Google Local Business Finder

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Create a free account on Botster
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Start the bot and wait for completion
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Download or share your results

About this bot

In short: This online tool will scrape Google Local results in bulk for a list of keywords.

Click to view the example results file for a better idea of the output.

How to use the Google Local position checker: Video tutorial

Watch a quick video guide on how to launch this tool:

Why use the Google Local Finder 

This fast and simple bot can be used for multiple business-related purposes, such as:

  • Improving your Google Local Business ranking
  • Optimizing your Google Local Business listing
  • Getting your business to the top of Google Local
  • Analyzing your competition
  • And many more!

The Google Local rank checker can easily grab the following details:

  • Input keyword
  • Rank absolute
  • Title
  • Description
  • Domain
  • Phone
  • URL
  • Is paid
  • Value
  • Votes count
  • Cid

How to scrape Google Local results

  • Sign up on Botster
  • Go to the bot's start page
  • Enter your keywords. Each keyword must go on a new line
  • Select your location
  • Adjust custom settings
  • Click the "Start this bot" button

That's it – the Google Local ranking check is now in progress!

Software walkthrough

1. Open the Launch bot form.

Click on the "Start bot" button on the right-hand side of this page to open the spider's form:

2. Enter the details.

Give your "Job" a meaningful title, and optionally specify (or create) a project folder:

3. Enter your search keywords.

⚠️ Each query must go on a new line:

4. Select your location.

5. Set the target language.

6. Select the device.

7. Select the operating system.

8. Specify time settings.

Tick the checkbox if you want the bot to monitor Google Local results on a regular basis:

Once you’ve ticked the checkbox, the available options will appear. You can set the Google Local position checker to run:

  • every day
  • once a week
  • twice a week
  • once a month

If no longer needed, the job can be stopped either manually or at a certain date specified in advance:

Tick ‘Deliver new items only’ if you want the Google Local Finder to send you updates only:

9. Set up notifications.

Specify if you would like to receive a notification when the grabber completes the crawl:

10. Start the bot!

Click the "Start this bot" button on the right-hand side:

That's it! You will be taken to your "Jobs" section. The local Google SERP checker is now working and will notify you once it's done. 

Data output

After the bot completes the job you can download your data as an Excel (XLSX), CSV or JSON file.

To use this bot you need to register or log in first.

Frequently asked questions

Open the Google Local Finder’s start page, enter your keywords, select your location, adjust custom settings, and launch the bot. The resulting table will contain local businesses scraped from Google.

Tick ‘Run this bot periodically’ and set the monitoring frequency before launching the bot. The Google Local Finder will send you notifications as often as needed.

Once the bot is done scraping, open your job and click on the Excel logo. The file will be automatically saved to your computer. Other formats available for download include CSV, JSON and Google Sheets.


Endpoint: POST https://botster.io/api/v2/bots/google-local-finder

Request body:

input string or array of strings (required)
Search queries

coordinates (required)
Location

language (required)
Language

device (required)
Device

os (required)
OS

cron string (optional)
Set periodicity with which the process should execute. Use cron format.
Example: 0 8 * * * - run every day at 8AM

new_items_only boolean (optional)
The file will contain only the new items that appeared since the latest data crawl.


Version history

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