Official Google answer: Will Google ever offer (through Webmaster Tools or an API) a keyword ranking report similar to what Web Position and various other scrapers do?

Question:

Will Google ever offer (through Webmaster Tools or an API) a keyword ranking report similar to what Web Position and various other scrapers do? It seems like it would greatly cut down on bandwidth expenses.

Google's Matt Cutts answers:

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Question	Views
Is Google planning to create read-only "Guest accounts" for Webmaster Tools?	680
When will Google create a software similar to Web Position so that SEOs, spam fighters and regular webmasters can check rankings etc. without violating the guidelines?	996
Will I be penalized for having every file in my XML sitemap listed with the same priority?	877
How come the search queries report in Webmaster Tools shows some keywords ranking and when we search them they are nowhere to be found?	723
I have a client who was hacked. The SEO consultant said things were cleaned up, but they weren't correctly. All 30,000 viagra/cialis type and paid links have been removed, but no improvement in SERPs. We send reconsideration. What do we do now?	1,015
Are there any APIs available from Google to pullout reports from Google Webmaster Tools?	939
Introduction to Video Sitemaps	995
How active is WMT (Webmaster Tools) monitored by Google, specifically when there is a system error (such as the recent error in reporting the number of pages indexed)?	909
In addition to using Webmaster Tools to submit an XML sitemap to Google, how important is it to also have a sitemap for users?	918
When do you reckon Rich Snippets will be made widely available?	817

Question

Views

Is Google planning to create read-only "Guest accounts" for Webmaster Tools?

680

When will Google create a software similar to Web Position so that SEOs, spam fighters and regular webmasters can check rankings etc. without violating the guidelines?

996

Will I be penalized for having every file in my XML sitemap listed with the same priority?

877

How come the search queries report in Webmaster Tools shows some keywords ranking and when we search them they are nowhere to be found?

723

I have a client who was hacked. The SEO consultant said things were cleaned up, but they weren't correctly. All 30,000 viagra/cialis type and paid links have been removed, but no improvement in SERPs. We send reconsideration. What do we do now?

1,015