Can anyone recommend a good DATA SCRAPER?
 

I am trying to scrape data from many different sites that feature different formats (some are in WP, most aren't) into one unified database. Is there a 'trainable' spider tool that can allow me to scrape many different sites easily?

no such thing exists everyone that does what your trying to do has custom work done.

true :thumbsup

If you want some custom solution, icq: 33375924 or woj a_t wojfun dot com to discuss details...

Thanks, Dan. I'll think about getting the custom scraper done.

.. well, WP stands for wordpress >> it isn't a text format at all :?

please define exactly what kind of information/data you are after...

prices, reviews, locations or other?

Worth a look...

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
http://zapier.com
http://scraperwiki.com

you can start with php

there are scrapers for dummies but their cost are high like 1K-2K
you just point and scrape ....

but if u are looking for something special then custom made is your answer.

i created couple of scrapers in the past. with php and http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/


hope this helps.