Oxylabs, Nimble, Bright Data, and more. Discover the best residential proxy providers for secure and uninterrupted web scraping in 2023. — Introduction Web scraping has become a critical aspect of the data extraction strategy for businesses and individuals alike. While web scraping can be a valuable tool, it can also be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process, especially when done improperly. …

Nimble, ScrapingBee, ParseHub, Zenscrape, Apify. Here are the best scraping APIs and tools in 2023 to simplify web data extraction at scale. — “Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” — Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web In today’s data-driven age, getting hold of data from the web is business-critical for every industry, whether it’s e-commerce, finance, marketing, or research; web scraping is the…

An assortment of some of the best resources available on the internet to understand what developer marketing is, how to get started, and build effective campaigns. — As per a survey by Developer Nation, developer team leads are increasingly in charge when it comes to the adoption of dev tools, with as much as 64% of them having a significant say in software purchase decisions. Now, imagine you’re a startup with a new dev tool that can…

How to actually leverage the strengths of web scraping for your eCommerce business by using Bright Data’s enterprise-scale Web Scraper IDE. — If you’re an up-and-coming eCommerce company, leveraging web scraping to its fullest potential can give you a competitive edge by providing you with valuable insights into market trends, patterns, pricing, competitor practices, and industry challenges — as I’ve previously talked about, here:

Bright Data, ParseHub, Apify, Octoparse, Mozenda. There are plenty of instant web scrapers to choose from. How to pick the best one based on features, ease of use, scalability, and unblocking capabilities. — Introduction Web scraping has proven to be an invaluable tool for individuals and companies alike, to gather data for a variety of purposes such as academic research, training machine learning models, price monitoring, keyword research, lead generation, and consumer sentiment analysis.

AI/ML advancements, knowledge sharing and management, supply chain disruptions, handling remote teams, increasing security risks: how to navigate the top 5 organizational challenges in tech this year. — As we enter 2023, many technology companies that experienced significant growth in the post-pandemic climate of 2021–2022 are now facing a new set of organizational challenges. The latter half of 2022 saw a rise in layoffs across the tech industry, with over 100,000 tech workers impacted in the United States…

5 practical ways to use web scraping in the eCommerce industry and how to make the most of them using the best web scraping tools. — Utilizing a web scraper allows your organization to have a bird’s-eye view of industry trends. This has numerous advantages. Based on the information that you collect, you can adjust your business strategy to gain an edge over your competitors. Let’s take a look at five use cases where using a…

Over 13000 companies were liquidated in Q1 of 2022 in the US alone. Here’s how you can avoid a similar fate. — Originally written by Precious Adeyinka and published here. Introduction Any business is likely to face many adversities in its life cycle. And it’s said that having the fortitude to weather the storms as they come holds the key to success. However, this is far easier said than done. The issue is…

Web data platforms like Bright Data enable startups to make informed decisions with the help of powerful data infrastructures, significantly improving their early chances of success. — Originally written by Precious Adeyinka and published here. Business Development and Product Design In any business organization, there will eventually be the need to address a growing problem, and how this is done will largely depend on the nature of the problem at hand and the solution that is proposed to solve said problem. …