A search engine API is a way to check rankings or perform a search powered by a search engine. Currently, Accurate Monitor for Search Engines supports Google API search and Yahoo! API search.

Why would one want to use an API? Here are some advantages:

• An API is the only legitimate way to check your website rank. Why is it important?
• An API is usually a bit faster than the default method because it does not require Accurate Monitor for Search Engines to download the entire result pages. Instead, it directly provides the software with the current positions for the keyword in question.

There are some disadvantages, though:

• Results obtained through an API may differ from actual results because they are taken from another datacenter.
• API search has a limit of search queries per day.
• It is impossible to check the ranking of paid listings using an API.

To enable the Google API, use the "Use Google authentication key" option in the Preferences window and type your Google key in the text field. After that, every time you check ranking on Google, Accurate Monitor for Search Engines will use the Google API for that.



To enable the Yahoo! API, you must use Yahoo! (API) modules instead of Yahoo! and type your Yahoo ID in the Preferences window:





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