Extracting from Yell.com

[Tintin]

Does anyone know how to extract details from Yell.com to Excel?... or do I need to copy and paste a few thousand time?

Thanks,

Martin.

 

[Steve2507]

You are not allowed to extract from Yell in that manner as it goes against their t&c's.

 

[ImproveSearchListings]

I can't think of any ethical reason why anyne would want to extract 1000s of Yell records.

I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but this appears to be asking, "How can I steal data from Yell?".

Have I misunderstood?

 

[Astaroth]

Copy and paste a few thousand times or get a programmer to write a screen scraper.

As said, it is against their T&Cs however and they do seed the data with fake listings to catch people that are trying to do this.

 

[Tintin]

It's for a mail shot to particular types of companies. It's not a use my services kind of offer. It's something for them. So wouldn't say that counts as stealing their data... just using... which is why it's there. I didn't want to sit there writing on a large amount of envelopes so it would help if I could extract and print labels.

 

[streetslocal]

But this is marketting and this would be againist there terms and conditions!!!

 

[ken_uk]

Its against there terms to use any automation on the site, and the terms say the site is there for "buyers" to find sellers. Not the other way round.

 

[Brightpearl]

The data there is also quite out of date.

If you want to target a select number of users for marketing purposes, look at buying a list from someone like SelectaBase (google them)

Chris

 

[mattk]

I think if you follow those T&Cs to the letter then it is actually illegal to view their site in a Web browser.

 

[UKSBD]

According to a "Yellman" going through directories and taking individual data
is "It's the way life is" What is illegal is copying whole lists of entries from someone else’s site on to your own.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article2364210.ece

 

[the_web_designer]

If you contact them they will give you pricing details for extracting!

 

[intrigue]

Yeah i get stupid mailshots to the company director as well.
How annoying they are.

Matt

 

[The Chief]

If you are using it as marketing purposes to mail-shot potential customers i really dont see a problem, if you copied it and stuck it on your own website i.e. my-rip-off-of-yell.co.uk then legal implications may ensue.

I may be wrong though:redface:

 

[streetslocal]

No use of this data for marketing is illegal!

 

[pcc]

You can rent Yell business data from Experian. And there are many other sources of business data out there.

 

[stugster]

1. The following uses of the Website are prohibited:
   1. using the Website for any purpose which is unlawful in the United Kingdom and, if the Website is accessed from outside the United Kingdom for any purpose which is unlawful in the jurisdiction from which such access is made;
   2. using the Website for any purpose that is: harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, or is (in Yell's reasonable opinion) otherwise objectionable;
   3. using the Website for creating, verifying, updating or amending your own databases, records, directories, customer lists or mailing lists or those of a third party;
   4. tampering with or modifying any part of the Website;
   5. using the Website in a manner which impairs its operation;
   6. using the Website in such a manner that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionably large burden on Yell's infrastructure, as determined by Yell in its sole discretion; and/or
   7. using any automated means (including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders) to monitor or copy the Website or its content or bypass Yell.com tools or services or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

 

[JustOneUK]

As said, it is against their T&Cs however and they do seed the data with fake listings to catch people that are trying to do this.

They're the ones I get whenever I search for something

 

[printingcom]

Don't do it - a couple of years ago Yell sued Phones4U for £100k in damages:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=399780&in_page_id=2