A: You will need to use a specific area. We only scrape what data is given back to us from the websites and all the sites we use are the same ones you can publicly use. So you can't just go to HomeAdvisor or Google Maps and ask them for all businesses in the USA. Depending on your niche you would probably target by city.
A: Sorry but no, that isn't how the program works. We can only scrape business lead data from the sites that the program supports. Sadly in your case there is no way to capture the emails of anonymous visitors to your site. The only way to do this would be to have a capture form where the user would fill out their details and submit them to you. Try give aways, or other promotions to get them to fill out the form.
A: You will need to provide your own proxies or vpn. We recommend some companies on the readme page but you are free to use any that you own/use already.
A: Yes the program will work anywhere in the world. But, we use the .com for all sites, Google Scrapers will work, but I don't know if bing and yahoo have maps data for Latin America. So the only one i can say will work 100% is the google maps/places scrapers in the program.
A: Not with Local Scraper, it can only retrieve business details from the directory sites we support. You could attempt it though, google maps has a single search bar, we just combine 'keyword near location' from what you enter. But this could be anything. It looks like if you had the 'keyword' as a partial address, the 'location' as a phone number, and you use the 'Disable Near' option in the program the search would just be 'partial address phone number' in the search box. If google maps can match this to a listing they will show the listing and we can scrape it.
To do this at scale you would use the 'list' features of the program. So make a 'keyword' list that is all partial addresses one per line. Then a 'location' list that is all phone numbers one per line that match the keyword list. Line 1 to Line 1 and Line 5 to Line 5 etc. The program will then go though all of them and do what you are asking. But you will have a single cdv file for each scrape! Thankfully on the readme page I have a Combine CSV script you could use to combine all these separate csv's into one file.
A: The program is made using Microsoft .Net so we are still in the early stages of being able to make a Mac version. Microsoft has a new .Net MAUI which is a cross platform user interface system but it hasn't officially been released it. They have been dragging their feet for awhile now. I would say later this winter or early next year they should have everything finalized for official release. Right now it's only on preview versions. I may have a Mac version out sooner than that but it would be considered a beta release until Microsoft officially releases everything.
Q: I don't see many reviews here - however, trust you when you say you are in the business for more than 9 years!
Do 7 scrapers include all yellow pages from CA and AU? (Or they are part of a total of 11 scrapers?) Can this help me create a geographic farm and can I download the data to Google Sheets? (Owner name, address, phone#, etc.) Will I be able to renew the subscription after 1 year at the same price? Thanks a lot.
A: Haha, yeah I have only just listed the product for sale here. You can check the WayBack machine for LocalScraper.com. Started in 2011 actually!
The 7 sites are different websites, like you mention Yellow USA is one, Yellow CA is one, Yellow AU is one. When we say 11 Scrapers it is because some sites like Google Maps have a "Full" and "Quick" scraper which count as 2 scrapers for the same website. So, we have more scrapers than websites.
You can scrape google maps for business data and the program will export a csv which you can import into google sheets. General details are not an issue but owner name isn't listing on any of the sites that we scrape. We do try to get as many details as possible though.
You are more than welcome to renew at this price, you will just need to email me after the year or if we are still selling on AppSumo buy another deal from here.
If you want to try before you buy there is a free trial on the homepage of our website which you can check out for 24hrs.
Q: Is it possible to limit the search for a specific city?
I'm asking because I am using another lead sraper and it's giving me results from the targetted city but also from the surronding cities. And I only want leads from specific cities.
No, because of the websites that we scrape mostly all use systems where they will give you results from near by places to either tempt you to just look a little farther away or to make it look like they have more results for your searches. Nearly all directory sites do this, scrapers just scrape what the sites give us so we end up with similar results but just outside of your specific target. Google Maps will give near by results for example.
Yes, because the Local Scraper supports many websites. Home Advisor for example would be very specific on its location. I haven't checked recently if Bing, Yellow Pages, and Yahoo are nearby results or exact results.
There is a 24hr free trial on our home page so you are welcome to download the program and try it out.
Local Scraper has been in business for over 9 years now providing the original multi-site scraper. It starts just as a weekend project then a dual scraper product, then over the years more and more scrapers have been added. 9 Years later and we now have 8 different websites in the scraper and 11 total scrapers in the program! Making Local Scraper the only program to support so many scrapers and with our pricing the cheapest scraper on the market per scraper!
At our website we only sell and 1 month and 6 month subscriptions so App Sumo is the only place to get this 1 year deal. You are also saving money with his deal vs our other plans, making this the cheapest place on the internet to get Local Scraper! Each license allows for 2 activations on 2 separate computers so that is only $7.50 per computer per month. An insane deal for 11 scrapers with no data limits. Take that competition!
