Automotive Search Engine
Project ID:
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FixedBudget:
$100-$500 USD
Project Description:
Automotive Search EngineSynopsis:
Similiar to a metacrawler.com, this project requires the compilation of search results from
leading automotive classified sites.
Features:
The ability to search by zip code, year, make, model, and mileage.
The data retrieved should include at least the following:
Year
Make
Model
Price
Mileage
ZipCode
One Piece of Sellers Info (phone, email, dealership name)
URL TO ADVERTISEMENT
Sites to include in compilation of results:
cars.com
autobytel.coom
autotrader.com
autoweb.com
ebaymotors.com
autos.yahoo.com
carsdirect.com
carpoint.com
carmax.com
(design of the compilation engine should be scalable such that we can add additional sites)
When searches are performed, the compilation engine will cache the results in the database for future searches. This will be an effort to archive results as well as improve performance in the short term for searchers.
I WILL PROVIDE:
Zip Code proximity script.
Year, Make, Model dropdowns for search frontend. Along with the database of these values.
Technologies:
MySQL database
Linux Environment
PHP is preferred but not required.
C/C++ maybe better for performance, give me your suggestions.
Skills required:
C Programming, Perl, PHP
Public Clarification Board
7 messages
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Infoneto
dealercrm,
Inform us when/if you decide change the budget be sure we will bid and provide quality work - this is the type of projects we enjoy doingover 7 years ago
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Infoneto
Hi,
We did such a project for finding TV shows in the past, and it took us 5 weeks to debug it till the point it worked without problems (almost) - we did have some problem in certain parts where we could not separate the data to different fields for the computer has no brains.... but in your case things are easier. About 18 months later the station changed the layout and that was it.... we now have an idea to make it more maintainable.
Your case is much easier (some of the data as specific patterns) and we suggest generic way for it to be done -
regarding the site you want to use - some have some have add banners inside the results like autotrader.com - It make things little harder
but all in all if you change the budget to over 2500$ we will provide you with analysis of what should be done to make it work, and may be do some basic demo so you can see we know what we are talking about
The result of the project is a tool that you use with any required site to create the scrapping rules that are then used to get info from the other sites
P.S. you should take care about all the legal copyrights etc.over 7 years ago
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dealercrm
Hello everybody, yes I anticipated a bid raise. Wanted to get feedback first.
jerbroo : extremely difficult and would take months of research and study
jerbroo your off my list just for that comment. A smart programmer can spend a few hours looking at html results and come up with an appropriate algo to handle the processing. Now if I asked to go deeper then the first page of results and go into the details then your team would be spending days (not months) on writing logic to follow links into never never land.over 7 years ago
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alrgroup
I'm afraid ccdantas is right. You're looking at well over 150 hours on a custom database, application, beta testing, server preparation, etc. Even at $500, we all stand to make less than minimum wage on this. Even offshore professionals can't do it for those rates. You really do get what you pay for in this business.
over 7 years ago
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ccdantas
Hi if you rise your budget, I can bid on this project.
What you are looking for is to much time for no money.
CCDantas Web Designover 7 years ago
