Q: I don't understand how to use the Keyword List and Location List.
I get that for Keyword - you just plug something in. Same for a location. But when using the "List" option - it indicated my two lists have to be the same length. I am confused. What does that mean? They need to have the exact same number of lines?
What if for my Keyword List I wanted:
- Accountant
- CPA
- Certified Public Accountant
Meanwhile what if for my Location List I wanted 10 or 15 different towns/cities?
Am I not able to do that? Do the two lists have to have the exact same number of lines? Is that what ""Keyword and Location lists must be the same length for the scraper to work" means? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Grant_LocalScraper
May 15, 2024A: Hello,
This is covered on the ReadMe page for the program but I'll do so here as well to help future customers. With lists you have 2 options. 1) You can give the program a single location or single keyword and then a list of locations/keywords. With your examples you would put Accountant in the keyword box and then your list of 10-15 locations. The program will then run the single item and all of the items in the list matching them. 2) You can provide two lists. These lists need to be the same length. That is the what the program is telling you. It will only match line to line across the lists line 1 to line 1 line 5 to line 5 etc. If you use the two lists options if you have to make them the same length and match the lines across them for the searches you want to do. If it is 4 keywords and 2 locations you will need to repeat the locations until both are the same length.
Thanks,
Grant @ LocalScraper