Google About This Domain API

GET /api/v1/search?engine=google_about_this_domain

Google's About This Result feature provides information about a website before you click on it. This API returns an AI-generated overview of the domain, reference links, indexing history, and the source's own description.

Use this to verify source credibility, check domain age, or gather competitive intelligence about any website.

API Parameters

Domain

Name

domain

Required

Required

Description

The domain you want to get information about. For example: airbnb.com.

Localization

Name

gl

Required

Optional

Description

Defines the country of the search. Check the full list of supported Google gl countries.
Name

hl

Required

Optional

Description

The default parameter en defines the interface language of the search. Check the full list of supported Google hl languages.

Engine

Name

engine

Required

Required

Description

Parameter defines the engine. It must be set to google_about_this_domain.

API key

Name

api_key

Required

Required

Description

The api_key authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter (https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY) or in the Authorization header (Bearer YOUR_API_KEY).

API Examples

About This Domain - airbnb.com (AI Overview)

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?domain=airbnb.com&engine=google_about_this_domain

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_about_this_domain",
  "domain": "airbnb.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_example123",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00Z",
    "request_time_taken": 1.52,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.02,
    "total_time_taken": 1.54,
    "request_url": "https://www.google.com/search/about-this-result?origin=www.google.com&cs=1&req=...",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_example123.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_example123"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_about_this_domain",
    "domain": "airbnb.com"
  },
  "ai_overview": {
    "text_blocks": [
      {
        "type": "header",
        "answer": "Airbnb"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "answer": "Vacation rental company"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "answer": "Founded in San Francisco in 2007 by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb, Inc. is an American company operating a global online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays and experiences. The platform facilitates property rentals by connecting hosts, who list accommodations from entire homes to private rooms, with guests. Airbnb generates revenue by taking a percentage of the booking subtotal from both guests and hosts. While hosts praise ease of use, the company has faced criticism regarding fees and its impact on housing markets."
      }
    ],
    "reference_links": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "title": "How Airbnb Works for Hosts, Guests, and the Company Itself",
        "link": "https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/032814/pros-and-cons-using-airbnb.asp",
        "source": "Investopedia",
        "snippet": "Hosts make money by establishing a profile on the Airbnb platform and renting their spaces to guests. This could be a spare room or an entire house.",
        "thumbnail": "data:image/png;base64,..."
      },
      ...
    ],
    "markdown": "## Airbnb\n\nFounded in San Francisco in 2007 by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb, Inc. is an American company operating a global online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays and experiences. The platform facilitates property rentals by connecting hosts, who list accommodations from entire homes to private rooms, with guests. Airbnb generates revenue by taking a percentage of the booking subtotal from both guests and hosts. While hosts praise ease of use, the company has faced criticism regarding fees and its impact on housing markets.\n\n[[0] - How Airbnb Works for Hosts, Guests, and the Company Itself](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/032814/pros-and-cons-using-airbnb.asp)\n[[1] - Airbnb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb)\n[[2] - Airbnb: What to Know Before You Book](https://www.nerdwallet.com/travel/learn/airbnb-guide)"
  }
}

About This Domain - twitter.com (Knowledge Graph)

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?domain=twitter.com&engine=google_about_this_domain

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_about_this_domain",
  "domain": "twitter.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_example456",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00Z",
    "request_time_taken": 1.48,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.02,
    "total_time_taken": 1.50,
    "request_url": "https://www.google.com/search/about-this-result?origin=www.google.com&cs=1&req=...",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_example456.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_example456"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_about_this_domain",
    "domain": "twitter.com"
  },
  "knowledge_graph": {
    "title": "Twitter",
    "subtitle": "Social networking service",
    "description": "Twitter is an online social media and social networking service operated by American company X Corp., the successor of Twitter, Inc. On the service, registered users can post text, images, and videos known as \"tweets\". Users can also like, repost, quote, bookmark, and reply to tweets, and direct-message other registered users.",
    "source": {
      "name": "Wikipedia",
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter"
    }
  },
  "site_first_indexed_by_google": {
    "snippet": "More than 10 years ago. See previous versions on Internet Archive's Wayback Machine"
  }
}