Web 3.0 Tools and Tips

2011-05-09T17:55:00.001-07:00

Jane's Addiction to play at this years Google IO - I am Pumped!

2010-09-09T08:17:00.001-07:00

Mozenda Rescues Duluth Pack's Data, Allowing Switch to Magento http://bit.ly/bSynR7

2010-09-09T07:55:00.001-07:00

Mozenda Rescues Duluth Pack's Data, Allowing Switch to Magento http://bit.ly/bSynR7

2010-09-02T07:11:00.001-07:00

Nice post from mozTraning and nice mention for Mozenda http://bit.ly/dvJuXy

2010-09-02T07:03:00.001-07:00

Great information from mozTraining and nice mention of Mozenda: http://bit.ly/dvJuXy

2010-09-02T06:13:00.001-07:00

Wow, what great information from mozTraining and Mozenda is a treat.
http://bit.ly/a5JzPD

2010-08-17T10:01:00.001-07:00

India Outsources Tech Jobs to Utah-based Software Company. http://ping.fm/ZyP7i

2010-06-30T14:33:00.001-07:00

Looks like Mozenda is looking for a Web Engineer: http://ping.fm/Zsrwn

2010-06-30T14:30:00.001-07:00

I just uploaded a video about a great way to use technology in schools for science learning. http://ping.fm/Ogmbu

2010-06-01T08:53:00.001-07:00

Great blog post on SEOmoz today "Keyword Research Tool"
http://ping.fm/k1d83

2010-05-17T14:11:00.001-07:00

Getting excited for the Google IO - Not sure if I should see Matt Cutts or learn about the Youtube API. So many good things at this IO.

More from Facebook f8 Hacking the graph

2010-04-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

Just waiting for Mark Zuckerburg to take the stage and tell us what hacking the social graph means.

2010-04-21T08:41:00.001-07:00

Learning how to hack the social graph at f8

2010-04-20T23:10:00.001-07:00

f8 at san fran - photo of the convention.
http://ping.fm/aVTdx

2010-03-24T19:20:00.001-07:00

happy birthday william shatner: Rocketman!
http://ping.fm/gNsmi

2010-03-13T19:10:00.001-08:00

Web Content Extraction, The Internet is one of the largest sources of information why not screen scrape it.
http://bit.ly/b3MLz3

2010-02-13T17:44:00.001-08:00

Web scraping software is an innovative tool that makes gathering lots of information relatively easy. http://bit.ly/aSK0M8

Web Scraping Software

2010-02-13T14:47:00.000-08:00

Web scraping software is an innovative tool that makes gathering lots of information relatively easy. The program has numerous implications for anyone who has the need to search for comparable information from various locations and put it into usable context. This method of finding extensive information in a short period of time is cost effective. Applications are used everyday for business, medicine, meteorology, government, and law enforcement.

The software is user friendly and can be operated by anyone from non-tech data collectors to experienced Web designers. Programs are available for purchase in stores or online. Certain online sites, such as Visual Web Ripper, provide video guides to go along with their products. Tutorials on how to create a project, navigating the software, and extracting data are provided. There are websites that allow users to establish an account, start a monthly membership and access software that way. There are websites tutorials providing step by step instructions to users which demonstrate how to make their own screen scraper using various programs.

A user enters the software and begins by programming an “agent”, this is the tool that will retrieve any and all information. A desired list is made of pertinent information pertaining to the search. Parameters are set as to how extensive the search must be and in what locations. A user has full control over which pages are crawled and how elements are mapped. Visual and/or textual information may be retrieved. Web pages or hard disk files can be searched. Once the information is obtained, it can be saved as CSV, TSV, XML, or RSS, spreadsheets or databases. The data can be formatted into chunks, such as names and addresses, for easy retrieval. After data is received it can be analyzed. Agents start gathering data with the click of the run button or when programmed to start at specific scheduled times. The program can also alert users to changes it encounters within scheduled search fields.

Web scraping software provides customer information, marketing information, and competitor information. Businesses develop a closer relationship with their customers by discovering what products are selling, what product defects have been encountered, what consumers like or dislike about a product, or what particular group of customers favor a product. The software directs companies as to which decisions to make as it analyzes how they stand in relation to their competitors or they gain knowledge of current or upcoming trends. Price comparisons, buying and selling trends, and consumer logistics are all data options that can be gathered, stored, analyzed and implemented into profitable business platforms.

There have been legal ramifications as some have complained about intrusion and copyright infringement. Legal boundaries and guidelines may become established in the future. Some have implemented software to prohibit or block webcrawlers.

Visual Web Ripper, Irobot, and Happy Harvester are a few of the top rated Web scraper programs currently available. There are many others on the market. This tool is sure to gain popularity as it makes data research and monitoring quick and effective.

Screen Scraper

2010-01-24T20:42:00.001-08:00

Data Scraping Tools combine the collective power of a search engine with the refined nuance of a personal file clerk.
http://bit.ly/8lh0Ph

2010-01-12T14:27:00.001-08:00

Capturing data from websites can be easily achieved even after the original site has been rendered out of service. http://bit.ly/6Kgy6x

2009-12-22T09:39:00.001-08:00

There are many people that want to collect data on the Internet. It’s not as hard as you might think.
http://bit.ly/6sT6CW

2009-12-02T16:03:00.001-08:00

Press Release, how internet retailers are using Mozenda to be price competitive: http://bit.ly/59Sojs

2009-12-02T16:01:00.001-08:00

Website Scraper uses and applications - http://bit.ly/5fLN0E

2009-11-12T12:43:00.001-08:00

Web Based Productivity Software - Directory of over 60 web based productivity programs being compared and reviewed:
http://bit.ly/2Sw4th

2009-11-12T11:52:00.001-08:00

Efficient data transfer, let the server-client architecture conduct an automated process of the computational functions http://bit.ly/kN0D8