REPOGEO REPORT · LITE

gosom/google-maps-scraper

Default branch main · commit b0307817 · scanned 5/17/2026, 12:02:00 AM

GitHub: 4,064 stars · 611 forks

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AI VISIBILITY SCORE

35 /100

Critical

Category recall

0 / 2

Not recommended in any query

Rule findings

1 pass · 1 warn · 0 fail

Objective metadata checks

AI knows your name

3 / 3

Direct prompts that named your repo

HOW TO READ THIS REPORT

Action plan is what to do next — copy-pasteable changes prioritized by impact. Category visibility is the real GEO test: when a user asks an AI a brand-free question that should surface gosom/google-maps-scraper, does the AI actually recommend you — or your competitors? Objective checks verify the metadata signals AI engines weight first. Self-mention check detects whether AI even knows you exist by name.

Action plan — copy-paste fixes

3 prioritized changes generated by gemini-2.5-flash. Mark items done after you ship the fix.

OVERALL DIRECTION

highreadme#1

Reposition the README's opening to highlight its open-source, self-hostable nature and direct HTTP approach

Why:

CURRENT

# Google Maps Scraper

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/stargazers"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/network/members"></a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Powerful%20open-source%20Google%20Maps%20scraper%20-%20extract%20business%20data%20at%20scale%20with%20CLI%2C%20Web%20UI%2C%20or%20REST%20API&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgosom%2Fgoogle-maps-scraper&hashtags=golang,webscraping,googlemaps,opensource"></a>
</p>

[](https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/actions/workflows/build.yml)
[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper)
[](https://godoc.org/github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
[](https://discord.gg/fpaAVhNCCu)

Extract Google Maps business leads, emails, reviews, phone numbers, websites, ratings, coordinates, and more with a free open-source CLI, Web UI, REST API, and optional self-hosted platform.

Use it for lead generation, local business research, sales prospecting, data enrichment, or developer automation.

COPY-PASTE FIX

# Google Maps Scraper: Open-Source, Self-Hostable Data Extraction via Direct HTTP

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/stargazers"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/network/members"></a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Powerful%20open-source%20Google%20Maps%20scraper%20-%20extract%20business%20data%20at%20scale%20with%20CLI%2C%20Web%20UI%2C%20or%20REST%20API&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgosom%2Fgoogle-maps-scraper&hashtags=golang,webscraping,googlemaps,opensource"></a>
</p>

[](https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/actions/workflows/build.yml)
[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper)
[](https://godoc.org/github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
[](https://discord.gg/fpaAVhNCCu)

gosom/google-maps-scraper is a powerful, free, and open-source tool for extracting business data from Google Maps. Unlike browser automation tools or expensive SaaS platforms, it uses direct HTTP requests to efficiently gather leads, emails, reviews, phone numbers, websites, ratings, coordinates, and more. It offers a CLI, Web UI, REST API, and an optional self-hosted platform for scalable data extraction.

Use it for lead generation, local business research, sales prospecting, data enrichment, or developer automation.

hightopics#2

Refine repository topics to remove generic AI agent skills and add more specific descriptors

Why:

CURRENT

agent-skills, claude-skills, codex-skills, distributed-scraper, distributed-scraping, golang, google-maps, google-maps-scraping, web-scraper, web-scraping

COPY-PASTE FIX

google-maps-scraper, google-maps-scraping, web-scraping, data-extraction, lead-generation, business-intelligence, golang, distributed-scraper, distributed-scraping, cli, rest-api, self-hosted, open-source

mediumhomepage#3
Add a homepage URL to the repository metadata
Why:
COPY-PASTE FIX
```
https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper
```

Category GEO backends resolved for this scan: google/gemini-2.5-flash, deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Category visibility — the real GEO test

Brand-free queries asked to google/gemini-2.5-flash. Did AI recommend you, or someone else?

Same questions for every model — switch tabs to compare answers and rankings.

Recall

0 / 2

0% of queries surface gosom/google-maps-scraper

Avg rank

—

Lower is better. #1 = top recommendation.

Share of voice

Of all named tools, what % are you?

Top rival

Apify

Recommended in 2 of 2 queries

COMPETITOR LEADERBOARD

Apify · recommended 2×
Bright Data · recommended 2×
Selenium · recommended 2×
Beautiful Soup · recommended 2×
Google Maps Platform APIs · recommended 1×

CATEGORY QUERY
How to programmatically extract business names, addresses, and contact info from Google Maps?
you: not recommended
AI recommended (in order):
1. Google Maps Platform APIs
2. SerpApi
3. Apify
4. Bright Data
5. Puppeteer
6. Playwright
7. Selenium
8. Beautiful Soup
9. Requests
AI recommended 9 alternatives but never named gosom/google-maps-scraper. This is the gap to close.
Show full AI answer
CATEGORY QUERY
Looking for a tool to scrape Google Maps reviews and ratings for market analysis.
you: not recommended
AI recommended (in order):
1. Apify
2. Bright Data
3. ScrapeHero
4. Octoparse
5. ParseHub
6. SERP API
7. Selenium
8. Beautiful Soup
AI recommended 8 alternatives but never named gosom/google-maps-scraper. This is the gap to close.
Show full AI answer

Objective checks

Rule-based audits of metadata signals AI engines weight most.

Metadata completeness
warn
Suggestion:
README presence
pass

Self-mention check

Does AI even know your repo exists when asked about it directly?

Compared to common alternatives in this category, what is the core differentiator of gosom/google-maps-scraper?
pass
AI named gosom/google-maps-scraper explicitly
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?
If a team adopts gosom/google-maps-scraper in production, what risks or prerequisites should they evaluate first?
pass
AI named gosom/google-maps-scraper explicitly
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?
In one sentence, what problem does the repo gosom/google-maps-scraper solve, and who is the primary audience?
pass
AI named gosom/google-maps-scraper explicitly
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?

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Brand-free category queries5 vs 2 in Lite
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