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

Proxies & Infrastructure
Best Web Scraping Proxies: How to Choose Yours

Find the best web scraping proxy: how proxy servers work, datacenter vs residential vs rotating types, and top providers compared. Choose the right fit.

13 June · 13 min
Data & Formats
How to Back Up an MS SQL Server Database Easily

Back up an MS SQL Server database the easy way: SSMS steps, T-SQL BACKUP commands, and scheduling tips to protect stored data. Follow the short guide.

11 June · 9 min
Anti-Scraping & Protection
Anti-Scraping WordPress Plugins: A Review

Anti scraping for WordPress reviewed: the top plugins that block bots and content theft, their settings, and real effectiveness. Protect your site today.

9 June · 12 min
Techniques
API Scraping: How to Extract Data from Any API

What is API scraping and how does it work? Learn to pull data from web APIs with auth, pagination, and rate limits, and when to choose APIs over HTML scraping.

7 June · 11 min
By Language
Async Web Scraping in Python: aiohttp and asyncio

Speed up Python scrapers with asyncio and aiohttp: fetch thousands of pages concurrently, control rate limits, and handle errors. See code examples inside.

5 June · 9 min
CAPTCHA Solving
Audio CAPTCHA Solving: How the Algorithm Works

See how audio CAPTCHAs are solved programmatically: segmentation, audio fingerprinting, and speech recognition, shown on a real Xbox case. Explore the method.

3 June · 10 min
Techniques
PHP cURL Web Scraping: Log In to Bot-Proof Forms

Web scraping with PHP cURL behind logins: handle cookies, hidden CSRF tokens, and JavaScript-protected forms to authenticate like a browser. Get the code.

1 June · 12 min
Guides & Basics
Web Scraping Best Practices: Core Principles

Web scraping best practices that keep crawlers effective and ethical: respect robots.txt, throttle requests, rotate IPs, and more. Scrape smarter today.

30 May · 14 min
By Language
Best Python Web Scraping Libraries (Plus Other Languages)

Compare the best Python web scraping libraries, from Requests and BeautifulSoup to Scrapy and Playwright, plus top picks for JavaScript, PHP, Go, and more.

28 May · 11 min