I know of several GSA Search Engine Ranker users who also own a copy of Xrumer. Some purchased it long ago, and some only recently got it when Xevil Captcha solver was added to Xrumer<\/a>. In this post, I will share with you a handy function within Xrumer that could be used to extract footprints from your existing link list, which you can then use to scrape additional link lists for the GSA Search Engine Ranker<\/a>. The function I will show you in Xrumer<\/strong><\/a> is called “Links Pattern Analysis.”<\/p>\n Before we start with how to extract the footprints, let’s have a quick look at exactly what a footprint is and what it will be used for.<\/p>\n Footprints are bits of code or content that are found in a website\u2019s code or content. For example, when you create a WordPress<\/a> site, you will always have \u201cPowered by WordPress\u201d in the footer of your site ( unless you have manually removed it). Every content management system ( CMS ) will have its very own footprints within the content code, the URL structure, or the site. So when you want to scrape for links, then you tell Google to look for sites that contain specific text in the URL, title, or content of a site<\/p>\n Without going into much detail, you need to understand the following three basic search operators:<\/p>\n Inurl:<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 This will search for sites with specific words or paths in the URL of the site.\u00a0Example:\u00a0<\/strong>inurl:apple<\/a><\/strong> For a more detailed list of all types of\u00a0 Google Search Operators<\/a>, I suggest you have a look at this site: https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-advanced-search-operators\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nXrumer traditionally had a challenging learning curve, and most users do not understand exactly how it works or what some of the functions are used for.<\/p>\nWhat are Footprints (In a Nutshell ):<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\nIntitle:<\/strong> \u2013 This will search for specific text in the title of a site.\u00a0intitle:apple<\/a><\/strong>
\nSite:<\/strong> \u2013 This will search\u00a0 domains\/URLs\/links from a specified domain<\/a>, ccTLD, etc. site:apple.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nWatch the below step-by-step video tutorial showing you all the steps to follow in GSA SER, Xrumer, and also Scrapebox<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n