Question 1

What is DirectoryTestimonial?

Accepted Answer

DirectoryTestimonial is a customer testimonial automation platform. It allows you to automatically collect and display reviews from customers as well as publish customer feedback to other platforms.

Question 2

Does DirectoryImport come with the Google/Yelp image import?

Accepted Answer

No, this is a separate service called DirectoryPhotos that integrates with the listing creator but is a separate service.

Question 3

What are the DirectoryImport Terms of Service?

Accepted Answer

The DirectoryImport plugin is a tool which allows you to create listings on your directory by loading data from Google, Yelp and Outscraper.

Use of this plugin software requires third party API tokens to work. You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools ”as is” and “as available” without any warranties, representations or conditions of any kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of third-party tools or APIs. Any use by you of tools or API connections offered through the plugin is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s), to include but not limited to usage requirements and any additional fee requirements. We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.

The import process uses scraping, harvesting, or extracting process to get all the information for listings from public sites. It automates manual exporting of the data. Use of this process may involve location specific laws to your specific regional area or country. DirectoryImport always suggests you seek the counsel of an attorney in your specific area to ensure compliance with the laws in your jurisdiction.

Once you pay for this tool, our team will provide you with an account which you can use to login and use it.

The tool can be used in one directory at a time by default, but if you need to use it on more directories please contact our team to raise your directory limit.

The cost of the renewal and lifetime licenses may vary at any given time, but the payment plan you join with will be respected and left the same.

Access to this tool may be limited if you fail to renew your monthly payment (if on a monthly subscription status). Monthly plans require a one year subscription commitment as a minimum install, setup, and maintenance cost. Cancellation prior to one year will result in the remaining expected annual balance to be invoiced upon cancellation and is due upon receipt. Cancellation is allowed if upgrading to a lifetime purchase at any time.

It is possible to change from a monthly subscription to a yearly or a lifetime plan at any given time. Just reach out to our team in order to make the upgrade request.

Each individual who accesses a directory and uses the Listing Generator must have his own license. Sharing a license with other members from your team is only valid if you have written consent from us to do it.

If a directory uses this software to engage in illegal activities, our team may limit access to the software and share any necessary information with the corresponding legal authorities in the case of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Our team will never write to you requesting for personal information, your password, or your user login. Please report to us any case in which this happens so that we can investigate it.

Our team and Brilliant Directories have no ongoing partnership and are not related to one another by any direct means. Our team may help you with problems on your directory if they are related with the plugin software. Our team is also responsible for fixing any issues the software has as a result of Brilliant Directories updates, so if your software stops working don't hesitate to reach out to us on Facebook or our Contact Page.

Our team does not sell your personal data, telemetry data, usage statistics nor any of the data it processes.

Our team may use your activity data in machine learning models for generating an artificial intelligence capable of generating complete directory listings based on category structures.

Question 4

What are the DirectoryImport Configuration Checkboxes for?

Accepted Answer

These settings are used in conjunction with DirectoryPhotos which allows users to add Google Images and Reviews to their business listing. If you you have DirectoryPhotos installed these will appear as settings so you can also import the images and reviews during the initial import process instead of having to have the customer or yourself do it from the from end. If you do not have DirectoryPhotos these configurations will not be shown. The default phot and review count number is the amount of photos or reviews the API will download during import.

The "Current Listings Update" tab has several areas seen below that allow you to load Google/Yelp images and reviews for a given listing. These configurations allow you to turn on or off the images and reviews import when the "Load Pictures and Reviews" bulk action is chosen in the "Current Listings Update" tab.

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This data pull process normally pulls these items together. However some directory owners may not want to pull both of these items, so these configuration options allow you to remove either item from the download/update process. As a result if either item is turned off the images or reviews will not import when the "Load Pictures and Reviews"action is chosen in the top bulk action or side individual download option.

In addition, this also controls whether these items are preselected for download in the new listings import tab. If the configuration is unchecked then these will not be present as a download option preselect.

