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Organizations of any size and any type can benefit by becoming more data driven. Through expanded and enhanced access to data, teams can apply their limited resources more intelligently, and ultimately better understand a rapidly changing world.

Today, the web represents a key asset in the quest to become more data driven, but it’s a resource that remains untapped by many groups. That’s because trying to access the world’s biggest data source using legacy web scraping tactics leaves you with data that’s incomplete, inaccurate, unreliable, and out of date—all while forcing you to incur high costs and business risk.

With Import.io, organizations can leverage a comprehensive Web Data Integration solution that makes it fast, easy, and affordable to maximize the strategic value of web data. This solution enables you to identify, extract, prepare, integrate, and consume web data. The possibilities of these capabilities are virtually limitless, serving such objectives as advancing education, academic research, charitable work, investigative journalism, and many more. Review the sections below to learn about a few of the many ways the Import.io solution is being used to make the world a better place.

News and Reputation Monitoring

With Import.io, you can extract mentions of your organization from all online sources, and then parse keywords to determine whether they are positive, negative, or neutral. Plus, you can automate these extractions so they repeat on a daily or weekly basis, and use this intelligence to identify changes and trends.

Academic

Whether you are working on a degree or teaching a class, web data can be of enormous value. Plus, for those seeking employment or making a job change, experience with Import.io can be a great addition to the resume.

Data Journalism

Increasingly, journalists are using data to inform and enhance their stories. Featuring graphs or infographics in news articles are great examples of how data can be used to tell a story. Data is a great source for journalists to use because it lends credibility to sources and can help explain complex topics to the public.

Non-profits

At Import.io, we believe data can be a powerful agent for positive change, and we are here to help non-profit organizations further their mission. Today, the solution from Import.io is helping non-profits that are pursuing such causes as delivering nursing services to low-income mothers, eradicating human trafficking, and more. Check out some non-profit examples to learn more

Check out some non-profit examples

Case Study: Online Shopping Aggregator

Challenge:

Scale up to offer a comprehensive online parts catalogue including photographs, text and categories with optimized pricing.

Solution:

Import.io automatically collects parts data from hundreds of online marketplaces, including retailers’ sites (Sears, Home Depot) and manufacturers (Toro, Eureka, etc.), delivering the data in a normalized, usable format.

Benefits:

Import.io reduced costs by replacing manual aggregation and scripting processes and minimizing post-processing time, allowing the firm to expand its offering without adds to staff.