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SE::Ask - Scraper for American Google search results via Ask.com

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Ask scraper overview​

Ask search engine results scraper. Thanks to the Ask scraper, you will be able to obtain large databases of links ready for further use. You can use queries in the same form as you enter them in the Ask search bar, including search operators (site, inurl, etc.).

A-Parser functionality allows you to save Ask scraper settings for future use (presets), set scraping schedules, and much more. You can use automatic query multiplication, substitution of subqueries from files, brute-forcing of alphanumeric combinations and lists to obtain the maximum possible number of results.

Saving results is possible in the form and structure you need, thanks to the built-in powerful Template Toolkit template engine, which allows you to apply additional logic to results and output data in various formats, including JSON, SQL, and CSV.

Collected data​

  • Links, anchors, and snippets from search results
  • Related keywords
Collected data

Features​

  • Scrapes the maximum number of results provided - 10 pages
  • Scrapes up to 100 results from the US search results of Ask.com
  • Ability to collect related keywords

Use cases​

  • Collecting link databases - for A-Poster, XRumer, AllSubmitter, etc.
  • Assessing competition for keywords
  • Searching for website backlinks (mentions)
  • Checking website indexing
  • Searching for vulnerable websites
  • Any other cases involving Ask.com scraping in one form or another

Queries​

You should specify search phrases as queries, exactly as if you were entering them directly into the Ask.com search form, for example:

test
windows Moscow

Query substitutions​

You can use built-in macros for query multiplication; for example, if we want to get a very large database of forums, we specify several main queries in different languages:

forum
forum
foro
论坛

In the query format, we specify a character brute-force from a to zzzz; this method allows for maximum rotation of search results and obtaining many new unique results:

$query {az:a:zzzz}

This macro will create 475254 additional queries for each original search query, which in total will give 4 x 475254 = 1901016 search queries—an impressive figure, but not a problem at all for A-Parser. At a speed of 2000 queries per minute, such a task will be processed in just 16 hours.

Using operators​

You can use search operators in the query format, so it will be automatically added to each query from your list:

site:$query

Output results examples​

A-Parser supports flexible result formatting thanks to the built-in Template Toolkit template engine, which allows it to output results in arbitrary forms, as well as structured ones like CSV or JSON

Exporting a list of links​

Same as in SE::Google.

Same as in SE::Google.

Same as in SE::Google.

Same as in SE::Google.

Saving in SQL format​

Same as in SE::Google.

Dumping results to JSON​

Same as in SE::Google.

Results processing​

A-Parser allows processing results directly during scraping; in this section, we have listed the most popular cases for the Ask scraper

Same as in SE::Google.

Same as in SE::Google.

Extracting domains​

Same as in SE::Google.

Removing tags from anchors and snippets​

Same as in SE::Google.

Same as in SE::Google.

Possible settings​

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Common settings for all scrapers

Parameter nameDefault valueDescription
Pages count5Number of pages to scrape (from 1 to 10)
Use http2☑Use http2