<\/span><\/h2>\nEmail scraping<\/strong> is the automated process of collecting email addresses from online sources<\/strong>, such as:<\/p>\n\n- Websites (contact pages, blogs, directories)<\/li>\n
- Social media profiles<\/li>\n
- Online databases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It\u2019s a subset of email extraction, focused specifically on pulling emails from public web content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u00a01. How Email Scraping Works (Step-by-Step)<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/span>\u00a0Step 1: Target Identification<\/span><\/h2>\nMarketers define where to scrape:<\/p>\n
\n- Industry-specific websites<\/li>\n
- Business directories<\/li>\n
- Competitor customer lists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/span>\u00a0Step 2: Crawling & Scanning<\/span><\/h2>\nTools scan web pages and look for email patterns like:<\/p>\n
name@company.com\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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