parsing web pages

Hi people, Do you have some original ideas on what data could be in theory automatically scrapped from the web to give some worthy information? I was thinking about scrapping auction data from my local auction portal to find out what's selling best, but maybe you've got some different ideas...

Need data parsing from Russia located website: see attached image for web address, 3 position to parse from each web page - name, phone number and city name. Phone number hidden by simple image captcha - see attached image. Need develop a script or software with ability to read that captcha.It...

Hi, Is it possible to scrape data from the TM Interactive map. I'm a new member so I can't post links yet. Just go to TM and search for "Bridge School Benefits" concert for an Example. Here is what I've gathered so far: TM is using Prototype, Mootools, JQuery UI, Flash. If someone can...

Could anyone tell me how some of the email harvesters out there are able to parse multiple web pages a one time and extract thousands of emails within a matter of a few mins. Are they using web browser control or is there another method cause I have tried extracting links and text in Visual...