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Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.

The best way to Use Puppeteer With Zyte Smart Proxy Manager
Proxies

The best way to Use Puppeteer With Zyte Smart Proxy Manager

Good news for all the Puppeteer users who are looking for an easy-to-integrate anti-ban solution for extracting data from Javascript-heavy websites.

Neha Setia Nagpal6 min read
How To Use Selenium With Zyte Smart Proxy Manager
Anti-ban

How To Avoid Web Scraping Blocks and Bans

Learn how to conduct web scraping without being blocked by Captchas, paywalls, password logins and DDOS defenses.

Colm Kenny3 min read
How is Web Scraping For Used Car Data Extraction?
Use case

How is Web Scraping For Used Car Data Extraction?

Understand how comprehensive used car website extraction can update your database in real-time to keep you a step ahead of your rivals in the industry.

Colm Kenny3 min read
Christmas Eve vs. New Year's Eve: Last-Minute Price Inflation Analysis
Leadership

Web Scraping Large E-commerce Websites: A Guide

Discover how web scraping e-commerce sites enables you to analyze current trends from the most in-demand products to market dynamics and competitor activities

Colm Kenny4 min read
Developer’s guide to rotating proxies in Python
Proxies

Developer’s guide to rotating proxies in Python

Correct use of rotating proxies is a key ingredient of web data extraction. In this guide, you will learn how to set up IP rotation for scraping in Python.

Neha Setia Nagpal5 min read
Aduana: Link Analysis to Crawl the Web at Scale
Use case

The Best Web Scraping Services for Data Journalism

Scraping news sites cuts the complexity from data journalism for better articles based on deep structured data. Zyte can help generate the database you need.

Himanshi Bhatt3 min read
How Can The Travel Industry Benefit From Data Scraping?
Developer interest

How Can The Travel Industry Benefit From Data Scraping?

One of the biggest benefits of tourism data scraping is the ability to track the prices people are paying for travel and leisure activities in real-time.

Himanshi Bhatt3 min read
Scraping E-commerce Websites & Leveraging Product Data at Scale
Use case

Scraping E-commerce Websites & Leveraging Product Data at Scale

Product Data is the most sought after web data type for e-commerce companies. Discover how scraping e-commerce websites enables you to analyze current trends from the most in-demand products to market dynamics and competitor activities.

James Kehoe5 min read
Proxy vs. VPN: What's the difference? Which one is best for scraping?
Proxies

What is a rotating proxy? Why is IP rotation important for scraping?

In this article, we help you understand what is a rotating proxy and why you need rotating proxies for web scraping.

Neha Setia Nagpal4 min read
Find the best pint using web scraping on St. Patrick’s day
Use case

Find the best pint using web scraping on St. Patrick’s day

“Who serves the best pint of Guinness?” Read our St Patrick's Day Special: Finding the best pint of Guinness in Dublin using web scraping and data science.

Neha Setia Nagpal6 min read
An accurate Guide on How to Scrape Blog Posts
Use case

An accurate Guide on How to Scrape Blog Posts

Learn why and how to scrape blog posts for in-depth data extraction that can turbocharge your content marketing campaigns, news data extraction and more.

Himanshi Bhatt3 min read
Why you need the best proxies for web scraping
Proxies

Why you need the best proxies for web scraping

Proxies for web scraping are very important. Depending on the website you are scraping, select between data center proxies, residential proxies, and more.

Neha Setia Nagpal4 min read