Question 5

How do you get and use a Yelp API Key?

Accepted Answer

What is Yelp API?

The Yelp Fusion API allows its users to get local content and user reviews from millions of businesses of hospitality and service industries across 32 countries. The Yelp API is used by DirectoryImport to load listing data, images, and reviews.

How do I get the Yelp API Key?

Getting your Fusion API key is fast and easy. To do it, you have to follow these simple Yelp API guidelines.

Step 1 – Create an account

First you have log into the developers portal with your existing Yelp account or create a new one

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You can continue working with Yelp service through Facebook, Google, or Apple account. The other option is to sign up with your email address. In this case you’ll get a confirmation email – don’t forget to follow the link in it to verify your account.

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You’re going to have to verify you’re not a robot by completing a reCaptcha.

Step 2 – Get started with Fusion API

Once you’ve logged into the Yelp developers service, go to https://fusion.yelp.com to get to the Fusion API section of the portal. Press the Get Started button.

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Step 3 – Create an App

Create your first Yelp App to receive your personal Fusion API key. Fill in the required fields in the form, agree to Yelp API Terms of Use and Display Requirements. Then prove you’re a human, and press Create New App.

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After that you’ll get your API Key.

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Copy the API key and paste it into the configurations tab of your DirctoryImport Plugin

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Remember to keep your personal Yelp API key to yourself! It is the credential for your call to Yelp’s API and must be used only by you.

If you need to get back to the API at a later point the best way is to browse to this link and sign-in. You should see your API at the top of the page. If you try to use the normal page to login it goes to your personal account and makes it very hard to find this page again so use this link: https://www.yelp.com/developers/v3/manage_app

What are the limits of the API?

By default, any client is limited to 5,000 API calls per 24 hours. This count is reset every midnight UTC.

Can I choose which reviews to display in an API query?

DirectoryImport only displays the data presented by Yelp. The sort and order of reviews are determined by recency, user voting, and other review quality factors to help consumers make informed decisions. The Yelp API cannot be configured to draw any alternative or hand-picked review excerpts.

Why is the Yelp API not delivering content for businesses I know are on Yelp?

Yelp API only returns the info for businesses that have some Yelp user-generated content added. Specifically, they must have at least one customer review.

Question 6

What are the DirectoryPopup Terms of Service?

Accepted Answer

The following Terms of Service (the “Main Agreement”) set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your access and use of the Internet website owned and operated by Sovereign Net LTD, located at Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands and located at https://app.directorypopup.com and your access and use of the Internet website owned and operated by Michigan Business Solutions, located at Grandville, Michigan, United States of America and located at https://www.directorypopup.com/ (the “Sites”) including all subdomains, subdirectories and subsidiary web pages therein and access to any optimized version of the Site via a wireless device, and access and use of the services available thereon, including, without limitation, the services that enable you to create, test and host promotion-specific custom widgets, opt-in forms, screen elements and landing pages for online marketing purposes (the “Services”). Widgets, opt-in forms, screen elements and landing pages are collectively called “Widgets”. This Agreement is legally binding on you, the person using this Site, and Sovereign Net LTD. Terms such as “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Sovereign Net LTD.

YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT, PRIVACY POLICY AND THE DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT (DPA), BY DOING ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: (1) VISITING THIS SITE; (2) MAKING A PURCHASE OR SUBMITTING CONTENT THROUGH THE SITE; (3) COMPLETING THE ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS BY CLICKING A BOX INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE; OR (4) BY EXECUTING A SUBSCRIPTION THAT REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT.

If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to these terms and conditions, in which case the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not accept this Agreement and may not use the Services.

On our Site, we may provide short summaries of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any such summaries are provided only for your convenience, are not legally binding and do not modify this Agreement in any way.

