Search engine scraping Search engine scraping Search engine scraping is the process of harvesting URLs, descriptions, or other information from search engines such as Google, Bing or Yahoo. This is a specific form of screen scraping or web scraping dedicated to search engines only. Most commonly larger search engine optimization (SEO) providers depend on regularly scraping keywords from search engines, especially Google, to monitor the competitive position of their customers' websites for relevant keywords or their indexing status. Search engines like Google do not allow any sort of automated access to their service but from a legal point of view there is no
Chomp (search engine) app. Chomp acquired over 300,000 users in the first eight weeks after its launch. Chomp received seed funding of $565,000 in November 2009. By March 2010 it received a series A round of funding, of $2 Million. Investors included BlueRun Ventures, Ron Conway, Brian Pokorny, and David Lee. At this time, Chomp made further improvements to its search engine by enhancing its search functionality. By February 2011 Chomp brought its search to the Android platform and released its Android app. This provided an improved experience from the existing search capabilities found in the Android market. By May 2011, the number