🌍 Google Maps Newest Reviews Scraper

This Apify actor scrapes the most recent reviews from Google Maps for any business or location you specify. It's perfect for businesses wanting to monitor their online reputation or researchers analyzing customer feedback trends.

✨ Features

• Scrapes the newest reviews.
• Customizable number of reviews to collect (50-500)
• Extracts review text, star ratings, source, and timestamps
• Results available in structured JSON format

🚀 Usage

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
target	String	The name of the business or location to scrape (e.g., "VEGandVEG Gastroartesanía")
number_of_reviews	Integer	Number of reviews to collect (min: 50, max: 500, default: 100)

Example Input

1{
2  "target": "VEGandVEG Gastroartesanía",
3  "number_of_reviews": 300
4}

📊 Output

The actor stores results in the default dataset, with each review represented as a JSON object containing:

• review: The text content of the review
• rating: Star rating (numerical value)
• source: Source of information (e.g. Google, Trip.com, TripAdvisor, etc.)
• timestamp: When the review was posted
• language: Language of the review

Example Output

This is an example in JSON format:

1{
2  "review": "Amazing vegetarian food! The flavors were incredible and the service was top-notch.",
3  "rating": 5,
4  "source": "John Smith",
5  "timestamp": "1 month ago",
6  "language": "en"
7}

Here is how the output looks like in Apify:

💡 Use Cases

• Monitor your business's newest customer feedback
• Track customer sentiment over time
• Analyze competitor reviews
• Research customer experiences for market analysis

Limitations

Some businesses may not have enough reviews to scrape. In these cases you will find less results than the number of reviews you initially specified.