Search engine optimization has evolved far beyond keyword stuffing and meta tags. In 2026, successful SEO strategies are built on data—comprehensive competitive intelligence that reveals what works, what doesn't, and where opportunities hide. Web scraping has become the secret weapon of modern SEO professionals, enabling automated collection of the vast datasets needed to outrank competitors.
This guide explores how to leverage web scraping for SEO and content strategy, from keyword research automation to backlink analysis and content gap identification. Whether you're managing a single blog or enterprise-scale SEO operations, these techniques will transform how you approach search visibility.
Traditional SEO tools provide valuable insights, but they come with limitations:
Web scraping eliminates these constraints by giving you direct access to the data sources that matter. You control what to collect, how often to update it, and how to analyze it—often at a fraction of the cost of commercial tools.
Search engine results pages are goldmines of competitive intelligence. Scraping SERPs reveals ranking patterns, featured snippet opportunities, and competitor positioning:
# SERP scraping for competitive intelligence
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import json
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import List, Optional
import time
@dataclass
class SERPResult:
position: int
title: str
url: str
description: str
features: List[str] # featured snippets, knowledge panels, etc.
domain: str
class SERPScraper:
def __init__(self, proxy_pool=None):
self.base_url = "https://www.google.com/search"
self.headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8',
'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5',
'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate, br',
'DNT': '1',
'Connection': 'keep-alive',
}
self.proxy_pool = proxy_pool or []
self.proxy_index = 0
def _get_proxy(self):
"""Rotate through proxy pool"""
if not self.proxy_pool:
return None
proxy = self.proxy_pool[self.proxy_index]
self.proxy_index = (self.proxy_index + 1) % len(self.proxy_pool)
return {'http': proxy, 'https': proxy}
def search(self, query: str, location: str = 'us', num_results: int = 100) -> List[SERPResult]:
"""
Scrape Google search results for a query
"""
results = []
start = 0
while len(results) < num_results:
params = {
'q': query,
'start': start,
'num': min(100, num_results - len(results)),
'hl': 'en',
'gl': location
}
try:
response = requests.get(
self.base_url,
headers=self.headers,
params=params,
proxies=self._get_proxy(),
timeout=30
)
response.raise_for_status()
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
page_results = self._parse_results(soup, len(results))
if not page_results:
break
results.extend(page_results)
start += 10
time.sleep(2) # Be respectful to search engines
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error scraping SERP: {e}")
break
return results[:num_results]
def _parse_results(self, soup: BeautifulSoup, offset: int) -> List[SERPResult]:
"""Parse search results from HTML"""
results = []
# Standard organic results
for idx, result in enumerate(soup.select('div.g, div[data-ved]')):
try:
title_elem = result.select_one('h3')
link_elem = result.select_one('a[href]')
desc_elem = result.select_one('div.VwiC3b, span.aCOpRe')
if title_elem and link_elem:
url = link_elem.get('href', '')
if url.startswith('/url?'):
# Extract actual URL from Google's redirect
from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
parsed = urlparse(url)
url = parse_qs(parsed.query).get('url', [url])[0]
domain = urlparse(url).netloc if url else ''
# Detect SERP features
features = []
if result.select_one('.xpdopen'):
features.append('featured_snippet')
if result.select_one('.kp-blk'):
features.append('knowledge_panel')
if result.select_one('.g-blk'):
features.append('people_also_ask')
results.append(SERPResult(
position=offset + idx + 1,
title=title_elem.get_text(strip=True),
url=url,
description=desc_elem.get_text(strip=True) if desc_elem else '',
features=features,
domain=domain
))
except Exception as e:
continue
return results
def analyze_competitors(self, keywords: List[str]) -> dict:
"""
Analyze competitor presence across multiple keywords
"""
competitor_data = {}
for keyword in keywords:
results = self.search(keyword)
for result in results:
domain = result.domain
if domain not in competitor_data:
competitor_data[domain] = {
'keywords': [],
'avg_position': 0,
'featured_snippets': 0,
