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🔹 List of Small Companies
👤 Client: 🇷🇸 Serbia Member since 2026-05-07
💰 Price: ****
🚩 Problem: Compiling a list of over 450 small companies based in Austria with low-quality websites.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] Identify and document contact details and website URLs for small companies in Austria with low-quality websites.
[Method] Utilize web scraping techniques to gather data from public sources.
[UI/UX] Not applicable (backend task).
[Stack] Python, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, Pandas.
[Security] Ensure compliance with GDPR and other relevant regulations. Use secure storage methods for collected data.
[Format] Output in JSON format.

Workflow:

Define the criteria for 'low-quality' websites (e.g., outdated design, lack of updates).
Identify reliable public sources or APIs that can be scraped to find company information and website URLs.
Develop a web scraping script using Python with libraries like BeautifulSoup and Scrapy.
Test the script on a small subset of companies to ensure accuracy and compliance with legal requirements.
Scrape data for all target companies, ensuring to handle pagination if necessary.
Clean and validate scraped data (e.g., remove duplicates, check URLs).
Export collected data into JSON format.