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How can I Harvest Links to make a data base?

Feb 22, 2002, 10:28 AM
jasonmark1921
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How can I Harvest Links to make a data base?
Is there a way to scan the web and convert it to a Links Sql 2.0 data base?
Feb 22, 2002, 10:40 AM
Paul
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Re: [jasonmark1921] How can I Harvest Links to make a data base? In reply to
Havest in the illegal sense? Wink

You can use Innerprise's spider to convert it to Links 2 format and then import the data into Links SQL, or you can use DMOZ data.
Feb 22, 2002, 10:45 AM
jasonmark1921
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Ok, Ill use Innerprise's spider to convert it to Links 2 format,

But where do I get the Data in the first place?



Thanks!

I was not aware it was illegal though.

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Feb 22, 2002, 10:47 AM
Paul
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>>I was not aware it was illegal though. <<

Well not really illegal, just unethical....but it depends where you are harvesting from.

>>But where do I get the Data in the first place?
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Using the Innerprise spider :) ....or did you mean DMOZ ?
Feb 22, 2002, 10:53 AM
jasonmark1921
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Feb 22, 2002, 10:53 AM
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Im doing an Audio Links page and Guitar.

However, there is only 200 in Dmoz and I have 1000 already.

Cool.
Feb 22, 2002, 11:26 AM
Andy
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Feb 22, 2002, 11:26 AM
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Re: [jasonmark1921] How can I Harvest Links to make a data base? In reply to
What about releated categories for guitars?

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Feb 22, 2002, 2:42 PM
jasonmark1921
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I should look, how many in the Dump for guitar can you get for me?

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Feb 23, 2002, 3:49 AM
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Erm, http://search.dmoz.org/...search?search=guitar. There is over 1000 listed in just those 5 categories shown at the top Wink

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