Scraping The iTunes Store

I recently wrote a series of posts detailing the way I chose to scrape iTunes for ratings information for Bailout America, an iPhone game we released recently.

Read more at thedoedoeblog.

Alinks Repairs

Great Programmer! Very easy to work with, good comunication skills, got what I wanted, understood every problem 100%! Highly recommend for your project! ….Thanks!

alinks script repairs and mods

Webpage Replication

This guy rocks!Strongly recommended.Have the exceptional skills required as a programmer to complete my project in time.Very patience and easy to work with.

massive webpage edits

Webpage Replication Service

I wrote a program to edit thousands of static webpages.

Alinks

I provided several modifications for this script for a couple of different clients.

Data Extraction

This client wanted a list of all YouTube videos on a certain topic. I found some of the work and posted it. Like most scraping work, it may not work anymore. It’s here if you want to check it out.

YouTube Video Mining

Excellent to work with. Great customer service, and willing to do what is necessary to get you what you need. Would work with again. Highly recommended.

YouTube Video Mining

Karl Jackson

Worked hard to get my project functioning. Excellent programmer.

Perl Script Install and Customization

Script Install and Customization

Set up an off-the-shelf Perl script for automated web-based marketing and customized it for this client’s special needs.

M@D 2 Host – WHM Integration

I setup WHM integration for this web hosting company.

M@D 2 Host

Website Replication

A guru in every sense of the word! This guy should be given a goverment national asset award for services to the United States! Hire him now!

Website Replication

Website Replication

My work seems to come in themes and this was the first in a long line of automation for sales of websites.

This client sold new websites to clients – what has become known as splogs (spam blogs) – and he wanted an easy way to replicate them on demand.

That’s where I came in.

Scraping Real Estate Data

I created an application that would mine all the data on this website and return a complete list of all property meeting a certain criteria. I provided this to the client as a Windows executable which he could run whenever he wanted to search. He was looking for very specific properties, but the application allowed for different searches on demand.

I’ve actually sold derivatives of this application to several clients.

Rebuilding Pages

You sir are a genius. This is going to save SOOO much time and it looks like we’re down to the final bit.

Did a really good job getting my script put together with very little to work with! Easy to get ahold of via IM and replies to emails quickly. No complaints at all.

parsing and rebuilding pages

Parsing and Rebuilding Pages

I wrote a program that would parse and rebuild 1000s of existing webpages. This project involved programmatically “moving” pages to different sections of the website, changing names and several other details on every page.

I don’t have a link.

Data Extraction – Sports Scores

I extracted years of historical data – NBA box scores – for a private client. I also wrote a program that would extract current data as needed.

I found an unfinished version of this script over here.

Google Search API

Matthew hired me to use the Google search API to find the number of results ( the real number, not the number Google reports ) for each keyword in his database and then insert that number in another column in his database.

There is no web based user interface to link to.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work

Fantastic to work with this gentleman. Does his job well and goes above and beyond. I will definately use him again. Infact, I have already offered him another project.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success!

I was hired to transfer several websites from one server to another.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success!

• Testimonials

  • bsoist is amazing. He took our messed up existing code and turned into a work of art. He is fair, fast, honest, great communication, everything you could want in a coder/designer. We will be using bsoist for all of our future projects. sound-effect.com
  • Another successful project with bsoist. He managed to quickly solve a problem that two other programmers had much trouble with. Will be using bsoist for all of our large database projects. musicloops.com
  • bsoist is a very good programmer, who worked on my project to 110% of my satisifaction. The programming he did was clean, and works great! He preformed the project in a very reasonable amount of time. His communication throughout the project was outstanding. I recommend him to everyone and I will be using him again my self. Thanks for the great job bsoist!! Music Utopia
  • Fantastic to work with this gentleman. Does his job well and goes above and beyond. I will definately use him again. Infact, I have already offered him another project. ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work
  • Great programmer, writes very clean code. Very willing to troubleshoot. I will, without a doubt , work with him again! Google Search API
  • You sir are a genius. This is going to save SOOO much time and it looks like we're down to the final bit.
    …
    Did a really good job getting my script put together with very little to work with! Easy to get ahold of via IM and replies to emails quickly. No complaints at all. parsing and rebuilding pages
  • Bill dealt with a project that was was far more difficult and time consuming than imagined with great professionalism and patience, continuing to work to find solutions. Clearly, Bill is highly experienced programmer with wordpress expertise. I would use him again. selfinvestors.com
  • Communicated several times a day on project, responded to emails within hours, completed the project exactly to my original specs. Can't say enough good things, would definitely work with him again! Knoxvoice.com Find Us Map
  • Very qualified programmer. Provided lots of feedback during the creation process and created a marvelous job in the end. Highly recommended. Surreal Art, Fantasy Art & The Contemporary Surrealism of Domen Lombergar
  • Excellent to work with. Great customer service, and willing to do what is necessary to get you what you need. Would work with again. Highly recommended. Thomas Yang
  • excellent work, he’s very conscientious, responsive and upfront. I highly recommend him and will definitely use him again. Betsy Flanagan
  • This guy rocks!Strongly recommended.Have the exceptional skills required as a programmer to complete my project in time.Very patience and easy to work with. mass xthml edits
  • bsoist offers incredible support & documentation. He has also been very adaptable to a few curve balls thrown at him, and willing to do what it takes to make me happy with the results. 1000 Moms, 1000 Dollars
  • Amazing uderstanding of wordpress, this guy really knows what he is doing. excellent work. thanks very much Bill!! RentBackDirect.co.uk
  • Boist did a great job on this project. It was completely quickly and accurately. He even went above and beyond to ensure it was done right. ReallyCheckYourself.org
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