Recent content by whtflcn

I think I get what you mean, but without understanding the big picture of what it is you're doing I may be not fully get it. When you say everything will be locally, can you elaborate on that, and in general what you're trying to do?

I can't speak directly on Yandex, but I've hit a lot of barriers effectively scraping Craigslist for a client. Residential IPs within the US are what I have the best luck on by a pretty wide margin. If I were you, I'd try my luck with the same except with Russian IP's. Local addresses always...

Did you ever get this figured out? If so, I could do it for you no problem.

The name hasn't been mentioned here yet (and I can't link it due to member level), but check out Corey Schafer on Youtube. He is who I recommend to anyone wanting to get into Python. Him, Sentdex, and Traversy Media will take you a long way.

You can always collect the data in your DB and use some kind of data visualization programming library to render it on your site. Its common to see them with javascript functionality so you can put your mouse on different points and it will render specific data based on X and Y.

I think it largely boils down to having a proper SOP in place and a centralized source for files/templates. Depending on the complexity of the graphics work, it could be as simple as using an image rendering program library to overlay whatever text over the image, or if its something more...

1) Send the phone book to a book scanning service (or buy the machine yourself) 2) OCR the pages 3) Make a Python script to extract the appropriate data from the page.

This is something I've heard from a partner a while back, but people have gone into small office buildings, seen the suites only go up to G, and then add H to the listing. The issue then becomes getting the verification mail. People have paid custodians as well as employees/business owners who...

I can't speak for whats out there with WP plugins, from a programming point of view it would be relatively trivial. Get a framework like Flask or Django, and set up a REST API on it. This server would have a database that stores their username and access level. I don't know what your payment...

Lead gen and fast easy reviews. While you may see the $5 price on the listing, there are often higher service tiers they offer as well (in the tens/hundreds of dollars range). If its not a quick/easy/automated service, then some sellers treat it as a sampler to buyers to prove their...

Fiverr in some respects isn't too much different than screening through freelancers. From the business owners I know who use VA's, most of them went through 3-10 people before finding one that is stable, reliable, and a good worker. Your first crush who didn't like you back didn't make you...

From the little information you provided, it would be relatively easy to do with Python. Like the poster above me said, 100k is nothing. You could put a script together in less than a day to get your job done, probably.

Personally, I think its more a matter of just linking complimentary/supplementary products. To take your example, if someone is in the market for a toilet, there is a good chance they are also in the market for toilet paper or a plunger. I'll rattle off a few twists to this you can play with...

I've done this before a handful of times with Twilio for client projects that needed to have this functionality plugged into a web app. Not sure what kind of volume you're looking to do, but you may need multiple phone numbers. Local numbers for them are capped at 1 message per second.

I came here to give some programming advice, but in regards to your last post, the most important things to emphasize are 1) unique selling point, and 2) good marketing to stand out in the market. Check out some introductory Dan Kennedy books for more information on this.