At DataForSEO, we aim to deliver the most relevant and up-to-date data to customers using our available resources and infrastructure. However, specific DataForSEO APIs and endpoints have dedicated update cycles for the data they deliver. In particular, these update cycles apply to APIs and endpoints that fetch data from our proprietary databases and indexes: DataForSEO Labs API, Backlinks API, Content Analysis API, and LLM Mentions API. In this article, we’ll explain how often the data is updated for each API.

Note: For detailed information on DataForSEO Databases update cycles, please refer to this Help Center article.

DataForSEO Labs API

Endpoints of the DataForSEO Labs API fetch data from our two proprietary databases – the Keywords and SERPs Databases, which are gradually updated. The Keywords Database is updated on a monthly basis following the Google Ads update cycle. The SERPs database update cycle depends on a query’s popularity and location and ranges from 30 to 90 days. The update cycles mean that the contents of the databases are updated continuously, but it takes a specific amount of time to refresh them completely.

At the same time, not all DataForSEO Labs API endpoints retrieve data directly from these regularly updated databases. Some endpoints require separate data storage to function properly. This storage is updated weekly with data from the underlying databases.

Here is the list of the DataForSEO Labs endpoints with weekly data update cycles:

• Ranked Keywords
• Competitors Domain
• Subdomains
• Domain Intersection
• Page Intersection
• Relevant Pages
• Categories For Domain
• Domain Metrics By Categories
• Keywords For Site
• Amazon Ranked Keywords
• Amazon Product Keyword Intersections
• Amazon Product Competitors
• Amazon Product Rank Overview
• Apple Keywords For App
• Apple App Intersection
• Apple App Competitors
• Apple Bulk App Metrics
• Google Play Keywords For App
• Google Play App Intersection
• Google Play App Competitors
• Google Play Bulk App Metrics

All other endpoints of the DataForSEO Labs API retrieve data in real time from the underlying Keywords and SERPs Databases. You can always check when the overall DataForSEO Labs dataset was last updated using the Status endpoint. See this Help Center article for more details.

Backlinks API and Content Analysis API

Backlinks API endpoints retrieve data from our extensive DataForSEO Backlink Index, which contains almost 2 trillion live backlinks and 192 billion live pages. The index is updated continuously – approximately 1 billion live pages and 8 billion backlinks are crawled daily. The full index update cycle takes up to 90 days.

The data for the Content Analysis API endpoints follows the same update cycle as the Backlinks API.

LLM Mentions API

LLM Mentions API of the AI Optimization API uses live data from the in-house LLM Mentions database. This database contains over 300 million Google AI Overview and ChatGPT prompts and answers and is updated continuously, similar to the Backlinks API. The full update cycle of the LLM Mentions database is 60 days.

If you have any additional questions about the APIs or the data we provide, you can always contact our 24/7 customer support.