Sovereign Net LTD may update or modify this Agreement or the Privacy Policy or the DPA at any time and such updated versions will be posted on the Site. You are responsible for periodically checking the Main Agreement, Privacy Policy and the DPA. Your continued use of the Site and/or the Services after this Agreement and/or Privacy Policy and/or the DPA are updated shall be deemed acceptance of any such updated Agreement and/or Privacy Policy and/or the DPA.

Ability to Enter into this Agreement

You may not use the Services and may not accept this Agreement if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Sovereign Net LTD, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are a resident or from which you use the Services.

Before you continue, you should print or save a local copy of this Agreement for your records.

Your Account and Profile Information

Your right to access and use the Services is personal to you and is not transferable by you to any other person or entity. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your Account or under your Profile Information. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your Account or Profile Information, you are responsible for notifying us immediately.

By providing us with your email address, you agree to receive all required notices electronically to that email address. It is your responsibility to update or change that email address, as appropriate. We may use the provided email address to notify you about important changes, events and promotions on the Services. If you don’t want to receive such notifications, you can unsubscribe from them in your Account settings.

Fees and Subscriptions

Paid Subscriptions: fee-based type of Services (hereinafter also referred to as “Paid Services”, “Paid Version” or “Premium”).

You must have Internet access and provide us with a current, valid, accepted method of payment (as such may be updated from time to time, “Payment Method”) to use the Paid Services. You may cancel your current Subscription before it renews each month or year in order to avoid billing of the next month’s subscription fees to your Payment Method. Access for all subscriptions can be accessed at https://www.directorysubscription.com

Except for refunds provided for cancellation of any Paid Subscriptions (as described in the section below entitled Cancellation and Termination), there will be no refunds or credits for partial months or years of service or for periods in which your Subscription remains active but you do not use the Services.

We may offer a number of subscription plans, including special promotional plans with differing conditions and limitations (“Differing Subscriptions”) in the form of purchased or received Subscription discount codes. If you have purchased a code sold by or received it from or on behalf of Michigan Business Solutions, for access to the Paid Subscriptions for the time period indicated on your email (“Code”), or if you are accessing the service through some other limited offer which you received or purchased from Michigan Business Solutions (“Limited Offer”), this Agreement applies to your access to the Services. Any separate sets of terms and conditions presented to you along with the Code or other Limited Offer also apply to your access to the Service using the Code or Limited Offer, any materially different terms from those described in these Terms of Services will be disclosed at your sign-up or in other communications made available to you. Subject to any rights you may have under section entitled Cancellation and Termination, Codes are only redeemable in the country where you purchased such Code, not redeemable for cash and may not be returned for a cash refund, exchanged, resold or used to purchase other Codes. We reserve the right to modify, terminate or otherwise amend our offered Differing Subscriptions.

We reserve the right to modify, terminate or otherwise amend our billing rates at any time upon thirty (30) days written notice by posting such fee changes to the Services or on the Site.

Submission of Content

All Content that belongs to you will belong to you. In addition, any Widget you create using our Services may be used by you for any lawful purpose, personal or business during your subscription term, provided however that you may not resell or license any template or other Sovereign Net LTD materials or content or otherwise violate any terms of this Agreement.

Note that if you cancel your subscription, Sovereign Net LTD will discontinue providing hosting and any integration and back-end services for your Widgets. This means that you will no longer be able to use your account to access the Widgets you have created using our services. Sovereign Net LTD will use Content you upload solely in connection with providing the Services to you, and for no other reason. You agree that by uploading, importing or otherwise providing any Content on or through the Site and/or the Services, you grant, and have all necessary rights and permissions to grant, to Sovereign Net LTD a transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, process, display, all or any portion of such Content, solely in connection with providing the Services to you. This license includes the right to host, index, cache or otherwise format your Content in order to provide the Services.

You also grant us a transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use any Content that you have published, made public, post in any form and/or share with others for our marketing purposes, including publishing, making public in any form in connection with Sovereign Net LTD. Aside from the rights specifically granted herein, you retain ownership of all rights, including intellectual property rights, in the Content that you post to the Service, except that you agree to waive your right to be identified as the author of any Content on the Service and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such Content.

