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Google Custom Search JSON API not working

Measured weekly since 2026-W25. 12 observations.

Measured 2026-W36 · 2026-08-31 · google.com, gl=us

2026-W36

This week

AI Overview
Not showing
in 0 of 12 weeks
Sources cited
no overview to cite from
Organic results
10
returned on page one
Weekly churn
18%
of the top 10 changes each week
AI Overview, week by week
2026-W252026-W36
How much the top 10 moved

Google is not answering this query itself as of 2026-W36. The 10 results below are the whole page.

Page one

Organic results

#DomainTitleSitelinks
1producthunt.comGoogle Custom Search JSON API not working in 2026
2aws.amazon.comaws: Google Custom Search JSON API not working
3brave-search.comBrave Search API: Google Custom Search JSON API not working
4stackoverflow.comGoogle Custom Search JSON API not working — stackoverflow
5en.wikipedia.orgen: Google Custom Search JSON API not working
6serpstack.comA practical guide to Google Custom Search JSON API not working
7zenserp.comGoogle Custom Search JSON API not working | Zenserp docs
8docs.serpstack.comGoogle Custom Search JSON API not working — Serpstack
9pypi.orgGoogle Custom Search JSON API not working — pypi
10developers.google.comGoogle Custom Search JSON API: Google Custom Search JSON API not working
Since 2026-W29

Position history

DomainW29W30W31W32W33W34W35W36
producthunt.com11111111
aws.amazon.com32222222
brave-search.com24333333
stackoverflow.com43444444
en.wikipedia.org55555555
zenserp.com66767667

A dot means the domain was not on page one that week. This is the part no live SERP checker can show you: it needs someone to have been measuring before you asked.

Geography

The same query in other countries

CountryAI OverviewOverlap with USTop three domains
United KingdomNone29%signalworks.gb, aws.amazon.com, nimblereview.gb
GermanyNone50%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, devwire.de
FranceNone36%indexworks.fr, aws.amazon.com, indexwire.fr
IndiaNone64%wideguide.in, aws.amazon.com, brave-search.com
BrazilNone29%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, brave-search.com
JapanNone38%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, brave-search.com
AustraliaNone46%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, craftatlas.au
CanadaNone82%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, brave-search.com
SpainNone67%producthunt.com, aws.amazon.com, brave-search.com

Overlap is the share of domains the two result sets have in common. Most rank tracking quietly assumes one country; this is what that assumption costs.

Blocks

Features on this page

AI Overview People Also Ask Related searches Knowledge panel Sitelinks

Filled means Google rendered the block for this query this week. AI Overview, People Also Ask, Related searches, Knowledge panel, Sitelinks — each has its own prevalence across all 4,185 queries.

API

Reproduce this page

Every figure above comes from one call. This is that call — the same endpoint, the same parameters, run once a week.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://serpens.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/search_ai_overview?q=Google%20Custom%20Search%20JSON%20API%20not%20working&gl=us&hl=en&format=json' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: serpens.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_KEY'

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