'total_appearances': 0
}
competitor_data[domain]['keywords'].append({
'keyword': keyword,
'position': result.position
})
competitor_data[domain]['total_appearances'] += 1
if 'featured_snippet' in result.features:
competitor_data[domain]['featured_snippets'] += 1
# Calculate averages
for domain, data in competitor_data.items():
if data['keywords']:
positions = [k['position'] for k in data['keywords']]
data['avg_position'] = sum(positions) / len(positions)
return competitor_data
# Usage example
scraper = SERPScraper()
# Track rankings for target keywords
target_keywords = [
"web scraping API",
"automated data extraction",
"AI web scraping",
"scrape website data"
]
competitor_analysis = scraper.analyze_competitors(target_keywords)
# Find domains ranking for most keywords
sorted_competitors = sorted(
competitor_analysis.items(),
key=lambda x: x[1]['total_appearances'],
reverse=True
)
print("Top Competitors:")
for domain, data in sorted_competitors[:10]:
print(f"{domain}: {data['total_appearances']} appearances, avg position {data['avg_position']:.1f}")
Identify topics your competitors cover that you don't. Content gap analysis reveals opportunities to capture search traffic:
# Content gap analysis through scraping
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from collections import Counter
import re
from typing import Set, Dict, List
class ContentGapAnalyzer:
def __init__(self):
self.headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'
}
def extract_topics_from_blog(self, blog_url: str, max_pages: int = 50) -> Set[str]:
"""
Extract all topic titles/headings from a competitor's blog
"""
topics = set()
pages_crawled = 0
to_crawl = [blog_url]
crawled = set()
while to_crawl and pages_crawled < max_pages:
url = to_crawl.pop(0)
if url in crawled:
continue
try:
response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, timeout=30)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
# Extract article titles
for article in soup.find_all(['article', 'div'], class_=re.compile('post|entry|article')):
title = article.find(['h1', 'h2', 'h3'])
if title:
topics.add(self._clean_topic(title.get_text()))
# Also grab standalone headings
for heading in soup.find_all(['h1', 'h2']):
text = heading.get_text(strip=True)
if len(text) > 10 and len(text) < 200:
topics.add(self._clean_topic(text))
# Find pagination links
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link['href']
if 'page' in href or '/blog/' in href:
full_url = requests.compat.urljoin(blog_url, href)
if full_url.startswith(blog_url) and full_url not in crawled:
to_crawl.append(full_url)
crawled.add(url)
pages_crawled += 1
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error crawling {url}: {e}")
continue
return topics
def _clean_topic(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Normalize topic text for comparison"""
text = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', text.lower())
text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text).strip()
return text
def find_gaps(self, your_topics: Set[str], competitor_topics: Set[str]) -> Dict:
"""
Identify content gaps between your site and competitors
"""
your_normalized = {self._clean_topic(t) for t in your_topics}
competitor_normalized = {self._clean_topic(t) for t in competitor_topics}
gaps = competitor_normalized - your_normalized
# Categorize gaps by topic similarity
categorized_gaps = {
'tutorial_how_to': [],
'list_posts': [],
'guides': [],
'comparisons': [],
'other': []
}
for gap in gaps:
if any(word in gap for word in ['how to', 'tutorial', 'guide to']):
categorized_gaps['tutorial_how_to'].append(gap)
elif any(word in gap for word in ['top', 'best', 'vs', 'comparison']):
if 'vs' in gap or 'comparison' in gap or 'versus' in gap:
categorized_gaps['comparisons'].append(gap)
else:
categorized_gaps['list_posts'].append(gap)
elif 'guide' in gap or 'complete' in gap or 'ultimate' in gap:
categorized_gaps['guides'].append(gap)
else:
categorized_gaps['other'].append(gap)
return {
'total_gaps': len(gaps),
'categorized': categorized_gaps,
'overlap_percentage': len(your_normalized & competitor_normalized) / len(competitor_normalized) * 100 if competitor_normalized else 0
}
def analyze_keyword_opportunities(self, competitor_topics: Set[str], your_topics: Set[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Find high-opportunity keywords based on content gaps
"""
gaps = self.find_gaps(your_topics, competitor_topics)
opportunities = []