You represent and warrant that you own your Content or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to grant the license set forth herein and that its provision to Sovereign Net LTD or Sovereign Net LTD’s use thereof will not violate the copyrights, privacy rights, publicity rights, trademark rights, contract rights or any other intellectual property rights or other rights of any person or entity, and that you shall comply with the applicable data protection laws.

Beta Tests

From time to time and at our sole discretion, we may initiate Beta Tests. We may implement, run, suspend, or terminate Beta Tests at any time without notice or liability, and do not guarantee that a tested product, service, modification, upgrade, or other adjustment to the Site, Services, or means of providing the Services, will become part of the Services. We may deliver (and subsequently cease delivering) Beta Tests to all or any subset of Sovereign Net LTD Account holders at our discretion without prior permission at any time.

If we decide to incorporate a tested product or service into the Sovereign Net LTD Services, we may adjust our prices accordingly. Sovereign Net LTD accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from, or related to, your participation in a Beta Test.

Attribution Links

Aggregated Data

Where you choose to use or connect Third Party Services along with usage of Sovereign Net LTD Widgets, you agree that Sovereign Net LTD may share your lead data with these designated Third Parties and use data provided by Third Party Services in connection with providing the Services, without liability. You are fully responsible for any and all Personal Information contained in any lead data or Content, and agree to abide by all applicable laws within your jurisdiction.

Data Processing

To the extent that we process any Personal Data (as defined in the DPA) that is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), on your behalf, you represent and warrant that in using the Services, in particular in creating lists of Contacts, sending emails and collecting personal data, you comply with all personal data protection, privacy, and electronic communication regulations applicable in the European Economic Area (EEA) and its member states. In particular you are required to:

Clearly inform data subjects about means and purposes of the processing of personal data, including for processing through the Websites;

Monitoring

Sovereign Net LTD uses tracking cookies to track visits to your pages, and page views, in order to calculate conversion rates per page and traffic usage per Account. It is your responsibility to adhere to all applicable laws within your jurisdiction regarding the disclosure of such monitoring, and Sovereign Net LTD disclaims all liability in this area.

We reserve the right to monitor the security and preserve the integrity of our Site, resources, data, Widgets, Content, and intellectual property (yours, ours, and Third Parties’). By using the Services, you agree that we may, with or without prior notice or notification, for any reason, and at our sole discretion, immediately suspend your access to the Services or Site, remove and/or request that you remove pages and Content, and/or terminate this Agreement. Reasons for removing Content or pages, or requesting their removal, may include, but are not limited to, security threats, intellectual property violations, attempts (whether or not successful) to access unauthorized data or other Content, or the presence of Content or pages that in any way violate this Agreement (including the Privacy Policy) or place Sovereign Net LTD, our customers, business, affiliates, partners, or licensors at risk, as determined solely by us. Suspension of use and access is not a breach of this Agreement by Sovereign Net LTD, and your Account/Content/pages may be reinstated when the threat or risk has been remedied, at our sole discretion. Sovereign Net LTD disclaims all liability for suspending the Site or Services, removing or requesting the removal of Content or pages, or terminating this Agreement, and you have no claim to any form of compensation or damages arising from such action.

Intellectual Property Rights

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Sovereign Net LTD grants to you, during the term of this Agreement, a non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited-purpose right to access and use the Services that are subject to a valid Subscription.

You acknowledge that any ideas, suggestions, concepts, processes or techniques which you provide to Sovereign Net LTD related to the Services, the Site or Sovereign Net LTD or its business (“Feedback”) shall become Sovereign Net LTD’s property without any compensation or other consideration payable to you by Sovereign Net LTD, and you do so of your own free will and volition. Sovereign Net LTD may or may not, in its sole discretion, use or incorporate the Feedback in whatever form or derivative Sovereign Net LTD may decide into the Site, its software, services, documentation, business or other products, or any future versions or derivatives of the foregoing. You hereby assign all rights on a worldwide basis in perpetuity to Sovereign Net LTD in any Feedback and, as applicable, waive any moral rights.

