VBA & Internet Explorer Automation: How do I get Vba to WAIT after it clicks a link

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For example, I'm on yelp and search for 'burgers' in 'maine'




I have a for loop to scrape each of the 10 results and then click the link to get the next 10, until page 5 (so 50 results in total)




I run into a problem at number 11 (where page 2) would start.




I think a the source of the problem is that it would click 2 button and start scraping before it loads.




Code below:




This clicks the 'next' button on yelp



Code:
    ie.document.getelementsbyclassname("pagination-label responsive-hidden-small pagination-links_anchor")(0).Click

followed by 'wait until the page load':




Code:
    Do Until (ie.readyState = 4 And Not ie.Busy)
    DoEvents 
    Loop





However even with the do until ie. readystate = 4 as I pasted above --- it is actually NOT waiting.






Been looking into this for hours, this happens when I scrape google, and click the next button to go to page 2 as well. Any suggestions much appreciated.
 

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This is a stab in the dark, but maybe pause the code for a second before checking the ie.ReadyState.

Code:
ie.document.getelementsbyclassname("pagination-label responsive-hidden-small pagination-links_anchor")(0).Click

[B]Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:01")  [COLOR=#008000]'Pause one second[/COLOR][/B]

    Do Until (ie.readyState = 4 And Not ie.Busy)
    DoEvents 
    Loop
 
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