Another wordpress business directory plugin. Data packages available for this anywhere?

[Bostoncab]

Hello,

I have the Wordpress directory plugin installed on my site. I want to list all[as many] the businesses in my city as I can. Is there a way to import this data from somewhere? I don't want to do it by hand or pay someone to do it.

Mike

 

[Duffers5000]

I use a yellow pages scraper called yellabot which you can buy for $50 to $80 depending on the offer. I have seen some free yellow pages scrapers listed in the downloads section.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Honestly, your best bet is to hire a Python developer to develop a quick scraper for you. That way, you have exactly what you need, customized to your specific site.

 

[Bostoncab]

Honestly, your best bet is to hire a Python developer to develop a quick scraper for you. That way, you have exactly what you need, customized to your specific site.

any idea how much that would cost?

 

[Bostoncab]

I use a yellow pages scraper called yellabot which you can buy for $50 to $80 depending on the offer. I have seen some free yellow pages scrapers listed in the downloads section.

but how do you go from what you scraped to the having that in the site you build?

 

[Duffers5000]

Does your site support csv file uploads ?

I just checked the plug in and it doesnt...although the developer says it will in the future..

If its a manual upload gig I would struggle to get into it....With yellabot I can scrape 200-300 listings in 30 seconds spend 5 minutes formatting the results into an excel.csv file then upload them to a directory site. That plug in looks a bit labour intensive to me

Heres there forum you might find some better answers there http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/

 

[Bostoncab]

Does your site support csv file uploads ?

I just checked the plug in and it doesnt...although the developer says it will in the future..

If its a manual upload gig I would struggle to get into it....With yellabot I can scrape 200-300 listings in 30 seconds spend 5 minutes formatting the results into an excel.csv file then upload them to a directory site. That plug in looks a bit labour intensive to me

Heres there forum you might find some better answers there http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/

duffers my old palsy walsy...

I know have yellabot and the business directory plugin... I can scrape yellabot problem is the yellabot scrape doesnt match up to the business directory plugin .csv format. Any help?

 

[mgrm43]

any idea how much that would cost?

Try oDesk the cost will depend on hours

 

[abuhanifa]

Why don't you try my giveaway for scraping

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...ys/592770-offline-lead-scraping-giveaway.html