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A blog for people & companies looking to make a big business impact with data acquired using web scraping and web crawling. Learn the best practices, business use cases, legality, and how you can do your job better with data.
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Top 10 GDPR Fines in 2018 to 2025: A Data-Driven Analysis
Introduction Yes, it’s over — the era of unchecked data collection, silent tracking, and unaccountable digital practices.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ended it for good, redefining how organizations collect, process, and protect the personal data of European Union citizens. A decade ago, user information was traded, tracked, and monetized with little scrutiny; privacy was an afterthought, not a business priority. That changed in 2018 with the enforcement of
Navin Saif
Nov 117 min read
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Web Scraping Without Getting Blocked Using curl-cffi
Learn how to perform web scraping without getting blocked using curl-cffi. Discover how this Python library helps you bypass anti-bot systems, mimic real browsers, and ensure smoother, more reliable data extraction.
tony56024
Oct 177 min read
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How to Scrape Product Data from Amazon US?
Introduction Ever tried shopping for vlogging equipment on Amazon? It's overwhelming. You've got thousands of microphones, cameras, and tripods to choose from, and manually comparing them all would take forever. That's exactly why I built this web scraping system - to automatically collect and organize all that product data so you can actually make informed decisions. This project shows you how to build a complete two-phase scraping system that systematically extracts vloggin
Shahana farvin
Oct 924 min read
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Y Combinator 2025: How AI is Reshaping Startups and Markets
In 2025, over 72% of new startups in Y Combinator are powered by artificial intelligence , signaling a seismic shift in how technology is...
Aarathi J
Apr 96 min read
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How To Scrape Amazon Data Using Python Scrapy
To scrape data from Amazon using Python's Scrapy framework, you'll need to set up a Scrapy project, create a spider to define your scraping logic, and handle potential anti-bot measures . This involves defining items to store the scraped data, writing parsing functions to extract specific information, and potentially using proxies to avoid getting blocked by Amazon. Introduction With a large number of companies providing products, price , review, and other forms of monitorin

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan
Oct 21, 20207 min read
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Scraping Yahoo Finance Data using Python
Financial market data is one of the most valuable data in the current time. If analysed correctly, it holds the potential of turning an organisation’s economic issues upside down. Among a few of them, Yahoo finance is one such website which provides free access to this valuable data of stocks and commodities prices. In this blog, we are going to implement a simple web crawler in python which will help us in scraping yahoo finance website . Some of the applications of scrap
Kartik Singh
Mar 8, 20197 min read
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How to Develop a Price Comparison Tool in Python
Online shopping for various commodities is no more a luxury but has rather become a necessity now. Getting your desired product on your doorstep has made it easier for consumers to shop effortlessly. As a result, several niche e-commerce or generic shopping sites pop up every year. This trend is not limited to some specific region rather it’s a global phenomenon now, as more and more people are preferring online shopping over visiting outlets due to traffic congestions and e

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan
Apr 24, 20183 min read
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3 Myths Around Enterprise Python Proven Wrong
This blog post is to prove the myths around Enterprise Python wrong. There is a hot debate going on in the tech world about choosing the right technology stack for large-scale projects. Java  has a reputation for being the first choice for implementing the backend of large scale projects. Times have changed, and companies need to push the product into the hands of the customers quickly to learn from their feedback. Python  is a perfect choice for building an MVP in minimum
Jezeel MK
Jun 3, 20162 min read
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