Showing posts with label how to scrape white pages directories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to scrape white pages directories. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How to quickly scrape contacts from online directories to Excel?

Online directories are one of the major sources of business leads that are available for free.Many online web directories like yellow pages directories, white pages directories, association websites, membership directories, MLS listings, etc. provide fresh leads that can be immediately leveraged upon by sales/marketing professionals. But the question is how to quickly scrape contacts from online directories into the database?

As a busy sales/marketing professional, you cannot afford to spend most of your productive hours in manually capturing the contact details. This is where a sales lead capture tool like ListGrabber can be handy.   

With ListGrabber, you can automate lead capture process and save more than 50% of your time. You can quickly and easily scrape contacts from online directories to Outlook, Excel, CRM applications, etc. in just a single click. You can transfer multiple contacts from multiple pages without any manual intervention. More importantly, you can maintain an error-free database as ListGrabber eliminates typos. 

Let us see how we can quickly scrape contacts from online directories to Excel spreadsheet. 

Please follow the steps given below:

For example, let us take white pages directory

Step 1: Launch any white pages directory, enter the search criteria and click Search. For example, “Real Estate Agents” in “CA” 


Step 2: The results are displayed. Select the results page and click the Microsoft Excel icon on ListGrabber toolbar.

                      

Step 3: The ListGrabber – Capture Settings dialog box is displayed. Click the Proceed button.
The eGrabber - Confirmation Window is displayed. You can verify the address and other contact details in this window.
Step 4: Click Transfer All to transfer the contact information to Microsoft Excel.

Note: You can also get customized drivers for the website of your choice. Contact eGrabber for more details.