Sovereign Net LTD owns any test results, data information and other output generated by your use of the Site and/or the Services during the term of this Agreement.

All custom graphics, icons, logos and service names are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of Sovereign Net LTD or its Affiliates. All other trademarks or service marks are property of their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you any right to use any trademark, service mark, logo, and/or the name of Sovereign Net LTD or its Affiliates.

Confidential Information

Acceptable Use and Conduct

except where expressly permitted, engages in spamming, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, advertisement of illegal or controlled products or services, or other advertising or marketing activities that violate this Agreement, the Privacy Policy or any applicable laws, regulations or generally-accepted advertising or marketing industry guidelines;

Usage in excess of these limits will be subject to Subscription upgrade to a plan which meets your Services usage needs. Sovereign Net LTD retains the right to modify the foregoing usage limits and/or to create new limits at Sovereign Net LTD’s sole discretion. Sovereign Net LTD’s failure to enforce at any time any of the foregoing usage limits shall not constitute a waiver of any such limit or of any other provision in this Agreement.

Disclaimer of Warranties

SOVEREIGN NET LTD DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE AND CONTENT, WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU AGREE THAT, FROM TIME TO TIME, SOVEREIGN NET LTD MAY REMOVE THE SITE FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE MAY BE INTERRUPTED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR ANY OF SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MALFUNCTION OF EQUIPMENT, PERIODIC UPDATING, MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF THE SITE OR OTHER ACTIONS THAT SOVEREIGN NET LTD, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY ELECT TO TAKE. SOVEREIGN NET LTD MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING: (A) THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR API; OR (B) THE COMPATIBILITY OF YOUR SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR CONTENT WITH THE SITE.

SOVEREIGN NET LTD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF, OR FOR THE FAILINGS OF, ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER OF ANY CONTENT, SERVICE, NETWORK, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, HOSTING SERVICES UTILIZED BY SOVEREIGN NET LTD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDED BY OTHER USERS, OR ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE NOT PROVIDED BY SOVEREIGN NET LTD.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOUR CONTENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SITE. SOVEREIGN NET LTD DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR CONTENT BY THIRD PARTIES OR OTHER USERS OF THE SITE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING YOUR CONTENT.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SOVEREIGN NET LTD OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

THE SITE IS OFFERED AND CONTROLLED BY SOVEREIGN NET LTD FROM ITS FACILITIES IN RUSSIA. SOVEREIGN NET LTD MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE SITE IS APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THOSE WHO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO SO AT THEIR OWN VOLITION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAW.

Third Party Sites and Content

Third Party payment services that you choose to link to, embed, or otherwise incorporate into your Widgets are governed solely by the Third Party’s terms of use and privacy policies. We are not responsible for actions taken by any Third Party service provider, or for changes to their terms or policies.

Limitation of Liability / Exclusion of Consequential and Related Damages

IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW.

THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON ANY THIRD PARTY SITES OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ANY THIRD PARTIES OTHER THAN Sovereign Net LTD AND RECEIVED BY YOU THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SITE OR RECEIVED BY YOU ON ANY THIRD PARTY SITES. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT Sovereign Net LTD WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS THE RESULT OF ANY INTERACTIONS OR DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS OR AS THE RESULT OF THE PRESENCE OF SUCH ADVERTISERS ON THE SITE.

Sovereign Net LTD reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Site and/or Services, or any portion thereof, with or without notice at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, a failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement. Sovereign Net LTD shall have no liability whatsoever for any damages, liabilities, losses or any other consequences that you may incur as a result of any such modification, suspension or discontinuance.

