diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/booru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/booru.py
index b5e29873..31173c59 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/booru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/booru.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2017 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class BooruExtractor(Extractor):
     """Base class for all booru extractors"""
     info = {}
     headers = {}
-    page = "page"
+    pagestart = 1
+    pagekey = "page"
     api_url = ""
     category = ""
 
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ class BooruExtractor(Extractor):
             except KeyError:
                 continue
 
+    def skip(self, num):
+        limit = self.params["limit"]
+        pages = num // limit
+        self.pagestart += pages
+        return pages * limit
+
     def items_impl(self):
         pass
 
@@ -51,9 +58,9 @@ class BooruExtractor(Extractor):
         # Override this method in derived classes if necessary.
         # It is usually enough to just adjust the 'page' attribute
         if reset is False:
-            self.params[self.page] += 1
+            self.params[self.pagekey] += 1
         else:
-            self.params[self.page] = 1
+            self.params[self.pagekey] = self.pagestart
 
     def get_job_metadata(self):
         """Collect metadata for extractor-job"""
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
index 4e1b3e8b..b83b2023 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2014-2017 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class GelbooruExtractor(booru.XMLBooruExtractor):
     """Base class for gelbooru extractors"""
     category = "gelbooru"
     api_url = "http://gelbooru.com/"
+    pagestart = 0
+    pagekey = "pid"
 
     def setup(self):
         self.params.update({"page": "dapi", "s": "post", "q": "index"})
@@ -27,12 +29,6 @@ class GelbooruExtractor(booru.XMLBooruExtractor):
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
-    def update_page(self, reset=False):
-        if not reset:
-            self.params["pid"] += 1
-        else:
-            self.params["pid"] = 0
-
 
 class GelbooruTagExtractor(GelbooruExtractor, booru.BooruTagExtractor):
     """Extractor for images from gelbooru.com based on search-tags"""
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34.py
index ec109c28..158bc04b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2016 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2016-2017 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -15,16 +15,12 @@ class Rule34Extractor(booru.XMLBooruExtractor):
     """Base class for rule34 extractors"""
     category = "rule34"
     api_url = "https://rule34.xxx/index.php"
+    pagestart = 0
+    pagekey = "pid"
 
     def setup(self):
         self.params.update({"page": "dapi", "s": "post", "q": "index"})
 
-    def update_page(self, reset=False):
-        if reset is False:
-            self.params["pid"] += 1
-        else:
-            self.params["pid"] = 0
-
 
 class Rule34TagExtractor(Rule34Extractor, booru.BooruTagExtractor):
     """Extractor for images from rule34.xxx based on search-tags"""
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/safebooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/safebooru.py
index 23a049c1..f8553ccd 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/safebooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/safebooru.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2017 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -15,16 +15,12 @@ class SafebooruExtractor(booru.XMLBooruExtractor):
     """Base class for safebooru extractors"""
     category = "safebooru"
     api_url = "http://safebooru.org/index.php"
+    pagestart = 0
+    pagekey = "pid"
 
     def setup(self):
         self.params.update({"page": "dapi", "s": "post", "q": "index"})
 
-    def update_page(self, reset=False):
-        if reset is False:
-            self.params["pid"] += 1
-        else:
-            self.params["pid"] = 0
-
 
 class SafebooruTagExtractor(SafebooruExtractor, booru.BooruTagExtractor):
     """Extractor for images from safebooru.org based on search-tags"""