Build a custom web spider / web crawler using web data extraction / screen scraping technology. Use the web extract for web Data Mining of contact lists, product catalogs, government databases, real estate listings, or build a custom Email Extractor.
Creating your own web Grabber that can screen scrape the data to a database or Excel has never been easier. The website spider / crawlers can even sort and filter the webpages while spidering.
Web Scraper Plus+: Web Spider Edition is the leading web data harvesting application. With Web Scraper Plus+, you can login to a secure website --> submit a search form --> crawl the results --> and scrape sections and fields of resulting html pages to rows and columns in your favorite spreadsheet or database.
Top Ten Uses
1. Build Contact Lists (Organization Member Directories, Yellowpages, Store Locators, etc.)
2. Extract Product Catalog (Competitive Intelligence, Supply Chain Automation, Distribution Control)
3. Automate Online Marketing (GoogSpy.com, Affiliate Management, Ad Management)
4. Analyze Financial News and Information (Hedge Funds, Day Trading)
5. Monitor Government Contract Sites
6. Aggregate Real Estate Info (Foreclosures, Deeds, MLS)
7. Migrate Content Management or Commerce Servers
8. Gather Military Intelligence