How to Scrape Google’s “People Also Ask” Section
Blog post from Bright Data
The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on creating a Python script to scrape Google's "People Also Ask" (PAA) section using Selenium for browser automation. The PAA section, introduced in 2015 and frequently updated, offers users related questions and answers sourced from relevant web pages. The step-by-step instructions cover setting up a Python environment, installing Selenium, navigating Google's homepage, handling GDPR cookie dialogs, and using CSS selectors and XPath expressions to extract data from the PAA section. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of handling dynamic web elements and exporting the collected data to a CSV file. It notes the limitations of this approach for large-scale scraping due to Google's advanced anti-bot technologies and suggests considering solutions like Bright Data’s Google Search API for more efficient and scalable data retrieval.