Brands that rank on one search platform were named in 7% of AI answers. Brands that rank on four, in 72% 📊
A study of 1,000 "recommended product" queries across 5 retail industries in Japan compared where each brand ranks on Google Search, Google Shopping, Amazon and YouTube with how often ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews mention it. The rankings and the AI answers were all collected through SearchApi, with one API key.
- 1 platform: 7.0% mention rate. 2 platforms: 21.0%. 3 platforms: 43.7%. All 4: 72.4%
- Google Search alone: 5.0%
- The best third platform depends on the category: YouTube for furniture (+11.5 points), Amazon for sports and outdoors (+10.3 points)
- It is a correlation, not proof of cause, and the study says so
Research by Shohei Omoto, who published the full method and the limits of the data.
Check it out: heysho.com/en/geo/platform-r…
New: Skyscanner Hotels API
The Skyscanner Hotels API returns the hotels and rentals Skyscanner lists for a place and dates, with every partner's rate.
- Stars, rating, address, and photos
- Price per night and in total, with and without taxes
- Every partner's rate with room, meals, and booking link
- Search by place name or a single hotel
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New: Reddit Search API
The Reddit Search API returns the Reddit posts that match a query, across all of Reddit or within one subreddit, up to 7 per page, as on Reddit.
- Score, comments, author, and subreddit on every post
- The top comment Reddit shows under each post
- Sort and filter by time range
- Related communities and related searches
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We're on a retreat in Bali this week 🐙
Today, we tried something different: drifting down the Ayung River! Half adventure, half peaceful drift through the jungle.
Amazing day.
New API: Google Reverse Image
The Google Reverse Image API searches Google with an image instead of text and returns everything Google shows for it.
- Web results the Google Lens API leaves out
- Visual matches with product prices and ratings
- Related searches
- Any public image URL, localised by country and language
Keys match the Google Lens and Google Search APIs.
Price Watch source code (the two requests and the tool): github.com/SearchApi/price-w… 🐙
Create your free SearchApi account (100 free requests): searchapi.io/?utm_source=X&u…
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New API: eBay Shipping Calculator
The eBay Shipping Calculator API returns the postage rates a seller would pay to ship a package, from eBay's public shipping calculator.
- Every carrier and service, with discounted and retail price
- Estimated delivery window
- Imperial or metric package sizes
- Six eBay marketplaces