Local Scraper is for Windows only so sorry Mac and Linux users. Maybe someday but not quite yet. Sorry guys.
Local Scraper has no enforced data limits, once installed use it however you like. Scrape as much or as little as you want. No limits, No APIs, No Worries.
Each license allows for 2 installs, install on sperate computers, run both of them at the same time, not a problem.
If you have any questions feel free to reach out at support@localscraper.com
I like what I hear. In business 9 years and multiple scrapers. Are we grandfathered into this price if we purchase this each year? Will all updates be included? Are there any charges that you didn't mention? Are there any risks involved when scraping data. Thank you in advance for answering my questions.
Thanks for the questions! You can continue your subscription at this price point for as long as you like. It's not offered on the website but it can be arranged without a problem. Updates are always included with every subscription, so long as you are a customer you have access to the latest program versions and fixes.
As for extra costs there are none on our end for the program, but since you are data scraping you will probably need proxies or at least a VPN. Each scraper is different and requires different ways to scrape it. If you were just targeting Google Maps using its 2 scrapers in the program you could use no proxies or a simple VPN they have very little security for how the program works. If instead you were targeting Home Advisor they have higher security so special proxies are required. A lot of this is discussed on the programs ReadMe page, it's too much to explain all of the scrapers here. The proxies we do recommend start at $15/mo, most VPNs are about $3.50/mo so it really depends on your project, budget, and time frame. Multi-threaded scraping would also require proxies.
The main risk you would have is if you were scraping a site with no proxies or vpn. They can temp block your IP or even permanently block your IP address to stop you. I have never had a customer with an issue, and I recommend proxy or vpn protection just in case. But it shouldn't be a problem so long as you follow our advice.
When in doubt we ask customers email us so we can tell them the best route to take, proxies we recommend for their project/needs.
Q: Can you search the whole country (USA) at once, or does it have to be by city/area?
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: You will need to use a specific area. We only scrape what data is given back to us from the websites and all the sites we use are the same ones you can publicly use. So you can't just go to HomeAdvisor or Google Maps and ask them for all businesses in the USA. Depending on your niche you would probably target by city.
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Q: I run a radio station and buy web traffic to my site.
Would I be able to use these scrapers on my site to see the names and or email addresses of the anonymous traffic my paid service is generating?
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Sorry but no, that isn't how the program works. We can only scrape business lead data from the sites that the program supports. Sadly in your case there is no way to capture the emails of anonymous visitors to your site. The only way to do this would be to have a capture form where the user would fill out their details and submit them to you. Try give aways, or other promotions to get them to fill out the form.
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Q: Does "full proxy/vpn support" mean that the service provides the proxies/vpn in the backend for scrapers or that we have to use our own?
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: You will need to provide your own proxies or vpn. We recommend some companies on the readme page but you are free to use any that you own/use already.
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Q: the product support any location?
Latinamerica countries?
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Yes the program will work anywhere in the world. But, we use the .com for all sites, Google Scrapers will work, but I don't know if bing and yahoo have maps data for Latin America. So the only one i can say will work 100% is the google maps/places scrapers in the program.
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Q: Adding one more question to my previous one - Can I do reverse prospecting to scrape all information using ...
the phone number/email address or name of the person in a specific location?
Thanks again - I am checking your site, looks interesting.
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Not with Local Scraper, it can only retrieve business details from the directory sites we support. You could attempt it though, google maps has a single search bar, we just combine 'keyword near location' from what you enter. But this could be anything. It looks like if you had the 'keyword' as a partial address, the 'location' as a phone number, and you use the 'Disable Near' option in the program the search would just be 'partial address phone number' in the search box. If google maps can match this to a listing they will show the listing and we can scrape it.
To do this at scale you would use the 'list' features of the program. So make a 'keyword' list that is all partial addresses one per line. Then a 'location' list that is all phone numbers one per line that match the keyword list. Line 1 to Line 1 and Line 5 to Line 5 etc. The program will then go though all of them and do what you are asking. But you will have a single cdv file for each scrape! Thankfully on the readme page I have a Combine CSV script you could use to combine all these separate csv's into one file.
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Q: Are there any plans to make this available for Mac users?
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: The program is made using Microsoft .Net so we are still in the early stages of being able to make a Mac version. Microsoft has a new .Net MAUI which is a cross platform user interface system but it hasn't officially been released it. They have been dragging their feet for awhile now. I would say later this winter or early next year they should have everything finalized for official release. Right now it's only on preview versions. I may have a Mac version out sooner than that but it would be considered a beta release until Microsoft officially releases everything.
