Explain how to get search results data properly

Task: Explain how I can get search results data for [goal, such as rank tracking or research] properly, and why scraping search result pages is a poor route. Context: I am [your role] and need results for about [number of queries] queries per [day or month] in [country or language]. I know [your technical level] about APIs. Rules: - Explain in plain terms why search engines restrict automated queries and what usually follows when someone ignores that. - Describe the proper routes: official search APIs, licensed data providers, and the reports the engine gives to site owners. - Do not state prices, quotas or terms of any named service. Tell me which pages to read to confirm them. - Say which part of my goal, if any, needs no search data at all. Result: Four paragraphs of at most 60 words, then a two-column table with at most 4 rows (route, when it fits).