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Blog about data collection

Guides, research, and case studies on web scraping, price monitoring, and data delivery for analytics, marketing, and product needs.

SEO & SERP
Site Crawler Tools: Map Website Structure and Find Errors

Use a site crawler tool to map your website structure, response codes, and depth, and catch broken links and orphan pages. Compare tools and start crawling.

11 August · 6 min
Proxies & Infrastructure
Smartproxy Review: Proxies for Web Scraping Tested

Smartproxy (now Decodo) review for web scraping: residential and datacenter proxy performance, pricing, tools, and drawbacks. See if it fits your project.

9 August · 10 min
Business & Legal
Bulk Tweet Your Blog Posts to Automate Social Marketing

Promote every blog post automatically: extract your post archive and schedule bulk tweets with simple tools and scripts. Learn the full workflow here.

7 August · 10 min
Business & Legal
Social Media Scraping: What It Is and How It Works

What social media scraping is, what data you can collect legally, and which tools and services do it best. Explore use cases from marketing to research.

5 August · 10 min
CAPTCHA Solving
Web Scraper CAPTCHA Solving with DeathByCaptcha in C#

Handle web scraper CAPTCHA challenges: build a C# solver on the DeathByCaptcha API, from image upload to token submission. Follow the coding guide.

3 August · 11 min
Data & Formats
SQL Dump Splitter: Split Large SQL Files for Import

Split oversized SQL dumps into importable chunks with a free SQL dump splitter, handy when upload limits block phpMyAdmin restores. Grab the tool here.

1 August · 8 min
Anti-Scraping & Protection
SQL Injection: How Attacks Work and How to Defend

Understand SQL injection: how attackers exploit vulnerable queries, real examples, and proven defenses like parameterized statements. Secure your site now.

30 July · 13 min
Proxies & Infrastructure
SquidProxies Review: Private Proxies for Scraping

SquidProxies review: private and shared datacenter proxies tested for speed, reliability, and web scraping performance, plus pricing. Read before you buy.

28 July · 8 min
Techniques
SSH Connection from the Linux Terminal: A Quick Guide

Connect to remote servers over SSH from the Linux terminal: command syntax, key-based login, config tips, and common errors solved. Master the basics fast.

26 July · 7 min