Inside SearchGuard: How Google detects bots and what the SerpAPI lawsuit reveals

We fully decrypted SearchGuard, the anti-bot system protecting Google Search. Here's exactly how Google tells humans and bots ...

Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply

The operator of WorldCat won a default judgment against Anna’s Archive, with a federal judge ruling yesterday that the shadow ...
Law

Google, Reddit Complaints Allege Texas Web-Scraping Service Violates DMCA

Google alleges SerpApi is a “parasitic” enterprise. SerpApi maintains its services are protected by the First Amendment and principles of fair use. A Texas-based web-scraping company faces legal ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Files DMCA Suit Targeting SerpApi’s SERP Scraping

Google sued SerpApi under the DMCA, alleging it circumvented SearchGuard to scrape and resell licensed copyrighted content from Google Search results at scale. Google claims SerpApi built tools ...
Reuters

Google lawsuit says data scraping company uses fake searches to steal web content

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Friday sued a Texas company that "scrapes" data from online search results, alleging it uses hundreds of millions of fake Google search requests ...
The Verge

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it’s illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content. SerpApi says it can deliver Google search ...
Search Engine Land

Google sues SerpApi over scraping and reselling Search data

Google said today that it is suing SerpApi, accusing the company of bypassing security protections to scrape, harvest, and resell copyrighted content from Google Search results. The allegations: ...
Seeking Alpha

Evomi Announces Launch of Scraper API: Simplifying Web Data Extraction with Built-In Anti-Bot Protection and AI Features

Swiss Proxy Provider Expands Into Full Web Scraping Infrastructure with All-Inclusive Pricing and No Hidden Fees Zurich, Switzerland--(Newsfile Corp. - December 12, 2025) - Evomi, the Swiss-based ...
MarketWatch

Evomi Announces Launch of Scraper API: Simplifying Web Data Extraction with Built-In Anti-Bot Protection and AI Features

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Zurich, Switzerland--(Newsfile Corp. - December 12, 2025) - Evomi, the Swiss-based proxy provider known for its ...
IEEE

Design Science Research Approach in Developing Information Retrieval and Web Scraping ETL Architecture for Optimizing NSESDN Data in East Java Social Programs

Abstract: The National Socio-Economic Single Data (NSESDN) presents significant challenges for regional governments due to fragmented and unstructured data, which hampers effective policy and program ...
New York Magazine

The AI-Scraping Free-for-All Is Coming to an End

You can divide the recent history of LLM data scraping into a few phases. There was for years an experimental period, when ethical and legal considerations about where and how to acquire training data ...