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Scraping Across Borders: How to Build a Geo-Targeted Proxy Stack

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Modern web scraping isn’t just about collecting data – it’s about collecting the right data from the right place. Whether you’re tracking eCommerce trends, verifying localized ads, or monitoring competitor pricing, location-specific accuracy can make or break your results.

And when websites personalize content based on IP geography, your scraping stack needs more than just speed and rotation. It needs precision.

In this guide, we’ll walk through how to build a geo-targeted proxy stack capable of accessing region-specific data at scale. We’ll explain why localization matters, how to identify the best tools (including the best Russian proxy options), and what to look for in credible proxy reviews before choosing a provider. [Read more…] about Scraping Across Borders: How to Build a Geo-Targeted Proxy Stack

6 Tips for Practicing Web Scraping Properly

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Web scraping can easily extract the required data from the internet so that you can get useful insights from analyzing it. It saves time and resources.

However, it is best to follow some practices and necessary guidelines to avoid any unnecessary issues. We will go through some of the top tips that you can consider while web scraping and extracting data smoothly. So, without any further ado, let us dive into the details. [Read more…] about 6 Tips for Practicing Web Scraping Properly

Competitor Analysis with Automated Web Scraping in Footwear

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Want to succeed in the ever-changing footwear industry? Use web scraping!

It’s a powerful tool that helps businesses gather market info and make smart decisions based on data. Stay ahead, become a trendsetter, and make better choices with this technique. [Read more…] about Competitor Analysis with Automated Web Scraping in Footwear

Selenium for Web Scraping and Data Extraction

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In the realm of web development and data analysis, the ability to extract data from websites and web applications holds critical importance.

In today’s digital age, assembling and evaluating data is crucial to attaining valuable insights into diverse industries and markets. Data is booming like never before in an unstructured manner.

It is estimated that by the end of this decade, there will be approximately 100’s of zettabytes of data, out of which 80% will be unstructured. [Read more…] about Selenium for Web Scraping and Data Extraction

Powering Up Your Business With E-Commerce Data

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Do you know that according to stats, 218.8 million consumers are predicted to shop online in 2023? Besides, e-commerce sales are expected to make up 20.8 percent of total retail sales globally.

While these stats are exciting, an inability to know this information and any other relevant data may fail to empower your business to beat competitors and earn expected returns. You may need to be made aware of the potential of an e-commerce business and lose your ability to sell your products and services to the right consumers.

So, if you need to power up your business, use an Amazon Scraper API for web scraping to run a top and successful venture. [Read more…] about Powering Up Your Business With E-Commerce Data

5 things you should know about web scraping with Python

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In recent years, more and more people have known about web scraping and applied this technique to collect huge amounts of data from many different sources. No matter which field data scraping is used in, a website downloader can bring many advantages.

In this article, we’ll help you get some know-how about web scraping and using Python to scrape a website. [Read more…] about 5 things you should know about web scraping with Python

Essential Legal Issues Associated With Web Scraping

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“Web scraping”, also called crawling or spidering, is the automated gathering of data from someone else’s website.

Scraping is an essential part of how the Internet functions, and it has traditionally been the backbone of many companies’ marketing, lead generation, and market intelligence efforts.

In fact, many online services, large and small, use scraping to build their databases, all of which are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. This article will answer the question – is web scraping legal? [Read more…] about Essential Legal Issues Associated With Web Scraping

Automation Drives COGS Reduction for Small and Mid-sized Manufacturers

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By Mike Franz, founder and creator of the WorkCenter from ManufacturingPower

Automated access to summary cost and margin information for each SKU delivers light SaaS “MRO/tail-spend” price transparency, returning a minimum 11-14 COGS (cost of goods sold) reduction to the bottom line.

Every manufacturer must pay attention to costs and competitors’ pricing. For better or worse, purchasing professionals are rewarded for capturing the lowest price; few have the time to scour the internet for ever RFQ to see if the bid offered is indeed competitive. Measuring value with price experiments is not realistic.

Full-time competitive pricing professionals could work 24/7 to generate statistically valid and accurate data. For the small and mid-sized manufacturer, the solution is to automate price comparison functionality. Until recently this was prohibitively expensive and often too complex. Automating costs and competitive prices can be achieved in a $5,000 per year SaaS solution. [Read more…] about Automation Drives COGS Reduction for Small and Mid-sized Manufacturers