Search API and SEO Glossary
Definitions for key terms in search APIs, web scraping, AI agents, and structured data. Updated for 2026.
Cloudflare Anti-Bot Bypass
Cloudflare anti-bot bypass refers to techniques used by web scrapers to evade Cloudflare's bot detec...
TikTok sec_uid
TikTok's sec_uid is an opaque internal string identifier for a user account, required by most profil...
Web Scraping vs Search API
Web scraping extracts data from websites by parsing HTML, while a search API provides structured res...
Local Event Aggregation
Local event aggregation is the practice of pulling event data (shows, festivals, sports, meetups) fr...
Perplexity CLI Coding Pattern
The Perplexity CLI coding pattern is using a Perplexity Pro subscription as the primary coding helpe...
SimpleQA Benchmark
SimpleQA is an evaluation benchmark that measures how accurately large language models answer straig...
Subscription vs Pay-as-You-Go API Model
Subscription vs pay-as-you-go API pricing represents two models for billing API usage: subscription ...
LinkedIn Intent Signal
A LinkedIn intent signal is a behavioral indicator on LinkedIn -- such as a profile view, job title ...
SERP API DMCA Risk
SERP API DMCA risk refers to the legal exposure that search engine scraping services face under the ...
n8n Search Node
An n8n search node is a workflow component in the n8n automation platform that queries a search API ...
MCP Connection Debugging
MCP connection debugging is the process of diagnosing why an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server fai...
Vertex AI Search
Vertex AI Search is Google Cloud's enterprise search product that replaces the deprecated Custom Sea...
TikTok page_token Pagination
page_token + min_time is the dual-parameter pagination pattern used by TikTok's follower and followi...
Search API Free Tier
A search API free tier is a no-cost usage allocation that lets developers test and build with a sear...
TikTok Unofficial API
A TikTok unofficial API is a third-party API service that provides programmatic access to TikTok dat...
Agent-First Search
The design philosophy of building search APIs and data formats optimized for AI agent consumption ra...
Domain-Specific Agent Harness
A custom agent framework built around a specific domain (legal research, people search, market analy...
Genkit Search Plugin
A plugin for Google Genkit (the Firebase AI framework) that adds web search capabilities as a tool, ...
Google Agent Search Platform
Google Agent Search Platform (part of Vertex AI Agent Builder) is Google's official service for prov...
Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) Deprecation 2027
Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) deprecation refers to Google closing new signups for CSE and endin...
Google Maps Places API Cost
Google Maps Places API pricing ranges from $17 to $40 per 1K requests depending on the endpoint used...
Google Search API Deprecation 2027
Google Search API Deprecation 2027 refers to Google's announced shutdown of full-web search function...
Inauthentic Mentions (GEO)
Inauthentic mentions in GEO are manufactured or manipulative brand references planted across the web...
Local LLM MCP Integration
The connection of locally-running large language models (Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM) to external tools ...
MCP Search Gateway
An MCP search gateway is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes a unified search tool to AI ag...
MCP Tool Approval Flow
MCP tool approval flow is the process by which AI agents request permission to use MCP-connected too...
MetaMCP Protocol
A management layer that aggregates multiple Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers into a single endpo...
SearXNG Reliability
The measure of how consistently a self-hosted SearXNG metasearch instance returns complete, accurate...
Self-Hosted Search Agent
An AI agent architecture where web search capabilities are provided by self-hosted infrastructure (S...
TikTok Comment Sentiment
The extraction and analysis of sentiment signals from TikTok video comments to quantify audience per...
TikTok Engagement API Metrics
The set of engagement metrics available through TikTok data APIs -- play_count (views), digg_count (...
TikTok Shop Analytics API
API access to TikTok Shop product performance metrics including sales volume, revenue estimates, cre...
TikTok UGC Tracking
The systematic monitoring of user-generated content on TikTok that mentions, features, or references...
TikTok Video Completion Rate
TikTok video completion rate is the percentage of viewers who watch a video from start to finish, a ...
Waterfall Enrichment (B2B)
Waterfall enrichment is a B2B data strategy that queries multiple data providers sequentially, using...
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