# Changelog of Business Reverse Phone Lookup Scraper (`automation-lab/business-reverse-phone-lookup`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/business-reverse-phone-lookup/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/business-reverse-phone-lookup.md

## Changelog

### 2026-09-28 (UTC)

#### Fixes

- Exclude generic number-range pages from owner matches, even when their snippets list the searched number; a lookup site's own brand is not the line owner.
- Require a contiguous phone number in one indexed title or snippet; unrelated digit fragments no longer create matches.
- Withhold business identity and high-confidence matching when indexed results disagree on the business for the same number; decode Bing click links into direct citations.
- Leave business names empty for phone-only and generic directory titles; retain supported names from cited titles.
- Try the HTML search fallback when RSS results contain no matching number, and avoid US formatting for non-US national numbers.
- Consult an independent public search index when Bing has no exact-number evidence; keep direct citations and withhold identity if different businesses share the number.

#### Changes

- Clarify that the sample match is illustrative and large sequential batches may exceed the run timeout.

### 0.1.0 — 2026-08-17 (UTC)

#### Business phone lookup

- Resolve one or more supplied telephone numbers against public web-index evidence to identify matching businesses.
- Normalize each input number so CRM records can be compared and enriched consistently.

#### Evidence-ready results

- Export a typed row for every input, including lookup status, confidence, and the matched business name, address, website, or category when the source supports those fields.
- Include the source URL, title, and snippet behind every match so teams can review and verify the evidence.

#### Reliable bulk workflows

- Process bounded phone-number lists in one run and return explicit `matched`, `not_found`, or `error` outcomes instead of silently dropping unresolved records.