template free to use?

It is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.

Why can some output fields be empty?

Source pages do not always expose every value for every record, and layouts can vary by item, market, or current site response. The template returns a field when the current page provides it.

Can I export the collected data?

You can review the structured rows in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.

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