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ContactEra — Changelog

All updates and improvements

Version history and release notes

v5.6 Minor March 2026
Targeting and export fixes
  • Geolocation fix — In depth mode, results were skewed by the local IP. Target city coordinates are now resolved before the browser launches.
  • Stronger deduplication — The same business appearing under two different URLs could generate duplicates at export. Fixed at the collection stage.
  • Conditional INSEE columns — If SIRET enrichment is disabled, SIRENE columns are removed from the export.
  • Bundled Chrome — No more error on first launch on a new machine. Chrome is included in the installer.
v5.5 Minor March 2026
Result persistence
  • Persisted results — Results are saved to disk and automatically reloaded on restart. No more data loss.
  • STOP and Reset separated — STOP keeps results for export. Reset clears them after explicit confirmation.
v5.4 Major March 2026
Automatic SIRET enrichment (France)
  • INSEE/Sirene cross-referencing — one checkbox enables automatic enrichment from the official INSEE registry for each Google Maps result.
  • Data added — SIREN, SIRET, legal name, establishment name, owner + role, headcount, NAF code + label, legal form, creation date.
  • Smart matching — business consistency verified (a plumber won't match a restaurant). Property managers and holding companies filtered automatically.
  • Official source — data sourced directly from INSEE, no third party.
v5.3 Major March 2026
Prospect Intelligence — scoring and technologies
  • Technology detection — 50+ technologies automatically detected (CMS, analytics, marketing, chat, payment, frameworks). 0 extra requests.
  • A/B/C/D lead scoring — 0-100 score based on 7 criteria: verified email, Google rating, reviews, website, social media, phone, marketing maturity.
  • New data fields — site description, business title, year founded automatically extracted.
  • Enriched social media — Twitter/X, YouTube and TikTok added alongside Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Enriched export — 30+ columns including Technologies, Lead Score, Grade, Description, Title, Year.
  • Detailed confirmation popup — credit calculation shown before export (Maps rows × 1 + unique emails × 1).
  • Critical bug fix — credits no longer debited before user confirmation.
v5.0 Major March 2026
Code signing and export cleanup
  • Digitally signed installer — Certum Code Signing certificate. No more "unknown publisher" Windows SmartScreen warning.
  • Cleaned export — removed unreliable columns (Services, Hours, Attributes, Photo Count, Booking Link). Remaining columns 100% reliable.
  • Price Range — new Price Level field extracted from Google Maps feed (~55% fill rate).
v4.5 Major Mars 2026
GPS Grid — full coverage of large cities
  • Automatic GPS grid — large cities are divided into hundreds of cells for exhaustive coverage. Paris goes from ~100 to 6,500+ results.
  • Depth slider (1 to 5) — choose your coverage level directly from the interface, from quick search to total coverage.
  • Smart adaptation — the grid adapts to city size using a database of 34,000 French municipalities. No wasted time on small cities.
  • GPS coordinates and photo — each listing now includes latitude, longitude and main image. Available in all exports.
  • Real-time ETA — time remaining tracking for search and extraction phases.
  • Enhanced stability — reliable long sessions thanks to smart browser management.
  • Redesigned interface — 2-line options bar, help tooltips, better readability.
v4.4 Major February 2026
Google Maps, performance and credits
  • Google Maps source — new data source with name, address, rating, reviews, headcount and social media.
  • ×15 parallel extraction — 15 pages processed simultaneously for much faster results.
  • Automatic session management — smart browser restart for smooth and continuous collection.
  • Automatic retry — failed listings are automatically retried at the end of scraping.
  • Credit system — 1 exported row = 1 credit. First export costs credits, re-exports are free.
  • Secure license key — key hidden by default, one-click copy.
  • Pause / Resume — pause scraping and resume without data loss.
v4.7
March 2026
Google Maps Anti-Blocking and Stability
  • Native Chrome — ContactEra now uses your own Google Chrome instead of a built-in browser. Result: zero Cloudflare blocking on the Google Maps.
  • Smart pause management — if temporarily blocked, the app automatically pauses (2 min) then resumes. No need to restart manually.
  • Phase 3: automatic retry — failed listings during enrichment are automatically retried after a cooldown, with optimized spacing between each request.
  • Automatic cleanup — temporary Chrome profiles are cleaned up at the start of each session to prevent accumulation.
  • Enhanced stealth — improved anti-detection for even longer and more stable sessions.
v4.3 Improvement February 2026
Email enrichment and Targeting → Contacts bridge
  • Targeting → Contacts bridge — send scraping results directly to the Contacts tab to enrich emails in one click.
  • Improved email detection — scanning contact pages, legal notices, footer, terms and internal website pages.
  • Social media — automatic extraction of Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Yelp, Deliveroo, UberEats, Hotels.com links.
  • Combined export — Contacts exports include Maps data (name, address, phone, rating) + found emails.
v4.2 Improvement Janvier 2026
Bilingual interface and enriched exports
  • FR / EN interface — switch between French and English from the top-right button.
  • XLSX export with statistics — each Excel file includes a "Statistics" sheet with column fill rates.
  • Status filters — filter results by Active, Temporarily closed or Permanently closed.
  • Data filters — display only listings with phone or website.
v4.1 Improvement Janvier 2026
Live table and visual progress
  • Real-time results table — listings appear as scraping progresses, with pagination.
  • Progress bar — visual tracking in two phases: link collection then listing extraction.
  • Live statistics — counters updated in real time: results, phones, websites, elapsed time.
  • Category filter — filter results by business type directly in the table.
v4.0 Major December 2025
ContactEra launch
  • Google Maps scraping — automatic collection of business listings: name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews and hours.
  • Combined searches — multiple categories × multiple locations in a single session.
  • Email enrichment — email address extraction from company websites.
  • CSV and XLSX export — ready-to-use files for your CRM or spreadsheet.
  • Automatic updates — the app updates automatically on launch.