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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


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


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


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


Tips for scraping business directories
Are you looking to scrape business directories to generate leads? Here are a few tips for scraping business directories. Web scraping is not rocket science. But there are good and bad and the worst ways of doing it. Generating sales qualified leads is always a headache. The old school ways are to buy a list from sites like Data.com. But they are quite expensive. Scraping business directories can help generate sales qualified leads. The following tips can help you scrape data
Jezeel MK
Oct 21, 20152 min read


Best Alternative For Linkedin Data Scraping
When I started my career in sales, one of the things that my VP of sales told me is that “In sales, assumptions are the mother of all...

Tony Paul
Oct 7, 20152 min read


Job scraping – How HR Industry Leverages Web Scraping for Better Hires
The HR industry is undergoing big transformations. The core problem it solves, recruitment process still remains a problem. It is always...

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan
Sep 10, 20152 min read


Launching the startup partner program
The idea of web data creating business value is not new. However, ready to use data it isn’t easily accessible to startups due to the...
Jezeel MK
Sep 8, 20152 min read


Learn from mistakes and keep pushing forward – Startup lessons
We are excited to announce that Datahut now has customers from six out of seven continents. However, we couldn’t get anyone from Antarctica as Penguins are not a big fan of our work. 🙂 We’ve written a six-month road map when we started the operations of Datahut. The team jointly set the goals and every team member worked so hard to hit their targets. There were problems, but we kept pushing forward. After six months, I am proud to say that we’ve achieved most of our targets

Tony Paul
Sep 7, 20152 min read


Web scraping for the extraction of product data from E-commerce sites
In the age of Big data, companies realize its value in the E-commerce business. Data points like pricing, product IDs, images, product specifications, brand and many more are extremely useful for a variety of purposes. Product data feeds from e-commerce sites are used to gain a competitive advantage over others. It is one of the most reliable and easiest ways to monitor your competitors and market. Even though some sites have API’s, web scraping is the only way out in most ca

Tony Paul
Sep 3, 20152 min read
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