Automate Monthly Viral Trend Tracking with Quora & Bright Data
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Effortlessly track viral trends on Quora every month without manual effort. This workflow scrapes trending content, extracts key insights like titles and engagement, and automatically saves them to a Google Sheet for easy analysis and inspiration.
About This Workflow
Unlock the power of Quora's trending content with this automated workflow. Designed for marketers, content creators, and researchers, this solution leverages the robust capabilities of Bright Data to scrape Quora for viral posts on your chosen topics. The workflow is triggered automatically on the first day of each month, ensuring you never miss a beat. It then intelligently extracts essential data such as post titles, URLs, and engagement metrics using precise HTML extraction. Finally, all the valuable insights are neatly organized and appended to a Google Sheet, creating a centralized, historical log of trending topics. This seamless process transforms raw web data into actionable intelligence, empowering you with fresh ideas for content, reporting, and strategic decision-making.
Key Features
- Automated Monthly Trigger: Set-and-forget workflow starts automatically on the 1st of every month.
- Intelligent Web Scraping: Utilizes Bright Data's Web Unlocker to bypass restrictions and scrape Quora effectively, including rendering JavaScript.
- Precise Data Extraction: Extracts specific post titles, URLs, and engagement data using CSS selectors.
- Seamless Google Sheets Integration: Automatically appends extracted trend data to a Google Sheet for easy access and analysis.
- Customizable Topics: Easily adapt the workflow to track trends on any topic by modifying the Quora search query.
How To Use
- Configure the Schedule Trigger: Set the 'Monthly Trend Trigger' node to run on the 1st day of each month at your desired hour.
- Set Up Bright Data Integration: In the 'Scrape Quora Trends (Bright Data)' node, ensure your Bright Data API key is correctly entered in the header parameters and update the
urlparameter with your desired Quora search query (e.g.,https://www.quora.com/search?q=your_topic). - Define HTML Extraction: In the 'Extract Post Titles & Stats' node, configure the
extractionValuesusing CSS selectors to pinpoint the specific elements on the Quora page containing post titles, URLs, and vote counts. - Connect to Google Sheets: In the 'Save Trends to Sheet' node, authenticate with your Google account and specify the target Google Sheet and worksheet where you want to save the extracted trend data.
- Test and Activate: Run the workflow to test each node and ensure data is being scraped and saved correctly. Once satisfied, activate the workflow for automated monthly execution.
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Workflow JSON
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"id": "87664d77-154e-452c-a046-145db96ce7f0",
"name": "Automate Monthly Viral Trend Tracking with Quora & Bright Data",
"nodes": 19,
"category": "Marketing",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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