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Can NotebookLM Scrape Websites?

Can NotebookLM Scrape Websites?

Section titled “Can NotebookLM Scrape Websites?”

No — NotebookLM can’t scrape websites on its own.

NotebookLM only works with sources you manually add, like PDFs, Google Docs, or single web pages. It doesn’t crawl sites, follow links, or import blogs or documentation automatically.

The Solution: Use WebSync

Section titled “The Solution: Use WebSync”

If you want to scrape a website and import it into NotebookLM, use WebSync.

WebSync is a Chrome extension that:

  • Crawls entire websites (or selected sections)
  • Follows internal links automatically
  • Imports all pages directly into NotebookLM as sources
  • Eliminates manual copy-paste

How It Works

Section titled “How It Works”
  • Open the website
  • Run WebSync
  • Send the full site to NotebookLM

That’s it.

Bottom Line

Section titled “Bottom Line”
  • NotebookLM can’t scrape websites by itself
  • WebSync scrapes the site for NotebookLM

If you searched “can NotebookLM scrape websites”, the fastest answer is: Use WebSync to scrape the site and import the content directly into NotebookLM.