Scraping Google Maps is a demo trap. Let’s talk dentists in the US. 🦷 Want to find dentists who carry Invisalign? Sounds simple 👇

Scraping Google Maps is a demo trap. Let’s talk dentists in the US. 🦷 Want to find dentists who carry Invisalign? Sounds simple 👇

📍 Clay plus Google Maps:

• Places API caps at 60 results per query, the consumer app shows limited, viewport-bounded results, while there are over 100K dentist offices nationwide
• Radial search only, so you need to grid the whole country with tiny overlapping circles and dedupe results 🤯
• Outdated or missing data, plenty of dentists do not even list on Maps, mine is not, check yours
• Then comes scraping 100K sites, with cookies, JavaScript, and bot blocks breaking many crawls
• Add fraud, Google says it removed or blocked millions of fake business profiles and has sued operators
• Result, maybe half the market at best, plus a lot of fake or obsolete profiles

🏆 Now compare with the DiscoLike business directory:

• Built from active SSL certificates and full site text, refreshed every 1–3 months
• Fake AI sites detected and removed
• Full homepage text + all public contact info ready for targeting
• National coverage, no caps, no circles, no gymnastics
• One query, surface tens of thousands of Invisalign providers

👉 Takeaway: Maps scraping might look clever in a demo, but it collapses at scale. A real business directory gives you coverage and quality, and saves your time and $$$ to invest elsewhere.