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O.P. Don't know if this can be done easily but if it can...
... someone here help?

I'll explain. I'm working in a call centre as tech support, but a primitive one... Find a number of a buisness in yellowpages or online directories and give them a call manually. We're selling advertising space, so obviously new business's work best as they generally dont have advertising yet, so we try to call them the most.

I've found a site called http://www.freeindex.co.uk. On the homepage it says they've had X amount of new buisnesses but they don't have a catagory for new buisnesses (ie. what I need). BUT, I have noticed this. Each page works like this:

http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile_130747.htm

That number in bold corresponds to each profile of a company, so as I stay relativly high the list, it'll stay with business just registered. For example, lets say the last buisness registered was 130999, if I start as 130001 and work my way up one at a time, they'll be all businesses registered recently. However, not everyone is as good with computers and trying to explain to my colleages is like another lanuage to them.

I want a program where they simply press a button and the next page comes up (or at least the address changes and they can just press enter. The site will always be http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile_ and will always finish with .htm but I need the number to go up by 1 digit each time.

Hope that makes sense anyway, f it doesn't feel free to ask any questions. But, er, yeah, is this possible? I've never programmed before so please be easy with me!

Thanks, Inferno

PS. One more thing. Say for example I entered "http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile_130747.htm" it will take me to the right page, but it says in the address bar "http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile(name-of-the-company-here)_130747.htm" instead. However, if I then copy and paste the second address and change the number manually with the incorrect name of the company, it still goes to the right page, so in theroy, that shouldn't present a problem.

Again, a little confusing I know, so if you give me a shout, if that doesn't make sense.
12-04-2008 10:43 AM
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RE: Don't know if this can be done easily but if it can...
URL Flipper Firefox Extension
12-04-2008 10:52 AM
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Eljay, I will have your babies if you like :D

Thanks bro!
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RE: Don't know if this can be done easily but if it can...
I'd just use a bookmarklet for that...

http://www.google.com/search?q=increment+bookmarklet

Works in all browsers and doesn't require additional software. :p
12-04-2008 04:53 PM
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I'll check that too WDZ thankyou :D
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