Livescraper

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of B2B Connect

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

B2B Marketing services provider

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Livescraper to accomplish?

• The main goal was to collect accurate, structured, and reliable business data from Google Maps at scale, including business details, contact information, locations, ratings, reviews, and other relevant information for lead generation and market research. We hired Livescraper to automate the data collection process, reduce manual work, and obtain large volumes of usable data efficiently.

SOLUTION

How did you find Livescraper?

Online Search

Why did you select Livescraper over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Livescraper were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The scope of work involved developing and using a reliable web scraping solution to collect business and customer-related data from online sources, primarily Google Maps. The objective was to gather large volumes of accurate, structured data that could be used for lead generation, market research, and business analysis. Key deliverables included: * Automated scraping of business listings and relevant business information. * Collection of business names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, categories, ratings, review counts, and other available details. * Collection and extraction of customer review data where required, including review content and related business information. * Processing and organizing the scraped data into structured formats such as CSV/Excel for easy analysis and use. * Handling large-scale data collection efficiently while minimizing duplicate or incomplete records. * Data cleaning and formatting to improve accuracy, consistency, and usability. * Regular progress updates and delivery of completed datasets based on the agreed requirements. * Providing a scalable scraping workflow that could be reused for additional locations, businesses, or datasets as needed. The final deliverable was a clean, structured, and usable dataset containing the requested business and review information, along with the scraping workflow required to efficiently collect and process the data at scale.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Collected and processed 16,625+ business records efficiently. Automated large-scale data collection, significantly reducing manual research and processing time. Delivered the requested data in a clean, structured, and ready-to-use format. Improved data consistency by removing duplicates and organizing key business information. Completed the agreed data collection requirements and delivered the final dataset within the project scope.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They maintained good communication throughout the project, responded quickly to feedback, and delivered the requested data and project milestones on time. They were responsive to our requirements and promptly addressed any questions or changes during the project.

What was your primary form of communication with Livescraper?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What impressed us most was their ability to handle large-scale data collection efficiently while maintaining data quality and consistency. Their technical expertise, responsiveness, and ability to adapt to our specific requirements made the overall process smooth and reliable.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Livescraper could have done differently?

We did not identify any major areas for improvement. Livescraper delivered the required work effectively and was responsive to our requirements. A faster turnaround on some intermediate updates could make the process even more efficient, but overall the project was handled professionally and met our expectations.