diff --git a/scrapeit/utils.py b/scrapeit/utils.py
index 508442a..3e53e22 100644
--- a/scrapeit/utils.py
+++ b/scrapeit/utils.py
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ def stripTags(s):
     return djangohtml.strip_tags(htmldecode(s)).strip()
   return u''
 
+strip_tags=stripTags
+
 from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint
 
 # This pattern matches a character entity reference (a decimal numeric