Is Web Scraping better than a Data API?
In the age of big data, data extraction is vital for all businesses. Data harvesting can give companies many advantages and, most importantly, it will get the business to a highly competitive place. By conducting market research via data harvesting, the business gets access to up-to-date information regarding the industry, or any related topic. By […]
Read MoreData Analysis Reveals the Spookiest City in the US
Trick or treat? Yes, the time has come for all to dress up in Halloween costumes, go trick-or-treating, and sit by the fireplace to discuss the horrific ghost stories that people have encountered since their childhood. That said, did you know that in the US, Halloween is the second-highest commercial holiday in which total expenditure […]
Read MoreA Complete Guide To New Google Dataset Search Engine – Promptcloud
When I wrote my first machine learning algorithm, I used the mammoth data set collection hosted by UC Irvine to learn the ropes. There were so many datasets to practice with, 442 to be exact. But the problem is that these are datasets that have been used by loads of people all over the world, […]
Read MoreBots: The good, the bad and the ugly
Bots, through the ages How many of you used the Google Duplex? Yes, the latest Google assistant (passed Turing Test) that can book appointments for you. It is supposed to help businesses and interact just like a human, by understanding not just the language but also the nuances of human speech. So, you must be […]
Read MoreWhy and How to Scrape Geospatial Data from the Web – PromptCloud
What do the words GeoSpatial data even mean? In simple terms, a data set containing geographic data field to in form of location information such as coordinates, city, address, zip code, etc. can be considered as geospatial data. Generally these data sets are used to depict certain conditions (people, traffic, etc.) in a location at […]
Read MoreScrape real estate from Trulia using Python
Trulia is a website that set shop in 2005, initially with real-estate listings in California. An interactive map with commuter and transit data shows the driving or commute times of the property from any given location in the United States, thus making Trulia an ideal choice to scrape real estate data. The best features of […]
Read MoreWeb scraping in GDPR Era – Impact and Opportunities
Like always, first things first. If you go on to google GDPR, chances are that this definition by Wikipedia will come up on top The General Data Protection Regulation “The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union […]
Read MoreScrape Amazon Product Reviews and Pricing Data Using Python
Sun Tzu said in The Art of War, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” This holds true for almost every business, especially the e-commerce business. You may you have the right idea, the right people, the right USP, the right products, and the […]
Read MoreLesser Known but Effective Web Scraping Technology
Ever wondered how we started storing and maintaining data? Flash drives became popular only around the early 2000s years. Yet the big data analytics market is set to reach $103 billion by 2023! Web crawling and scraping technologies are finding increasing relevance as we continue to generate megabytes of data in seconds. The most popular uses […]
Read MoreScrape Hotel Data Using Python
Founded in the year 2000, Boston based travel website is one of the most used travel portals around the world. But with so many users and hotels and bookings, and reviews, you can understand the magnitude of travel data generated. So let’s see what to do with that data, and how to scrape hotel data […]
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