# Score each gap by search intent and competition
for category, topics in gaps['categorized'].items():
for topic in topics[:20]: # Top 20 per category
opportunity_score = self._calculate_opportunity_score(topic, category)
opportunities.append({
'topic': topic,
'category': category,
'opportunity_score': opportunity_score,
'estimated_difficulty': self._estimate_difficulty(topic),
'priority': 'high' if opportunity_score > 70 else 'medium' if opportunity_score > 40 else 'low'
})
return sorted(opportunities, key=lambda x: x['opportunity_score'], reverse=True)
def _calculate_opportunity_score(self, topic: str, category: str) -> int:
"""Calculate opportunity score based on topic characteristics"""
score = 50 # Base score
# Boost for high-intent keywords
high_intent_words = ['buy', 'best', 'top', 'review', 'vs', 'comparison']
if any(word in topic for word in high_intent_words):
score += 20
# Boost for informational content
if category in ['tutorial_how_to', 'guides']:
score += 15
# Penalty for very broad topics
words = topic.split()
if len(words) > 8:
score -= 10
return min(100, max(0, score))
def _estimate_difficulty(self, topic: str) -> str:
"""Estimate content creation difficulty"""
words = topic.split()
if len(words) <= 3:
return 'high' # Broad topics are competitive
elif any(word in topic for word in ['enterprise', 'advanced', 'expert']):
return 'high'
elif len(words) >= 6:
return 'low' # Long-tail is easier
else:
return 'medium'
# Usage
analyzer = ContentGapAnalyzer()
# Scrape competitor blogs
competitor_topics = analyzer.extract_topics_from_blog('https://competitor.com/blog/', max_pages=30)
your_topics = analyzer.extract_topics_from_blog('https://yourdomain.com/blog/', max_pages=30)
# Find gaps
gaps = analyzer.find_gaps(your_topics, competitor_topics)
opportunities = analyzer.analyze_keyword_opportunities(competitor_topics, your_topics)
print(f"Content overlap: {gaps['overlap_percentage']:.1f}%")
print(f"\nTop opportunities:")
for opp in opportunities[:10]:
print(f"- {opp['topic']} (Score: {opp['opportunity_score']}, Priority: {opp['priority']})")
Understanding where competitors get their backlinks reveals link-building opportunities:
# Backlink analysis through scraping
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from urllib.parse import urlparse, urljoin
import re
from collections import defaultdict
from typing import Set, Dict, List
class BacklinkAnalyzer:
def __init__(self):
self.headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'
}
self.ahrefs_url = "https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker"
def scrape_referring_domains(self, target_domain: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Scrape referring domains from backlink checker tools
Note: For production, use official APIs like Ahrefs, Majestic, or Moz
"""
domains = []
# Method 1: Scrape from free backlink checkers
try:
# Using a free backlink checker (respect rate limits)
checker_url = f"https://www.semrush.com/analytics/backlinks/overview/?q={target_domain}"
# Note: Most tools require authentication - use their APIs instead
pass
except:
pass
return domains
def find_unlinked_mentions(self, brand_name: str, search_queries: List[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Find pages that mention your brand but don't link to you
"""
unlinked = []
for query in search_queries:
# Search for brand mentions
search_url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={requests.utils.quote(query)}"
try:
response = requests.get(search_url, headers=self.headers, timeout=30)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
for result in soup.select('div.g'):
link_elem = result.select_one('a[href]')
if not link_elem:
continue
url = link_elem.get('href', '')
if url.startswith('/url?'):
# Extract actual URL
match = re.search(r'[?&]url=([^&]+)', url)
if match:
url = requests.utils.unquote(match.group(1))
# Skip if it's your own domain
if 'yourdomain.com' in url:
continue
# Check if page links to you
has_link = self._check_for_backlink(url, 'yourdomain.com')
if not has_link:
title_elem = result.select_one('h3')
unlinked.append({
'url': url,
'title': title_elem.get_text() if title_elem else '',
'query': query,
'opportunity': 'unlinked_mention'
})
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error searching: {e}")
continue
return unlinked
def _check_for_backlink(self, page_url: str, target_domain: str) -> bool:
"""Check if a page links to target domain"""
try:
response = requests.get(page_url, headers=self.headers, timeout=10)
return target_domain in response.text
