company search tools question

[David Schwartz 426]

I have a list of company names + phone# / city / state.

 

I want to find their main website URL and/or a google business page?

 

What tools are available to do this (without any programming needed)?

[Anders Melander 1726]

15 minutes ago, David Schwartz said:

What tools are available to do this (without any programming needed)?

Why are you asking this question in a Delphi programming forum?

[David Schwartz 426]

Because I don't now where else to post it, and I'm guessing there are folks here who might know. Maybe I put it into the wrong section here. If so, feel free to move it.

[Anders Melander 1726]

https://stackexchange.com/sites

[Lars Fosdal 1770]

@David Schwartz I assume there are paid services out there that offer such data.

How many businesses are we talking about? If it is a limited number, it might be just as cheap to have someone google and register.

[David Schwartz 426]

On 2/24/2024 at 1:38 AM, Lars Fosdal said:

@David Schwartz I assume there are paid services out there that offer such data.

How many businesses are we talking about? If it is a limited number, it might be just as cheap to have someone google and register.

around 950 for the particular batch I'm looking at initially.

Edited February 25 by David Schwartz

[David Schwartz 426]

On 2/23/2024 at 5:26 PM, Anders Melander said:

https://stackexchange.com/sites

 

This is something that real people with a narrow expertise who can think and dive into their own memory banks can answer. Google sucks at it.

 

Unfortunately, StackOverflow has a policy where they don't allow questions like this that Google can't answer. They consider them "recommendations".

Edited February 25 by David Schwartz

[Lars Fosdal 1770]

In theory, the AIs might be able to pull out such data.

[David Schwartz 426]

 

On 2/25/2024 at 10:11 AM, Lars Fosdal said:

In theory, the AIs might be able to pull out such data.

 

As I said, I am using AI to pull out the company data, but ChatGPT4 can't access the internet directly.

 

Turns out that it's probably easier to just do it by hand in small batches.

[Lars Fosdal 1770]

MS Copilot might be able, but, yeah, elbow grease FTW.

[David Schwartz 426]

17 hours ago, Lars Fosdal said:

MS Copilot might be able, but, yeah, elbow grease FTW.

If I open the list as a text file in Chrome or Opera, I can highlight the company name and it offers a popup to Search, Copy, and Share. I just click Search and it finds the website pretty quickly -- far faster than the Google SERP scraping tool I've got.

 

[LunaApeg 0]

To find the main website URL and Google Business page of companies without needing to do any programming, you can start with a simple Google search by entering the company name along with the city and state. The official website and Google Business page often appear at the top of the search results. Additionally, visiting Google My Business and searching for the company name can provide you with the Google Business page if it exists.

Another approach is to search for the company on LinkedIn, as many businesses have LinkedIn profiles that include their website URLs. You can also use directories like Yellow Pages or Yelp to search for the company, as these listings often include the company's website and other contact information.

For more comprehensive business information or CRM enrichment, platforms like Global Database and Hunter.io can be useful, though some features might require a subscription. If you have any part of the domain name, you can use a Whois lookup service like whois.domaintools.com to search for it.

Lastly, browser extensions like Hunter.io and Clearbit can quickly find company information, including websites, when you visit their social profiles or mention them online. Using these methods should help you find the main website URLs and Google Business pages for the companies on your list without the need for any programming skills.

Edited July 18 by LunaApeg