Indemnity

Cancellation and Termination

Upon cancellation of your Subscription, Sovereign Net LTD is under no obligation to maintain or store your account information or Content. Sovereign Net LTD may, at its option, either delete your information and Content immediately or retain it (in full or in part) in accordance with Sovereign Net LTD’s processes and practices.

Sovereign Net LTD reserves the right at any time, and without cost, charge or liability, to terminate this Agreement at its sole discretion for any reason, including, but not limited to, a failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, Sovereign Net LTD may, in its sole discretion, at any time, temporarily or permanently suspend access to your account, Subscription, the Sites or Services for any violation or suspected violation of this Agreement. Sovereign Net LTD also reserves the right to deny access to anyone, including, but not limited to those users who use proxy servers and/or IP addresses. Sovereign Net LTD reserves the right to terminate any portion of the Site at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.

Agreement to Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Severability

Legal Remedies

You agree that if Sovereign Net LTD does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Agreement (or which Sovereign Net LTD has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Sovereign Net LTD’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Sovereign Net LTD.

Surviving Provisions

Marketing Materials

Manner of Giving Notice

Limitation of Time

Assignment

Any failure by us to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right to which we are entitled.

Question 7

What is the pricing of Outscraper API?

Accepted Answer

There is no inherent cost to use this service up to certain levels like Google API. The Free Tier is the amount of usage you can use for free each month. So basically, every API account gets 500 businesses, 500 domains for Email & Contact info, 500 reviews, and 500 photos free each month. This means any usage of the product below 500 requests during a month will be for free. You can continue to come back and use these 500 items each month and never have any out-of-pocket costs. Or you can do more at scale in one month and pay a bulk per item fee above the free limits.

**Google Maps Places API **- fast and easy API to fetch Google Maps results in real-time.

Free Tier - FREE usage up to 500 businesses per month

Medium Tier - $ 0.002 / business for 501 to 50,000 businesses (Basically up to $100 mo spend)

Business Tier - $ 0.001 / business after 50,000 businesses

Examples:

Google Maps Reviews

Free Tier - FREE usage up to 500 reviews per month

Medium Tier - $ 0.002 / review for 501 to 50,000 Reviews (Basically up to $100 mo spend)

Business Tier - $ 0.001 / review after 50,000 reviews

Examples:

Google Maps Photos

Free Tier - FREE usage up to 500 photos per month

Medium Tier - $ 0.002 / photo for 501 to 50,000 Photos (Basically up to $100 mo spend)

Business Tier - $ 0.001 / photo after 50,000 photos

Examples:

**Email & Contacts **

Free Tier - FREE usage up to 500 domains per month

Medium Tier - $ 0.002 / domain for 501 to 50,000 domains (Basically up to $100 mo spend)

Business Tier - $ 0.001 / domains after 50,000 domains

Examples:

Question 8

What is the difference in the two DirectoryImport search types?

Accepted Answer

Nearby search:

Can sort listings by distance and reviews.
Uses a point in the map as a center which gets defined with the location inputs.

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Text search:

No sorting functionality.
The location is not a latitude/longitude value which lets you search broader address types.
Yields more results with less specific terms compared to nearby search.

Question 9

What are the steps for setting up the Google API for DirectoryImport?

Accepted Answer

Step 1a. Initial setup of your Google Maps API Key

This integration uses the Google Key setup at the website settings. If the Google Maps API key has not been setup, please follow these steps:

Brilliant Directories Guide 10. How to Enable Maps with Google Maps API

If you are setting up for the first time, Google has a new option to setup the HTTP referrers right way. If you see this popup, select "maybe later" to not setup the restrictions as you will remove it later anyway.

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You will also need to skip item 7 if the BD checklist as the API dynamic loading requires the key to be unrestricted.

If your key has already been setup you will need to make some adjustments to ensure this plugin works properly. If you see this popup warning in the Import tool, that is probably the issue:

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Continue to step 1b below, otherwise continue to Step 2.