except:
return False
def analyze_competitor_backlinks(self, competitor_domains: List[str]) -> Dict:
"""
Analyze backlink patterns across competitors
"""
patterns = {
'common_domains': [],
'link_types': defaultdict(int),
'anchor_text_patterns': [],
'domain_authority_distribution': {'high': 0, 'medium': 0, 'low': 0}
}
all_backlinks = {}
for domain in competitor_domains:
backlinks = self.scrape_referring_domains(domain)
all_backlinks[domain] = backlinks
# Find domains linking to multiple competitors
domain_counts = defaultdict(int)
for domain, backlinks in all_backlinks.items():
for backlink in backlinks:
referring_domain = urlparse(backlink['url']).netloc
domain_counts[referring_domain] += 1
# Domains linking to 2+ competitors are good prospects
patterns['common_domains'] = [
{'domain': d, 'competitors_linked': c}
for d, c in domain_counts.items() if c >= 2
]
return patterns
def find_broken_link_opportunities(self, niche_pages: List[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Find broken links on relevant pages for broken link building
"""
opportunities = []
for page_url in niche_pages:
try:
response = requests.get(page_url, headers=self.headers, timeout=30)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
# Find all outbound links
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
href = link['href']
if href.startswith('http'):
# Check if link is broken
try:
link_response = requests.head(href, timeout=10, allow_redirects=True)
if link_response.status_code == 404:
opportunities.append({
'source_page': page_url,
'broken_url': href,
'anchor_text': link.get_text(strip=True),
'opportunity_type': 'broken_link'
})
except:
# Timeout or error = potentially broken
opportunities.append({
'source_page': page_url,
'broken_url': href,
'anchor_text': link.get_text(strip=True),
'opportunity_type': 'broken_link_unconfirmed'
})
except Exception as e:
continue
return opportunities
# Usage
analyzer = BacklinkAnalyzer()
# Find unlinked brand mentions
search_queries = [
'"Your Brand" -site:yourdomain.com',
'"Your Brand" review -site:yourdomain.com',
'"Your Brand" alternative -site:yourdomain.com'
]
unlinked = analyzer.find_unlinked_mentions('Your Brand', search_queries)
print(f"Found {len(unlinked)} unlinked mentions")
# Find broken link opportunities
resource_pages = [
'https://example.com/resources',
'https://example.com/links'
]
broken_links = analyzer.find_broken_link_opportunities(resource_pages)
Scale keyword research by scraping autocomplete suggestions, related searches, and People Also Ask data:
# Automated keyword research through scraping
import requests
import json
import re
from typing import Set, List, Dict
from collections import defaultdict
class KeywordResearchScraper:
def __init__(self):
self.headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'
}
self.google_autocomplete = "https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search"
def get_autocomplete_suggestions(self, seed_keyword: str, language: str = 'en') -> List[str]:
"""
Get Google autocomplete suggestions for a seed keyword
"""
suggestions = []
# Different query patterns to expand keyword list
patterns = [
seed_keyword,
f"{seed_keyword} ",
f"how to {seed_keyword}",
f"what is {seed_keyword}",
f"best {seed_keyword}",
f"{seed_keyword} vs",
f"{seed_keyword} for",
f"{seed_keyword} with"
]
for pattern in patterns:
params = {
'client': 'firefox',
'q': pattern,
'hl': language
}
try:
response = requests.get(
self.google_autocomplete,
params=params,
headers=self.headers,
timeout=10
)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = json.loads(response.text)
if len(data) > 1 and data[1]:
suggestions.extend(data[1])
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error getting suggestions for '{pattern}': {e}")
continue
return list(set(suggestions))
def get_people_also_ask(self, keyword: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Extract People Also Ask questions from SERP
"""
questions = []
try:
search_url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={requests.utils.quote(keyword)}"
response = requests.get(search_url, headers=self.headers, timeout=30)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
# Find PAA section
paa_section = soup.find('div', {'data-related-question-pair': True})
if paa_section:
for question_elem in paa_section.find_all('div', {'data-q': True}):
question = question_elem.get('data-q', '')
if question:
questions.append({
'question': question,
'source_keyword': keyword,
'type': 'people_also_ask'
