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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.

Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Scraping practice

Scraped Data Quality

Making sure your web data is trustworthy when web scraping at scale is incredibly important, so one of the defining success factors is a comprehensive quality assurance (QA) process.

Linda Giuliano2 min read
Scraping At Scale Planning

Web Scraping at Scale

Web scraping at scale requires a plan to be successful. You need to define the business case, success metrics, data needed and budget.

7 min read
Legal Compliance for Web Scraping Project

Legal Compliance for Web Scraping Project

Operating legal and ethical web scraping projects for legal compliance at scale needs legal oversight by lawyers with a specialization in web scraping.

3 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction

The New Guide to Web Scraping at Scale

The challenges of scaling web scraping are underestimated. This whitepaper shares what to consider when scaling your web scraping efforts from planning and design, legal compliance, crawling and extracting, and quality assurance.

3 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction

Key Questions for Scaling Web Scraping

Here are some questions to ask your team and partners that can help you with your web scraping scaling journey.

3 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction

In-House vs. Outsourced Web Scraping for Scalability

This article compares the pros and cons of in-house vs. outsourced web scraping, focusing on cost, expertise, scalability, and control to guide business decisions.

4 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction

Scaling and Maintaining Crawling and Extracting Solutions

A robust, responsive and reliable web scraping tech stack is key to scaling.

2 min read
How to eliminate setup and maintenance on your headless browser fleet for web scraping
Product Update

How to eliminate setup and maintenance on your headless browser fleet for web scraping

Cleber Alexandre1 min read
From Data to Decisions: Transforming Digital Shelf Analytics with Zyte API
Announcement

From Data to Decisions: Transforming Digital Shelf Analytics with Zyte API

Maximize DSA with Zyte API Web Scraping: Leverage Zyte API's advanced web scraping technology for your DSA needs. Extract precise, scalable data for product positioning, pricing strategies, and market trends analysis. Stay ahead with our legally compliant, flexible, and cost-effective solutions.

Debbie Reeve-Crook4 min read
Use Powerful Ban Management With Zyte API’s Scripting API
Anti-ban

Use Powerful Ban Management With Zyte API’s Scripting API

You encounter so many different anti-bot systems as a developer working on custom projects for Zyte Data clients. This cat and mouse game requires your time, persistence and deep knowledge of web scraping.

Mushtaq Ali, Luiz Silva5 min read
Scrape from anywhere with Geolocation settings
Announcement

Scrape from anywhere with Geolocation settings

Use geolocalized requests in Zyte API and increase your data quality and success rates, while keeping costs under control

Cleber Alexandre6 min read
The Most Complete Headless Browser for Web Scraping
Traffic

The Most Complete Headless Browser for Web Scraping

Replace all your headless browsers and proxies with one single tool that will save you time, money and yield better results for web scraping.

Cleber Alexandre6 min read