Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.
How price extraction is fuelling insights for modern retailers
Retail pricing has long combined data, experience, and instinct – but today’s market volatility demands a faster, smarter approach.
Four sweet spots for AI in web scraping
Discover how AI and LLMs are enhancing web scraping with smarter crawling, fuzzy data extraction, automated spider generation, and intelligent QA.
Kill your product - why sacrificing your cash cow can be the path to growth
Letting go of the past is the best way to embrace the future. Retiring a flagship product isn’t a sign of failure; it’s a commitment to innovation.
From script to system: 10 building blocks to scale web scraping
Scaling your business’ web data gathering – acquiring, monitoring and storing a growing amount of data from a growing number of sources over time – requires holistic planning.
New in Zyte: Scroll Control, Lower Costs, and More
As the web continues to evolve, Zyte API is evolving right alongside it—adding powerful new features and refinements designed to make data extraction smarter, faster, and more adaptable than ever.
The future of Scrapy: Smarter, faster and ready for AI-powered scraping
What does the future hold for the tool some describe as “the gift that revolutionised web scraping”?
Rise of the Data Vendor: How Outsourcing is Transforming Supply and Fuelling Businesses
With the emergence of managed data extraction vendors, businesses no longer need to gather web data themselves.
Quality, focus and scale: Three ways data outsourcing benefits businesses
The Strategic Case for Buying Web Data: Quality, Focus, and Scale
What AI Builders Need to Know About the Training Data Copyright Debate
The generative AI gold rush is upon us, with astounding new products and capabilities that are fuelled by web data and raising questions about AI copyright.
Ten years since Scrapy 1.0: The stats and stories behind your favorite framework
See what 10 years of Scrapy 1.0 has built — in milestones and metrics.
What’s your data type? Solving the procurement problem
Engagements with data suppliers break down when buyers don’t have a clear project concept. Understanding and articulating your needs is paramount. Meet the three types of data buyers. Which one are you?
The rise of Scrapy: How an open-source scraping framework conquered the web
The story of Scrapy reflects the broader evolution of the web itself and the ongoing quest to harness its ever-expanding ocean of information.
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