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I mainly used import.io to refresh feeds used for digital marketing through Google Adwords and other similar digital strategies. It's …
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What is Import.io?
Import.io is a website data importing or web scraping service, from the company of the same name headquartered in Saratoga. In February 2019 Import.io acquired Connnotate, another web scraping service. Connotate is now part of Import.io.
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What is Import.io?
Import.io is a website data importing or web scraping service, from the company of the same name headquartered in Saratoga. In February 2019 Import.io acquired Connnotate, another web scraping service. Connotate is now part of Import.io.
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What is Import.io?
Import.io is a website data importing or web scraping service, from the company of the same name headquartered in Saratoga. In February 2019 Import.io acquired Connnotate, another web scraping service. Connotate is now part of Import.io.
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I mainly used import.io to refresh feeds used for digital marketing through Google Adwords and other similar digital strategies. It's basically a scraper that you can set up in minutes without having to learn or maintain any code. With a desktop application, it was initially free. Before translating, we used the Import.io service to crawl a website for meta tags.
- When it comes to scraping data from large URL lists, it's very effective and precise.
- It promised to be extremely simple to use, with no coding required.
- Crawls and scrapes pages based on patterns you specify through examples.
- Scrapes a specific section of a website.
- It necessitates coding for the specific task at hand. It stated that this would not be the case.
- Since it recently went cloud-only, a desktop application needs to be reintroduced.
- When compared to other open source competitors, additional scraping features would be nice to see.
- This used to be free and very useful, so pricing needs to be addressed right away.
- Data collection & Collaboration within the team.
- It really helped to collect large chunks of data from the web.
- When compared to writing a script from scratch, it is very simple to use for creating a web agent.
Import.io excels at creating a scraping campaign tailored to your needs in a matter of minutes. It's ideal if you need to scrape data on a regular basis, whether on a large or small scale. After you've created a scraping crawler, you can simply run it and return after lunch to enjoy your data without having to second-guess its accuracy.
February 13, 2018
The essential scraper for dummies
I primarily used import.io as a means to refresh feeds used for digital marketing within Google adwords in addition to similar digital strategy. It is essentially a scraper that can be set up within minutes without the need to learn or maintain code of any kind. It was initially free with a desktop application.
- Scrapes specific parts of webpages
- Crawls pages and scrapes based on patterns you specify via examples
- Very effective and accurate when it comes to scraping data of large URL lists
- Pricing needs to be addressed immediately , this use to be free and so helpful
- A desktop application needs to be reintroduced since it recently went all cloud based
- Additional scraping features would be nice to see when compared to other open source competitors
- Reduced time spent manually scraping data
- Allowed my teams to become more proactive rather than reactive
- Allowed us to expand our digital marketing capabilities on an older website
- portia, agenty, extracty and webscraper.io
There are pros and cons to import.io the strongest being that it is extremely easy to set up and use as there are wizards and guides built in to hold your hand throughout the process but at the same token it does not have all the full-featured bells and whistles you may need for your scrape on a more advanced level.
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We used the Import.io service to crawl a website for meta tags before translations.
- It promised to be super easy to use - no coding needed at all.
- It requires coding for the exact thing we needed it to do. It promised this was not the case.
- We lost time firstly because we were not able to use the tool as it was promised. The tool does NOT allow users to get data without coding or training.
- Their SAAS business model resulted in a gross over-payment. What should have been a one-off thing ended up being a two month subscription to a way too expensive service that did not deliver. It was almost impossible to get out of the contract.
[We selected Import.io because] They were top ranking in SEO. I will never work with them again though.
August 19, 2014
Use of Connotate for research
As a teaching assistant for the College of Information sciences and Technology, we used Connotate as a data mining tool for web research. I used it in my own research as well as you could train agents to automatically gather data in a variety of ways. The analysis Connotate did was not as useful to me as the data itself, as we were not using it for decision making, but for informing us of trends.
- Data collection.
- Collaboration with a team.
- Stability. software frequently crashed previously.
- Training. Students had a had time understanding how to use the tool, and then where to use it.
- Helped collect data for thesis work.
- Many students opted not to use the tool because it was too difficult or buggy for them.