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.

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Understanding The Value of Scraping Customer Reviews
Scraping customer reviews is a way to extract data for sentiment analysis and e-commerce decision-making. Learn why this matters and how to do it right.
Himanshi Bhatt4 min read

Zyte Smart Proxy Manager and Scrapy tips
Attila Toth1 min read

Zyte Smart Proxy Manager tactics demystified
Attila Toth1 min read

Data for good
How web scraping can revolutionize data collection
Cathal Garvey1 min read

Web data extraction: The build in-house vs outsource decision
Attila Toth1 min read

How to scrape the web without getting blocked
Attila Toth1 min read

Proxy management done right
Attila Toth1 min read

Article extraction: Maximizing data quality
Konstantin Lopukhin1 min read

How to scale your web scraping with proxies
Attila Toth1 min read

API
How web data extraction fuels price & competitive intelligence
Shane Evans & Sanaea Daruwalla1 min read

Measuring product data extraction quality against the competition
Konstantin Lopukhin1 min read

Legal Compliance In Web Scraping
Sanaea Daruwalla1 min read