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Q: I don't see many reviews here - however, trust you when you say you are in the business for more than 9 years!
Do 7 scrapers include all yellow pages from CA and AU? (Or they are part of a total of 11 scrapers?)
Can this help me create a geographic farm and can I download the data to Google Sheets?
(Owner name, address, phone#, etc.)
Will I be able to renew the subscription after 1 year at the same price?
Thanks a lot.
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Haha, yeah I have only just listed the product for sale here. You can check the WayBack machine for LocalScraper.com. Started in 2011 actually!
The 7 sites are different websites, like you mention Yellow USA is one, Yellow CA is one, Yellow AU is one. When we say 11 Scrapers it is because some sites like Google Maps have a "Full" and "Quick" scraper which count as 2 scrapers for the same website. So, we have more scrapers than websites.
You can scrape google maps for business data and the program will export a csv which you can import into google sheets. General details are not an issue but owner name isn't listing on any of the sites that we scrape. We do try to get as many details as possible though.
You are more than welcome to renew at this price, you will just need to email me after the year or if we are still selling on AppSumo buy another deal from here.
If you want to try before you buy there is a free trial on the homepage of our website which you can check out for 24hrs.
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Q: Is it possible to limit the search for a specific city?
I'm asking because I am using another lead sraper and it's giving me results from the targetted city but also from the surronding cities. And I only want leads from specific cities.
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Yes and No.
No, because of the websites that we scrape mostly all use systems where they will give you results from near by places to either tempt you to just look a little farther away or to make it look like they have more results for your searches. Nearly all directory sites do this, scrapers just scrape what the sites give us so we end up with similar results but just outside of your specific target. Google Maps will give near by results for example.
Yes, because the Local Scraper supports many websites. Home Advisor for example would be very specific on its location. I haven't checked recently if Bing, Yellow Pages, and Yahoo are nearby results or exact results.
There is a 24hr free trial on our home page so you are welcome to download the program and try it out.
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Q: Hey Guys!
Grant with Local Scraper here.
Local Scraper has been in business for over 9 years now providing the original multi-site scraper. It starts just as a weekend project then a dual scraper product, then over the years more and more scrapers have been added. 9 Years later and we now have 8 different websites in the scraper and 11 total scrapers in the program! Making Local Scraper the only program to support so many scrapers and with our pricing the cheapest scraper on the market per scraper!
At our website we only sell and 1 month and 6 month subscriptions so App Sumo is the only place to get this 1 year deal. You are also saving money with his deal vs our other plans, making this the cheapest place on the internet to get Local Scraper! Each license allows for 2 activations on 2 separate computers so that is only $7.50 per computer per month. An insane deal for 11 scrapers with no data limits. Take that competition!
Local Scraper is for Windows only so sorry Mac and Linux users. Maybe someday but not quite yet. Sorry guys.
Local Scraper has no enforced data limits, once installed use it however you like. Scrape as much or as little as you want. No limits, No APIs, No Worries.
Each license allows for 2 installs, install on sperate computers, run both of them at the same time, not a problem.
If you have any questions feel free to reach out at support@localscraper.com
Cheers,
Grant @ Local Scraper
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I like what I hear. In business 9 years and multiple scrapers. Are we grandfathered into this price if we purchase this each year? Will all updates be included? Are there any charges that you didn't mention? Are there any risks involved when scraping data. Thank you in advance for answering my questions.
Thanks for the questions! You can continue your subscription at this price point for as long as you like. It's not offered on the website but it can be arranged without a problem. Updates are always included with every subscription, so long as you are a customer you have access to the latest program versions and fixes.
As for extra costs there are none on our end for the program, but since you are data scraping you will probably need proxies or at least a VPN. Each scraper is different and requires different ways to scrape it. If you were just targeting Google Maps using its 2 scrapers in the program you could use no proxies or a simple VPN they have very little security for how the program works. If instead you were targeting Home Advisor they have higher security so special proxies are required. A lot of this is discussed on the programs ReadMe page, it's too much to explain all of the scrapers here. The proxies we do recommend start at $15/mo, most VPNs are about $3.50/mo so it really depends on your project, budget, and time frame. Multi-threaded scraping would also require proxies.
The main risk you would have is if you were scraping a site with no proxies or vpn. They can temp block your IP or even permanently block your IP address to stop you. I have never had a customer with an issue, and I recommend proxy or vpn protection just in case. But it shouldn't be a problem so long as you follow our advice.
When in doubt we ask customers email us so we can tell them the best route to take, proxies we recommend for their project/needs.