})
# Alternative selector
for elem in soup.find_all(text=re.compile(r'People also ask')):
parent = elem.parent
for q in parent.find_all_next(['div', 'span'], limit=20):
text = q.get_text(strip=True)
if text and '?' in text and len(text) < 200:
questions.append({
'question': text,
'source_keyword': keyword,
'type': 'people_also_ask'
})
if len(questions) >= 8:
break
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error getting PAA for '{keyword}': {e}")
return questions
def get_related_searches(self, keyword: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Extract related searches from SERP
"""
related = []
try:
search_url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={requests.utils.quote(keyword)}"
response = requests.get(search_url, headers=self.headers, timeout=30)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
# Find related searches section
for elem in soup.find_all(['div', 'a'], class_=re.compile('related|also')):
text = elem.get_text(strip=True)
if text and text != keyword and len(text) > 5:
related.append(text)
# Alternative: look for "Searches related to" section
for elem in soup.find_all(text=re.compile(r'Searches related to')):
parent = elem.find_parent(['div', 'section'])
if parent:
for link in parent.find_all('a'):
text = link.get_text(strip=True)
if text and len(text) > 5:
related.append(text)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error getting related searches for '{keyword}': {e}")
return list(set(related))
def expand_keyword_list(self, seed_keywords: List[str], depth: int = 2) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
"""
Expand seed keywords into comprehensive keyword lists
"""
all_keywords = defaultdict(list)
for seed in seed_keywords:
print(f"Expanding: {seed}")
# Level 1: Autocomplete
autocomplete = self.get_autocomplete_suggestions(seed)
all_keywords[seed].extend(autocomplete)
# Level 2: Related searches
related = self.get_related_searches(seed)
all_keywords[seed].extend(related)
# Level 3: PAA questions (content ideas)
paa = self.get_people_also_ask(seed)
all_keywords[seed].extend([q['question'] for q in paa])
# Deeper expansion if requested
if depth > 1:
for kw in autocomplete[:5]: # Limit to avoid too many requests
deeper = self.get_autocomplete_suggestions(kw)
all_keywords[seed].extend(deeper)
return dict(all_keywords)
def categorize_keywords(self, keywords: List[str]) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
"""
Categorize keywords by search intent
"""
categories = {
'informational': [],
'commercial_investigation': [],
'transactional': [],
'navigational': []
}
informational_patterns = ['how', 'what', 'why', 'guide', 'tutorial', 'learn', 'tips']
commercial_patterns = ['best', 'top', 'vs', 'compare', 'review', 'alternative']
transactional_patterns = ['buy', 'price', 'discount', 'deal', 'free', 'trial', 'purchase']
for kw in keywords:
kw_lower = kw.lower()
if any(p in kw_lower for p in transactional_patterns):
categories['transactional'].append(kw)
elif any(p in kw_lower for p in commercial_patterns):
categories['commercial_investigation'].append(kw)
elif any(p in kw_lower for p in informational_patterns) or '?' in kw:
categories['informational'].append(kw)
elif '.' in kw or 'www' in kw_lower:
categories['navigational'].append(kw)
else:
categories['informational'].append(kw) # Default
return categories
# Usage
researcher = KeywordResearchScraper()
# Expand seed keywords
seed_keywords = ['web scraping', 'data extraction', 'automated scraping']
expanded = researcher.expand_keyword_list(seed_keywords, depth=2)
# Categorize all keywords
all_keywords = []
for seed, keywords in expanded.items():
all_keywords.extend(keywords)
categorized = researcher.categorize_keywords(list(set(all_keywords)))
print("Keyword Research Results:")
print(f"Informational: {len(categorized['informational'])} keywords")
print(f"Commercial: {len(categorized['commercial_investigation'])} keywords")
print(f"Transactional: {len(categorized['transactional'])} keywords")
print("\nTop content opportunities (Informational):")
for kw in categorized['informational'][:10]:
print(f"- {kw}")
Combine these techniques into a comprehensive SEO monitoring system:
# Complete SEO intelligence pipeline
import asyncio
import aiohttp
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import json
from typing import Dict, List
import schedule
import time
class SEOIntelligencePipeline:
def __init__(self, config: Dict):
self.config = config
self.serp_scraper = SERPScraper(proxy_pool=config.get('proxies'))
