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Show HN: A Twitter Account Scraper

15 points by jwblackwell 14y ago

tmchow 14y ago
Visited your site, read and re-read the description and still had no idea what it did. Suggest you add a Bette e explanation or an example.
quarterto 14y ago
Um. What does this do? Entering my blog and facebook.com return nothing.
hluska 14y ago
I'm either horribly confused by what this app does, or I may have found a bug. I entered my blog URL (hluska.ca), which is on my Twitter profile and then submitted. All it returned was a link to my website. I accessed your app using Safari on an iPhone. Possibly a mobile problem? Or, again, I might be horribly confused and you can chalk this whole comment up to pebcak...
- jwallaceparker 14y ago
  The app looks at the html source code of the URL you provide and extracts any Twitter handles in it.
  - hluska 14y ago
    Okay, thanks for the explanation! I'm not sure what utility that provides though?
jwallaceparker 14y ago
Cool utility. Worked great for the URL I posted. FYI, "work it's magic" should be "work its magic"
- jwblackwell 14y ago
  Thanks! Quick grammar patch released :)
jwblackwell 14y ago
Hey guys - James the creator here. It's just a fun little tool I put together this morning so sorry for the lack of explanation. It's aimed at anyone doing SEO or trying to reach out to a load of bloggers. It scrapes the pages you enter for common Twitter "follow me" type links and also matches up any Twitter accounts found with the domain name so it's a little more accurate than a thoughtless Twitter link scraper. I didn't really expect this to make front page! I built it to help promote my startup; JetRank.com, which is a new SEO platform for online marketers, check it out! Feedback however honest is welcomed :)
- hluska 14y ago
  You mentioned that it finds any twitter accounts that match the domain name. If that's true, it didn't find me - my twitter handle is @hluska...
  - jwblackwell 14y ago
    It will only find it if the account is mentioned on the page as well. What's your URL? I've only tested this on a handful of sites so there's no doubt tons of ways to improve it's accuracy :)
- Tombar 14y ago
  Would you provide a working example link? Tried a couple links & this posts and coudn't understand how it works :S
ryanw 14y ago
You really need to explain (a) what to do (b) what is does. It's not clear now.
tannerc 14y ago
Despite all the problems other users are running into I've already found this immensely useful. Thanks for sharing James.
_wesley_ 14y ago
I looked at it, and was completely confused at first. After reading the comments here, I realized it will save me a bunch of time. I'm working on launching a new product, and have compiled a list of 50 relevant blogs, and wasn't looking forward to going through them one-by-one to get twitter names. Thanks!
- jwblackwell 14y ago
  Glad you've found a use for it! drop me any feedback at james [at] jetrank.com if you find any issues or ways to improve it and I'll get on it.
codva 14y ago
I dropped my blog URL into the app and it returned my Twitter link - so it works! I'm not sure I understand the utility though. I can't really think of a use case where I'd want to drop a bunch of URLs into an app just to get the associated Twitter accounts.
- jwblackwell 14y ago
  It's aimed at SEOs and online marketers - have a list of blogs you want to contact to review your startup? Just paste them in and start following :)

15 points by jwblackwell 14y ago

Visited your site, read and re-read the description and still had no idea what it did. Suggest you add a Bette e explanation or an example.

quarterto 14y ago

Um. What does this do? Entering my blog and facebook.com return nothing.

hluska 14y ago

I'm either horribly confused by what this app does, or I may have found a bug. I entered my blog URL (hluska.ca), which is on my Twitter profile and then submitted. All it returned was a link to my website. I accessed your app using Safari on an iPhone. Possibly a mobile problem? Or, again, I might be horribly confused and you can chalk this whole comment up to pebcak...

jwallaceparker 14y ago
The app looks at the html source code of the URL you provide and extracts any Twitter handles in it.
- hluska 14y ago
  Okay, thanks for the explanation! I'm not sure what utility that provides though?

jwallaceparker 14y ago

Cool utility. Worked great for the URL I posted. FYI, "work it's magic" should be "work its magic"

jwblackwell 14y ago
Thanks! Quick grammar patch released :)

jwblackwell 14y ago

Hey guys - James the creator here. It's just a fun little tool I put together this morning so sorry for the lack of explanation. It's aimed at anyone doing SEO or trying to reach out to a load of bloggers. It scrapes the pages you enter for common Twitter "follow me" type links and also matches up any Twitter accounts found with the domain name so it's a little more accurate than a thoughtless Twitter link scraper. I didn't really expect this to make front page! I built it to help promote my startup; JetRank.com, which is a new SEO platform for online marketers, check it out! Feedback however honest is welcomed :)

hluska 14y ago
You mentioned that it finds any twitter accounts that match the domain name. If that's true, it didn't find me - my twitter handle is @hluska...
- jwblackwell 14y ago
  It will only find it if the account is mentioned on the page as well. What's your URL? I've only tested this on a handful of sites so there's no doubt tons of ways to improve it's accuracy :)
Tombar 14y ago
Would you provide a working example link? Tried a couple links & this posts and coudn't understand how it works :S

ryanw 14y ago

You really need to explain (a) what to do (b) what is does. It's not clear now.

tannerc 14y ago

Despite all the problems other users are running into I've already found this immensely useful. Thanks for sharing James.

_wesley_ 14y ago

I looked at it, and was completely confused at first. After reading the comments here, I realized it will save me a bunch of time. I'm working on launching a new product, and have compiled a list of 50 relevant blogs, and wasn't looking forward to going through them one-by-one to get twitter names. Thanks!

jwblackwell 14y ago
Glad you've found a use for it! drop me any feedback at james [at] jetrank.com if you find any issues or ways to improve it and I'll get on it.

codva 14y ago

I dropped my blog URL into the app and it returned my Twitter link - so it works! I'm not sure I understand the utility though. I can't really think of a use case where I'd want to drop a bunch of URLs into an app just to get the associated Twitter accounts.

jwblackwell 14y ago
It's aimed at SEOs and online marketers - have a list of blogs you want to contact to review your startup? Just paste them in and start following :)