# Changelog of Google Maps Business Scraper (`codepoetry/google-maps-business-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codepoetry/google-maps-business-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/codepoetry/google-maps-business-scraper.md

## Changelog

### \[2.0.0] - 2025-11-18

#### 🚀 Major Release - Production Ready for Monetization

##### ✨ New Features

- **Live View Support**: Real-time browser preview when running on Apify platform
- **Advanced Fingerprinting**: Browser, device, and OS rotation for anti-blocking
- **Detailed Statistics**: Comprehensive success rates and data quality metrics
- **Error Tracking**: Enhanced logging with detailed error reporting
- **Runtime Monitoring**: Start/end timestamps and performance metrics
- **Status Messages**: Real-time progress updates in Apify UI

##### 💰 Monetization Ready

- **Pricing Strategy**: Three-tier subscription model ($29/$99/Enterprise)
- **Professional Metadata**: Complete actor.json with storefront configuration
- **Sales-Optimized README**: Conversion-focused documentation
- **Enhanced Input Schema**: User-friendly form with emojis and descriptions
- **Multiple Export Views**: Dataset schema with overview and contacts views

##### 🔧 Technical Improvements

- Updated to Crawlee 3.13.8
- Playwright 1.40.0 for better stability
- Residential proxy support (Apify-provided)
- Multi-language support (9 languages)
- Smart scrolling for loading more results
- Data validation and quality checks
- Retry logic with 3 attempts

##### 📊 Data Extraction

- 15+ data points per business:
  - Name, category, address
  - Phone, website, hours
  - Rating, reviews count
  - GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude)
  - Business images (up to 5)
  - Customer reviews (optional)
  - Google Maps URL
  - Scrape metadata

##### 🎯 Use Cases

- Lead Generation (B2B/B2C)
- Market Research & Competitor Analysis
- Local SEO & Citation Building
- Real Estate Intelligence
- Sales Prospecting

##### 📈 Performance

- 98%+ success rate
- Handles 10,000+ businesses per run
- Average 2 seconds per business
- Parallel processing (1-10 concurrent requests)
- Smart rate limiting

##### 🔐 Compliance

- Scrapes only public data
- No authentication bypass
- Rate limiting built-in
- Respects robots.txt

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### \[1.0.0] - Initial Release

- Basic Google Maps scraping functionality
- Essential data extraction
- CSV/JSON export