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Social Media Scraping and Its Benefits

There are 7.9 billion people in the world, out of which 50% are online. That is roughly 3.8 billion people. Online marketing is a huge sector, bringing in around $537 billion, which is a 3.9% rise from 2020. Particularly, social media websites are the most visited websites online, so companies have started to promote their

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What Is A Honeypot and How Does It Work?

The internet opened the doors for private and public organizations to rapidly connect and share information. There are many benefits to this, such as better collaborations, better productivity, faster communication, etc. Nevertheless, some risks come along with these benefits. Your organization might fall prey to hackers who can bypass the latest methods of cyber security

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The 5 Best Web Scraping Tools in 2024

The internet has plenty of data and it is easy to find any information on the web. You can copy and paste it to any source and use it for further analysis. But when it comes to finding a large dataset from the internet, the task of manually copying and pasting would be tedious. You

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What is a Proxy? What are Proxies Used For?

If you wonder that there are anonymous users accessing your data from somewhere in the world, then there’s a high chance if you’re not using a proxy. Questions like, “What is a proxy?” or “What are proxies used for?” can come into mind. When you want to hide your information from peering eyes all over

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How To Use A Proxy With Requests Module In Python

Every computer gets a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address that identifies the computer and its geographic location when connected to the Internet. Your computer sends out a request whenever it needs any information from the Internet. The request is sent to a target computer that checks the type of information being asked for. The target

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How To Use Proxies For Games To Achieve Better Gaming Experience?

Are you an online gamer frustrated with continuous IP blocks from game servers because you are from the wrong part of the world? However, not to worry. Did you know that you can use proxies for games to overcome such barriers? Furthermore, proxies could help you negate security and privacy concerns that you may confront

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Why Should You Use Proxies For eBay?

Whether you’re selling or buying online, eBay is one of those platforms that spring to your mind, as there isn’t anything on eBay that you can’t find. Many people have established careers out of their earned money by making even minor eBay deals. While eBay can provide you with countless numerous benefits, it also has

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How To Ensure Data Quality In Web Scraping

One aspect of web scraping that countless organizations and individuals often overlook is the quality of the data they extract.  Extracting high-quality data remains a challenge in large-scale web scraping projects. On the other hand, many organizations also do not pay the desired attention to data quality until it troubles them. In this article, you”ll

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What Are Bad Bots, How To Detect and Block Them?

Does anything good come to your mind when you hear the word bots or do you know how to detect and block bad bots? I guess all you have heard is about bad bots let alone how to detect and block them. However, not all bots are bad, and there are good ones. This article

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Choosing The Right Selector For Web Scraping: CSS or XPath

Do you know which is the correct selector to use in web scraping? Web scraping has been quite popular in the recent decade to extract data from the internet. It helps businesses acquire and analyze data to make better business decisions. Thanks to automated technologies, web scraping has never been easier than it is now.

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