Ficstar Offers A New Site Scraper

PRLog (Press Release) – Jan 08, 2008 – Ficstar Software, which is a leader in providing powerful web data extraction and data-mining solutions, has expanded its range of activities by offering a new and improved web scraper. The site scraper software offered by the company makes it possible to adopt a trouble-free approach for companies whose daily activities require searching various information and product details.

Many companies now need to gather information from the Internet on a daily basis in order to conduct basic activities. This information may include versatile data, product details, news, and updates. Approaching this task manually can be very time-consuming, especially as the volume of work grows, and the risk of mistakes is indeed significant. That is why it is now considered viable to use an automated site scraper to provide all the needed information. Software providers such as Ficstar are taking advantage of this need and over the recent years have been able to offer a wide range of products customized to meet the demands of companies.

Web scraping by using Ficstar’s software is fully automated and hence trouble-free. It has proven to be one of the easiest and most efficient ways for gathering information from the Internet. Product details can be easily sought and collected, thus saving companies a lot of time and effort and guaranteeing improved performance.

To outsource web scraping project to Fisctar, companies only need to send their project details – which web sites they are targeting, what data they need to extract, the number of search results required, as well as output preferences. The information is captured and then sent to the client in the desired format.

Additionally, Ficstar offers on-site implementation, so customized web data extraction software can be installed and run on the company’s systems. This approach provides the opportunity to update extraction results in a scheduled manner, while providing seamless integration with the client’s internal technology environment, enhancing reusability, and reducing total cost of ownership.

Ficstar Software is a Toronto-based provider of powerful web data extraction and data mining solutions. Ficstar’s products are designed to give businesses a faster and efficient way to perform these activities. The company’s solutions aim to eliminate repetitive, error-prone manual processes that usually take a lot of time and money. The company also provides user support, an online manual for clients, maintenance and updates, as well software downloads from the corporate website.