Step 1b. Google API Adjusted Setup - Remove HTTP Referrers

The API dynamic loading for Google requires the key to be unrestricted. If you have already installed your Maps API key, you will need to make the following adjustments:

Login to your Google cloud Maps API here: https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/credentials

Ensure you have the credentials for the appropriate website. Use the dropdown to select the appropriate property.

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In the main screen either click the API key used for your Brilliant Directories site or click Edit KEy" from the three dot drop down menu. Keep in mind the API key will not be called the same as you see on screen. The API Key could be named anything depending on what you originally added in for the title. If you have multiple and are unsure of which on is the correct one. View the key and compare it to the one in your Brilliant Directories site under Settings > General Settings> Integrations tab.

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The Edit API screen will now appear.

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In the application restrictions section, change the API restrictions to none then scroll down and hit save.

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Step 2. Ensure Billing is Setup for Google

If you already have the Google Key setup, follow these steps to ensure billing is setup in your project:

When you create a new project, you're prompted to choose which of your Cloud Billing accounts you want to link to the project. If you have only one Cloud Billing account, that account is automatically linked to your project.

If you don't have a Cloud Billing account, you must create one and enable billing for your project before you can use many Google Cloud features. To create a new Cloud Billing account and enable billing for your project, follow the instructions in Create a new Cloud Billing account.

Even if you have an account already setup be sure to check your billing information to ensure the credit card is not expired or about to expire.

Browse to your billing section with the following link. https://console.cloud.google.com/billing

In the Billing Account Overview Section that should appear, make sure you billing health is all green of fix any potential issues Google is flagging.

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Next, in the left hand billing menu, select "Payment Method" to open the billing screen.

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Ensure that you have a billing card in place and is not showing any errors, is current, and is not ready to expire.

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Your Google account should now be ready!

Question 10

How do you get and use an Outscraper API Key?

Accepted Answer

What is Outscraper API?

The Outscraper API extracts places data from Google Maps and companies' web sites.

How do I get the Outscraper API Key?

Getting your Outscraper API key is fast and easy. To do it, you have to follow these simple Outscraper API guidelines.

Step 1 – Create an account

Click Here to open the signup form and create an account at the Outscraper Service with your email and password of choice as seen in the example image below.

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You’ll get a confirmation email from Outscraper Team (no-reply@outscraper.com) – don’t forget to follow the link in it to verify your account.

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Step 2 – Setup Billing

Outscraper defaults to the FREE level and only charges when you go over the free monthly quota. There is no inherent cost to use this service up to certain levels like Google API. The Free Tier is the amount of usage you can use for free each month. This means any usage of the product below 500 requests during a month will be for free. So basically, every API account gets 500 businesses, 500 domains for Email & Contact info, 500 reviews, and 500 photos free each month. So you can continue to come back and use these 500 items each month and never have any out-of-pocket costs. Or you can do more at scale in one month and pay a bulk per item fee above the free limits. See FAQ on pricing for complete details

There are two options for billing, Prepaid and Postpaid.

Option 1: Pre-Paid

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To setup prepaid amount, click on "Billing Information" and add desired amount and payment method to add credit.

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Option 2: Post-Paid

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When you run a task without any prepaid credits, a new billing period will be created. Once you have any amount due (IE above the free limits), you can stop it manually by clicking "Generate Invoice". Otherwise upon completion of your billing period, you will only receive an invoice for the use above the free tier.

If you choose post-paid you will need to add a card on file, just like you had to for the Google Maps API. Select "Billing Information" and then Add button.

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Step 3 – Copy API

Go back to your main account tab. Yours may not say "support" with this logo. It may be your site or username with your icon or first initial. But click this button above the billing and your main account info will load.

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Your Outscraper API should now be filled in. Click the copy icon to copy the API code.

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Paste it into the configurations tab of your DirectoryImport Plugin. Be sure to hit "Save Changes"