self.gap_analyzer = ContentGapAnalyzer()
self.keyword_researcher = KeywordResearchScraper()
self.data_store = {}
async def run_competitive_analysis(self, target_keywords: List[str], competitors: List[str]):
"""
Run complete competitive analysis for target keywords
"""
results = {
'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat(),
'keywords': {},
'competitors': {},
'opportunities': []
}
# 1. SERP analysis for each keyword
for keyword in target_keywords:
serp_results = self.serp_scraper.search(keyword)
results['keywords'][keyword] = {
'serp_results': [
{
'position': r.position,
'title': r.title,
'url': r.url,
'domain': r.domain,
'features': r.features
}
for r in serp_results[:10]
],
'your_ranking': next(
(r.position for r in serp_results if self.config['your_domain'] in r.domain),
None
),
'competitor_count': sum(1 for r in serp_results if any(c in r.domain for c in competitors))
}
# 2. Content gap analysis
your_topics = self.gap_analyzer.extract_topics_from_blog(
f"https://{self.config['your_domain']}/blog/"
)
for competitor in competitors:
comp_topics = self.gap_analyzer.extract_topics_from_blog(
f"https://{competitor}/blog/"
)
gaps = self.gap_analyzer.find_gaps(your_topics, comp_topics)
results['competitors'][competitor] = {
'content_gaps': gaps['total_gaps'],
'overlap': gaps['overlap_percentage']
}
# 3. Identify opportunities
results['opportunities'] = self._identify_opportunities(results)
return results
def _identify_opportunities(self, analysis: Dict) -> List[Dict]:
"""Identify high-priority SEO opportunities from analysis"""
opportunities = []
# Keywords where you're not in top 10
for keyword, data in analysis['keywords'].items():
if data['your_ranking'] is None or data['your_ranking'] > 10:
opportunities.append({
'type': 'ranking_opportunity',
'keyword': keyword,
'current_ranking': data['your_ranking'],
'priority': 'high' if data['competitor_count'] < 3 else 'medium',
'action': f'Create or optimize content for "{keyword}"'
})
# Featured snippet opportunities
for keyword, data in analysis['keywords'].items():
has_snippet = any('featured_snippet' in r['features'] for r in data['serp_results'])
if has_snippet and data['your_ranking'] and data['your_ranking'] <= 10:
opportunities.append({
'type': 'featured_snippet',
'keyword': keyword,
'current_ranking': data['your_ranking'],
'priority': 'high',
'action': f'Optimize content structure for featured snippet on "{keyword}"'
})
return sorted(opportunities, key=lambda x: x['priority'] == 'high', reverse=True)
def generate_weekly_report(self) -> str:
"""Generate human-readable weekly SEO report"""
if not self.data_store:
return "No data available. Run analysis first."
report = []
report.append("# Weekly SEO Intelligence Report")
report.append(f"Generated: {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}\n")
# Ranking summary
report.append("## Ranking Summary")
for keyword, data in self.data_store.get('keywords', {}).items():
rank = data['your_ranking'] or 'Not ranking'
report.append(f"- **{keyword}**: Position {rank}")
# Top opportunities
report.append("\n## Top Opportunities")
for opp in self.data_store.get('opportunities', [])[:5]:
report.append(f"- [{opp['priority'].upper()}] {opp['action']}")
return '\n'.join(report)
def schedule_monitoring(self):
"""Schedule regular monitoring tasks"""
# Weekly competitive analysis
schedule.every().monday.at("09:00").do(self._run_scheduled_analysis)
# Daily rank tracking for priority keywords
schedule.every().day.at("08:00").do(self._track_priority_keywords)
while True:
schedule.run_pending()
time.sleep(60)
def _run_scheduled_analysis(self):
"""Run scheduled weekly analysis"""
print(f"Running scheduled analysis at {datetime.now()}")
# Implementation would run the full pipeline
pass
def _track_priority_keywords(self):
"""Track rankings for priority keywords daily"""
print(f"Tracking priority keywords at {datetime.now()}")
# Implementation would check rankings for top keywords
pass
# Configuration
config = {
'your_domain': 'yourdomain.com',
'proxies': [], # Add proxy list if needed
'target_keywords': [
'web scraping API',
'data extraction service',
'automated web scraping'
],
'competitors': [
'competitor1.com',
'competitor2.com'
]
}
# Initialize and run pipeline
pipeline = SEOIntelligencePipeline(config)
# Run analysis (async)
# results = asyncio.run(pipeline.run_competitive_analysis(
# config['target_keywords'],
# config['competitors']
# ))
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