Hey everyone! I’d like to know if I can
Hey everyone! I’d like to know if I can use Apify tools to create a SaaS, especially those that scrape Google (like Google Maps Reviews Scraper). Could this cause legal issues or problems with Google? Thanks for your feedback! 🙏
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like-gold•3mo ago
Hi! You can check this https://www.lobstr.io/blog/is-scraping-google-maps-legal
In general it's legal but not allowance. As a Google Expert I have a personal opinion which is that you can scrape at the speed of a normal person. So if you have 100 instances and its scrape not faster than my grandmother (but all day) then everything will be fine. The problem is mainly when you start selling this data. That is you sell not the service of information processing but the data itself. This is what can be a problem.
Is scraping legal on Google Maps? Yes, absolutely.
In this article, we’ll understand why it is legal to scrape Google Maps. And why you are absolutely safe. Even if Google does not like it.