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  • July 18, 2015 at 12:24 pm #46110

    siparker
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    Hi

    Was wondering if there would be a sensible palce to offer a service to gather data for people wanting to populate directories?
    Works kinda similar to the yelp plugin you ahve as part of GD but also does a load of other sites to find busiensses that would benefit from being in the directory i am making

    I have developed a few different scrapers to gather data from places like Facebook, Yellow Pages Manta.com etc
    Think it might be useful to some people if they want to runa directory as i am plannign to do by populating first then contacting the business owner to ask them to claim the listing.

    July 18, 2015 at 2:59 pm #46115

    Paolo
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    Hi Siparker,

    please let us know in details how you intend to offer the service. If appropriate, we can open a sticky post here on the forum for you to handle it.

    Thanks

    July 20, 2015 at 3:17 pm #46248

    siparker
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    Baiscally i will take a keyword or phrase which will determine the type of busienss you are looking for and i will extract directory listings from every available source and provide a valid CSV for import.

    Im still hashing out the individual bits at the moment (like translating town to region ) and some other import related queries but i should have a fully working system fairly soon.

    December 21, 2015 at 6:38 pm #64721

    vongro
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    Any news?

    December 21, 2015 at 6:40 pm #64723

    siparker
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    Post count: 114

    Hi

    I have the process down now. Were you looking for something specific?

    December 21, 2015 at 6:41 pm #64724

    vongro
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    I search for a google places scraper…with a valid .csv export file for geodir

    December 21, 2015 at 6:43 pm #64725

    siparker
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    hi

    from what i have found so far there is not such a thing available.

    I have built custom scripts and exporters to create the file.
    specifically the requirements for import into gd means no existing tool provides everythign you need. you have to convert and modify quite a few fields

    I can provide it as a service if you have a target market which can be foudn by location and a keyword.

    December 21, 2015 at 6:46 pm #64726

    vongro
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    I’ve tried localscraper.com…but I have to modify the .csv file I get…the fiels names are not correct for importing in geodir.. 🙁

    December 21, 2015 at 6:58 pm #64732

    siparker
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    yeah localscraper is ok for some bits. same as yellabot and several others. biggest issue is none of these provide everything you need. some have lat long some dont. some use odd names for towns cities some export in a sensible fashion etc etc

    thats why i made my own.

    December 21, 2015 at 7:06 pm #64734

    vongro
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    You could share it 😀

    December 22, 2015 at 12:13 am #64802

    siparker
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    lol yes i could. but i dont think many other people here have licenses for automate 10

    but seriously it has taken me months to get where i am . thats why i was offering a service to try and recoup some of the time costs to me.

    December 22, 2015 at 4:56 am #64823

    vongro
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    Make me an offer.
    Email: heartupdated@gmail.com
    Site: vong.ro

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