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.
Agentic web scraping: Hype, reality and what happens next
From broken parsers to context limits, today’s AI agents have real challenges—but with the right tools and orchestration, they could reshape how we extract web data.
How Zyte’s extraction experts guarantee data quality
Ensuring web data quality at scale means moving beyond fragile scripts and spot checks to robust validation that keeps business decisions accurate and reliable.
Death of the Proxy? There’s An API for That
The proxy era is ending as web scraping shifts from managing IP pools to smarter, API-driven solutions.
How to Scrape Search Engine Results
From SEO audits to market intelligence, scraping search engine results data can give you the insights you need to make smarter, faster business decisions.
Why the Best Engineers Are Actually Lazy
There’s a popular archetype in web scraping circles: the heroic engineer who fights CAPTCHAs at 3 a.m., hand-tunes a proxy farm before breakfast, then rewrites four spiders after lunch because the target sites pushed new JavaScript.
7 Myths About Web Scraping APIs – Busted
Despite their benefits, web scraping APIs are sometimes misunderstood. So, let’s debunk some of the most common myths.
When DaaS met SaaS - the new hybrid data economy
The emergence of hybrid DaaS/SaaS models is a logical response to the complex realities of modern data needs.
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.
Scrape Web Pages and Files Using Python, wget, and Zyte
The command-line utility wget (pronounced "web-get") can download online files. This free network downloader may run in the background without user intervention.