SerpKite blogGoogle SERP APIs, AI agents and search data, from the SerpKite team.https://serpkite.comen-usGoogle Custom Search JSON API shuts down Jan 1, 2027: what to dohttps://serpkite.com/blog/google-custom-search-api-shutdownhttps://serpkite.com/blog/google-custom-search-api-shutdownGoogle closed the Custom Search JSON API to new customers in January 2026 and turns it off on January 1, 2027. Here is the timeline, your options, and a two-line migration.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTmigrationgoogle-csenewssupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)Google /goto links broke your rank tracker: here's the fixhttps://serpkite.com/blog/google-goto-links-rank-tracker-fixhttps://serpkite.com/blog/google-goto-links-rank-tracker-fixIn August 2026 Google started serving encoded /goto redirect URLs in place of destination links. Parsers that read href directly now see google.com. How to detect it and fix it.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTseorank-trackinggoogle-changessupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)Introducing SerpKitehttps://serpkite.com/blog/introducing-serpkitehttps://serpkite.com/blog/introducing-serpkiteA Google search API built for AI agents: clean JSON or Markdown, official TypeScript/Python/Go SDKs, native LangChain, CrewAI and MCP, and credits that never expire.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsproductsupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)Is scraping Google legal? How SerpKite collects datahttps://serpkite.com/blog/is-scraping-google-legalhttps://serpkite.com/blog/is-scraping-google-legalWhere the law stands in September 2026 (Google v. SerpApi, Reddit v. SerpApi, hiQ, Meta v. Bright Data), what's still unsettled, and the rules SerpKite follows. Not legal advice.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTlegaltrustsupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)JSON vs Markdown SERPs: we measured tokenshttps://serpkite.com/blog/json-vs-markdown-serp-tokenshttps://serpkite.com/blog/json-vs-markdown-serp-tokensThe same Google results page as full JSON, compact JSON and Markdown, and how many LLM tokens each one costs. Estimates on a sample, with the method spelled out.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-agentstokensdatasupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)How to give your LangGraph agent Google searchhttps://serpkite.com/blog/langgraph-agent-google-searchhttps://serpkite.com/blog/langgraph-agent-google-searchA minimal LangGraph agent with a Google search tool: define the tool, bind it to a model, wire a ToolNode loop, and keep the token cost down with Markdown output.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-agentslanggraphtutorialsupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)num=100 is gone: the real cost of top-100 trackinghttps://serpkite.com/blog/num-100-removed-top-100-tracking-costhttps://serpkite.com/blog/num-100-removed-top-100-tracking-costSince Google removed &num=100 in September 2025, the top 100 takes ten requests. What that does to rank-tracking costs, and how to price depth fairly.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTseorank-trackingpricinggoogle-changessupport@serpkite.com (SerpKite team)