Scraping the web is a favorite pastime of many sourcers. In fact, a recent SourceCon Denver session about web scraping was one of the most popular sessions of the conference. If you’re new to web scraping, here are a few resources from the SourceCon archives to help you get started.
1) Aaron Lintz shows the SourceCon Live audience how to use Import.io
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Uf3LVXbIA
2) Glenn Gutmacher shows the SourceCon Live audience how to use Outwit Hub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSIU_KpxbIo
3) Todd Davis’ Presentation in the 2013 SourceCon Labs shows how to extract data from Facebook with Memonic
http://vimeo.com/76926819
Tools needed to do what Todd teaches in the video above:
Firefox – Chrome, Internet Explorer, and other browsers won’t allow you to select multiple lines of text from a web page. This can only be done with Firefox.
Memonic – A great web clipping tool, you will also need to install the Memonic Firefox Add On.
Firefox Ad Ons – LinkedIn | Social Friend Finder (SFF) | Duck Duck Go | Google Maps (get company numbers and call)