Quick Scrapebox Question

devs101

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Hi guys, I've got a bunch of URLs that I would like to filter.

Is there a way to use the "Remove URLs not containing" feature in scrapebox so that I can remove by more than one keyword?

Any help would be great.

Cheers,

Devs ;)
 
i would tell you to try to use excel to filter that kind of thing
 
Thats a good idea, I was hoping that there would be a way to do it directly in SB but that doesn't seem posable.

How would this be done in excel? I don't use this app very much.

Cheers!
 
yeah use excel, look for the Sort & filter options. Then add a filter for the keywords you want to exclude using the "does not include" option
 
I've had a look in Excel and under the Advanced Filter options. I only get the following options:

List Range:
Criteria range:
Copy to:

Hmmmm?
 
Hi its v12.1.3 2008 on a Mac.
 
If you want to filter you URLs on the page content (and not URL text) for more accurate results, you can use NicheURLFilter :
Code:
http://codecanyon.net/item/nicheurlfilter-version-10/681808

It's what I use ; maybe there are other tools like that.

Beny
 
Hi and thanks for the suggestion. its not what I'm wanting to do though. i need to filter the urls looking for contact pages. So I'm looking for words like: 'contact', 'contactus', 'hello' etc.
 
You can try that, but a bit limited... :
Code:
http://textmechanic.com/Remove-Lines-of-Text-Containing.html

I'm sure there are others more sophisticated.

Beny
 
Thanks Beny, thats what I'm after but ideally a non web based version as I have loads of urls that I need to process and it just kills the page :(
 
Thanks Beny, thats what I'm after but ideally a non web based version as I have loads of urls that I need to process and it just kills the page :(

Yes, web service are not perfect for large tasks...
It's strange how it's difficult to find software to do this, it seems very simple.

Beny
 
yes you can just use "Remove URLs containing entries from" and load up a txt file with those keywords you want to filter out, it's very simple.
 
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i know it seems like an easy thing to do.

Rody, how do you filter via multiple keywords via the remove tool in SB? It doesn't give you the option to load a text file, as far as I can see?
 
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i know it seems like an easy thing to do.

Rody, how do you filter via multiple keywords via the remove tool in SB?

You can't...
So, if you choose this method you need to make keyword per keyword, and exporting each time.
Finally merge all lists in one.

Beny
 
Yeah thats what I thought Beny, looks like thats the route I'll have to take.

Thanks for the input mate ;)
 
Yeah thats what I thought Beny, looks like thats the route I'll have to take.

Thanks for the input mate ;)

Devs101, correct me if I misunderstood:

You have a list of urls in scrapebox.
You want to remove certain urls containing specific keywords. Let's say you want to remove words like: "adult", "sexy", etc.

If this is the situation..
Put all your keywords in a txt file.
Load your list in scrapebox.
Hit the "Remove/Filter" button.
Go to "Remove urls containing entries from ..". Here you load your txt file with all those words.
Let it reap.

Now you have your list cleaned from those keywords. Save it.

If you want only urls containing those keywords, you go a step further.
Save the cleaned list.
Load the full list again.
Go to "Import URL list" --> "Select the url list to compare". Here you load your cleaned list.
This will remove the cleaned urls, and keep all your urls with your wanted keywords in it.
 
Devs101, correct me if I misunderstood:

You have a list of urls in scrapebox.
You want to remove certain urls containing specific keywords. Let's say you want to remove words like: "adult", "sexy", etc.

If this is the situation..
Put all your keywords in a txt file.
Load your list in scrapebox.
Hit the "Remove/Filter" button.
Go to "Remove urls containing entries from ..". Here you load your txt file with all those words.
Let it reap.

Now you have your list cleaned from those keywords. Save it.

If you want only urls containing those keywords, you go a step further.
Save the cleaned list.
Load the full list again.
Go to "Import URL list" --> "Select the url list to compare". Here you load your cleaned list.
This will remove the cleaned urls, and keep all your urls with your wanted keywords in it.
mindmaster you're 100% correct mate. The problem that I have is that my version of SB does not give you the option to load keywords via the cleaner? What version are you using? Im on 1.15.29.

I've just run into another little problem that you may be able to help with as you seem to know your stuff ;)

I need to run the urls through the email grabber. however some of the urls error with fault-0 and fault-400. I can't see a way to retry all the failed urls or export them to a list? Can this be done or do you know what would cause the errors as the pages work via the browser.

Cheers! ;)
 
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