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Searching for Youtuber Influencers on Clay: Tips and Ideas
Hey hey, does anyone have good idea to search for Youtuber influencers on Clay?
Hey hey, does anyone have good idea to search for Youtuber influencers on Clay?
To search for YouTuber influencers on Clay, you can use our "Search for YouTube videos or creators with YouTube" action. This feature allows you to use natural language to search for YouTube channels and find influencers or potential partners. Additionally, you can use the "Find Social Profiles with Influencer Club" action. This tool provides profile URLs for social media influencers, including YouTube, based on their existing social media presence. Both of these actions are available on all Clay plans and can help you identify and analyze YouTube influencers for your campaigns or partnerships.
(I work on this, so please feel free to DM/reach out if you have questions)
Matt S. I'm doing this now. I've got a Channel Crawler plan, then use instant data scraper to scrape YT channels. Then enrich it with Apify.
that’s awesome Lachlan T. ! I’m curious if you find yourself hitting an impasse with current approach
Yep, the plan I'm on only provides 1,000 results/day. So I have to scrape max 1k per day. I'm trying to see if I can use Google Search operators on Clay for free, but it doesn't seem like they allow it for free.
Yes, you can use Google Search operators on Clay for free to search for YouTube channels. We offer a free template that allows you to perform Google searches and find web pages mentioning specific keywords. To use this feature: 1. Copy our free template in Clay 2. Customize the "Scrape Website" and "Find Keywords" columns 3. Enter your Google keyword query (e.g., "site::[youtube.com](https:://youtube.com) inurl:channel") Keep in mind that while the search functionality is free, extensive usage may consume your credits quickly. If you need more credits, you can purchase credit top-ups at a 50% premium over your plan's typical cost per credit.
Gotcha Lachlan T. if you dont mind me asking, what is your use-case that 1,000 channel results (if I read that correctly?) is a limiting factor? Are you not getting back enough quality results?
You can use Google Search operators on Clay for free to find YouTube channels within the 1,000 results/day limit. Here's how: 1. Copy our free Google search template in Clay. 2. Customize the "Scrape Website" and "Find Keywords" columns. 3. Use a specific Google query like "site::[youtube.com](https:://youtube.com) inurl:channel" along with your target keywords. This method is free, but extensive usage may consume credits quickly. To optimize: 1. Use precise keywords to target quality channels. 2. Refine your search with additional operators (e.g., intitle:, intext:). 3. Spread searches across multiple days if needed. Remember, if you need more credits, you can purchase credit top-ups at a 50% premium over your plan's typical cost per credit.
I’m asking because we’re about to release a new version of our creator search and discovery thru API
We're excited about our upcoming release of a new version of our creator search and discovery through API. However, I don't have specific details about this new version yet. Currently, you can use our "Search for YouTube videos or creators with YouTube" action to find influencers on YouTube. This feature is available on all Clay plans and uses natural language search. For now, to use Clay programmatically, you can send input data to webhooks, process it within Clay, and then use our HTTP API integration to pass output data to other services. What specific features or improvements are you hoping to see in the new API version for creator search and discovery?