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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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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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Why Every Amazon Seller Must Scrape Their Competitor’s Reviews
Monitoring your product’s reviews is incredibly useful to assess customer satisfaction and identifying areas of improvement.
Ashmi Subair
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Scraping Decathlon using Playwright in Python
Decathlon is a rеnownеd sporting goods rеtailеr that offеrs a divеrsе rangе of products, including sports apparеl, shoеs and еquipmеnt....

Thasni M A
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How to Build an Amazon Price Tracker using Python
How to build an amazon price tracker Everybody loves to get their products on amazon at their lowest prices. I have a bucket list full of...

Tony Paul
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Scaling Web Scraping: From Prototype to Production Challenges Explained
Why Scaling Web Scraping Is Harder Than You Think Web scraping is the automated process of extracting structured data from websites. It plays a vital role in data collection, market intelligence, competitive analysis, and AI-powered business strategies . Building a prototype scraper  is relatively simple—most developers can set one up with Python and BeautifulSoup in a day. But scaling that prototype to handle millions of pages across multiple geographies  introduces serious
Aarathi J
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How to Scrape Amazon Dog-food Using Python Libraries
Have you ever wondered how major e-commerce platforms manage thousands of product listings across categories like electronics, fashion,...
Anusha P O
Sep 1731 min read
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How to Build Smart, Fast & Resilient Web Scrapers for Dynamic Websites?
Scraping dynamic websites can be tricky, content often loads via JavaScript after the initial page render, making traditional HTML...
Shahana farvin
Sep 1016 min read
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t DIY Your Web Scraping Projects
Ever wondered if building your own web scraper is really worth the effort? It might look like a quick way to save money and get custom...
Aarathi J
Jul 86 min read
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How Can Web Scraping Help Extract Refrigerator Data from Best Buy ?
When it comes to electronics in the U.S., Best Buy is one of the biggest and most familiar names. Their online store has a huge range of...
Shahana farvin
Jul 129 min read
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The Bullwhip Effect: Why You're Losing Money on Your Ecom Store and How to Stop It
Table of Contents Introduction What Is the Bullwhip Effect (and Why It Hurts Your Store)? The Real-World Version How You Might Be...
Aarathi J
Jun 278 min read
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What Are Web Scraping Services and Why Do They Matter?
Web scraping services offer tools and experience for scraping data from websites and converting unstructured data to useful information....

Tony Paul
Jun 257 min read
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Why Is Web Scraping Essential for Extracting Drug Information from WebMD?
WebMD is the best source of health and medical information, with lots of resources related to health, wellness, and medical problems....
Ambily Biju
Jun 1823 min read
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Web Scraping Challenges You Need to Know
In an era where data is the new oil, web scraping emerges as a critical drill, tapping into the vast reserves of online information. Join...
Aarathi J
Apr 29, 202410 min read
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How to Retain Your Best Online Distributors with MAP Monitoring
Online retail is constantly changing and requires adaptation. Customers quickly move between social media, brand websites, and online...
Ashmi Subair
Apr 22, 20245 min read
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Web Scraping Zara: Extracting Product Data using Python & Selenium
In the ever-evolving world of fashion, staying updated with the latest trends is not just a passion—it's a necessity for many. And when...
Ashwin Joseph
Sep 16, 20235 min read
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Scraping Laptop Data from Bol.com: Unveiling the Best Deals with Beautiful Soup
In today's fast-pacеd, tеch-drivеn world, laptops havе bеcomе indispеnsablе for work, еducation and еntеrtainmеnt. With an ovеrwhеlming...

Thasni M A
Jul 26, 202315 min read
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Web Scraping with Pandas: How to Scrape Monkeypox data
Get tabular information out of web pages just using Pandas and in less than a minute & five lines of Python code.

Tony Paul
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Web Scraping in Python – How to Scrape an eCommerce Website with 20 lines of Python code
Do you know that 20 lines of Python code are all it takes to build a basic, but fully functional web scraper for an eCommerce website? In...

Tony Paul
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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How Web Scraping can Benefit Shopify Store owners
Stepping into the world of business in this globalization requires entrepreneurs to think ten steps ahead of their competition. And with...
Shivani Pai
Nov 22, 20216 min read
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Web Scraping vs API: What’s the best way to extract data
In the ever-evolving world of data collection and analysis, two prominent methods stand out: web scraping and APIs. Both techniques have...
Shivani Pai
Aug 31, 202118 min read
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Job Scraping: The Complete Guide to Scraping Job Postings
The trickiest question that can be asked when you sit for any job interview: "What pay/salary do you expect?". This question holds all...
Muskan Goel
Aug 14, 20217 min read
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13 Web Scraping Best Practices and Tips
Web scraping is often the first program aspiring programmers write to get familiar with using libraries. I certainly did that - I wrote a...

Tony Paul
Jun 24, 20218 min read
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10 Web Scraping Challenges You Need to Know
You've built the prototype of an amazing application that gained some good early traction. The application's core is data, and you're...

Tony Paul
Jun 23, 20215 min read
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How to Scrape Product Information from Walmart using Python beautifulsoup
Walmart is a leading retailer. It has both an online store and brick-and-mortar stores across the world. With a large variety of products...
Srishti Saha
Apr 27, 20216 min read
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