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Show HN: Area301.com – Intelligent Leads Aggregator for Web Developers

• kull 12y ago
  About the project (From the Author) History: ----------------- I am a web developer finding new clients on job listing websites (CL, Elance, Guru, Smashing Magazine just to name a few) and I find it time consuming to go from one site to another looking for leads. Most of those sites do not have good search functionality, and reading new postings via RSS does not fix the situation. There are also many spammy posts on all of those sites and over the years I learned how to easily spot time wasters and fake postings. Execution: ----------------- I decided to create a site which will: get data from job listing websites ==> analyze this data and try to eliminate suspicious posts, detect quality of leads etc. ==> store this filtered data in a database ==> display it in a user friendly format I created this tool and called it AREA301 and I use it myself when searching for new web design clients. I have opened it up to the public and let other web developers use it. It is free to use. I already have more than 100 active users and I address any issues they find as fast as I can. I am looking for feedback about the idea, landing page design and the functionality of the tool itself.
• screengel 12y ago
  Very nice tool indeed, but I would need some more time for testing it to tell you my opinion.
• sejje 12y ago
  You're going to get a cease and desist from Craigslist, eventually. They do not take kindly to scraping.
  • kull 12y ago
    Yes, I consider that, but CL has low quality leads anyway, and I am not so aggressive with scraping them anyway. Thx!