Workflow to Extract Real Estate Listings from a Website

To extract real estate listings from a company website, we recommend using our Clay Scrapers feature. Here's a workflow: 1. Use the Clay Chrome Extension to map the fields you want to extract from the listings page. 2. In your Clay table, use the "Find Data from Page with Clay Scrapers" enrichment. 3. Input the website URL and set an appropriate delay for page loading. 4. Alternatively, use the "Parse Data from URL with ScrapeMagic" enrichment. Specify the fields to extract (e.g., property address, price, square footage) in the "Fields to Extract" section. 5. If needed, use the DOM Content Selector to target specific areas of the page containing listing information. Remember, always consider if web scraping is the best approach for your data needs. If you need further assistance, please ask for human support in this chat.

Sources: Parse Data from URL with ScrapeMagic Find Data from Page with Clay Scrapers Intro to Web Scraping [Limitless Research] - Clay University

Clay Scrapers and Zenrows are both web scraping tools, but they have different strengths: 1. Ease of use: Clay Scrapers is designed for simplicity, making it easy to extract common data types like emails or phone numbers from static pages. 2. Specialized capabilities: Zenrows excels at bypassing anti-scraping measures, making it ideal for websites with robust protections against data collection. 3. Setup: Clay Scrapers is native to Clay, while Zenrows requires integration setup within Clay. 4. Advanced features: Zenrows offers options like JavaScript rendering and premium proxies, which can be crucial for complex websites. For real estate listings, Zenrows might be more suitable if the websites have strong anti-scraping measures. However, if the listings are on simple, static pages, Clay Scrapers could be sufficient. Consider the complexity of the target websites when choosing between them.

Sources: Deep Dive: Zenrows Scraping [Limitless Research] - Clay University Deep Dive: Clay Scrapers [Limitless Research] - Clay University Zenrows integration overview | Documentation | Clay University

To navigate from a company's homepage to their real estate listing pages, you can use our Clay Chrome Extension and the "Find Sitemap URLs" feature. Here's a simplified workflow: 1. Install the Clay Chrome Extension from the Chrome Web Store. 2. Use the "Find Sitemap URLs for a Company Website with Clay" enrichment, inputting the company's domain. 3. Add keywords like "listings", "properties", or "real estate" to filter relevant pages. 4. Once you've identified the listing pages, use the Clay Chrome Extension to create a scraping recipe: • Open the extension on a listing page • Click "Select Data to Add from Page" • Map the attributes you want to extract (e.g., property name, price, location) • Adjust the URL matching to apply across similar pages This approach should help you navigate to and extract real estate listings efficiently.

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