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🔹 Gather 100+ Pest Control Companies from Google Maps (Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland) with Specific Criteria
👤 Client: 🇦🇺 Australia Member since 2022-01-07
💰 Price: ****
🚩 Problem: Need to extract and validate email addresses for pest control companies based in specific Australian cities while ensuring data accuracy.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] Identify businesses meeting the criteria of being pest control companies located in Melbourne, Sydney, or Queensland with a minimum of 4.5 stars on Google and fewer than 50 reviews.
[Method] Use web scraping techniques to extract data from Google Maps API or direct website scraping if necessary.
[UI/UX] Not applicable
[Stack] Python (BeautifulSoup, Selenium), Google Maps API, Pandas for data processing
[Security] Ensure compliance with Google's terms of service and privacy laws. Implement rate limiting and use proxies to avoid IP bans.
[Format] Deliver as a spreadsheet with columns: Business Name, Email Address, Star Rating, Number of Reviews. Emails must be validated and cleaned.

Workflow:

Define the search parameters for Google Maps API or website scraping based on location criteria (Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland).
Implement web scraping to extract business names, star ratings, and number of reviews from Google Maps.
Filter businesses based on the specified rating and review count criteria.
Extract email addresses using available public data sources or contact information tools. Ensure no random emails are included in the final list.
Validate and clean the extracted email addresses to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Export the validated data into a spreadsheet format as requested.