Palantir’s Kimono Acquisition: Impact on the Web Crawling Market
In a recent and unexpected news, Kimono Labs was talent-acquired by Palantir Technologies. Kimono has announced that its web scraping tool will cease to exist in its current version although the desktop app will be made available. The announcement quotes this as a primary reason- “Since then, we’ve realized that continuing to work in isolation […]
Read MoreIndexing Data – All About Search Engine Indexing and more
The web is like an ever-expanding public library with piles of books and no central filing system. A web crawler essentially collects the pages during the crawl process and then creates an index, so we know precisely how to search for things. Similar to the index in the back of a book, the search engine […]
Read MoreDifferent Components of a Crawlable Search Engine
Extracting a piece of information from the millions of web pages would be impossible if there were no search engine. Just take a look at the following figure to know how search engine has been changing the usability of the web, dramatically. YEAR SEARCH ENGINE INDEXED WEB PAGES AVG. NO. OF QUERIES/DAY 1994 WWWW 110,000 […]
Read MoreOptimize Content for Search Engines: 7 Useful SEO Tips
So, you are a content developer and looking for the eternal question: How to optimize content for search engines? Justified. 200%. Believe me, some years back, I used to look for the best SEO tips and this very ‘optimization heavy’ instinct of mine was deeply imbued with my every single content developing approach. I hope, […]
Read MoreEmployee Spotlight: Suryakant
Exposing the wizards behind PromptCloud Meet Suryakant Gokhale aka Sukki or Mr. Funny Bones. He handles many roles at PromptCloud from coding and researching new technologies to grooming our latest talent. The best part though, is that no party is complete without him. He is the “go to” guy at PromptCloud. Got a problem that […]
Read MoreWhy IOS is a bulletproof monk in the world of data security
IOS stands apart from other mobile operating systems (OS) in the sense that both its hardware and software are controlled by tech giant Apple. It includes a tight integration of back-end and front-end components that are questionably unmatched. The iOS runs on iPad, iPod and iPhone devices, manages the device software and hardware, and provides […]
Read MoreHow to Search Google Like A Pro
Google says, currently, it processes 40 thousand search queries every second, globally, which integrate to a mammoth 3.5 billion searches in a single day. So, it’s a no-brainer to infer that, our quest for information and knowledge is pretty much on and it’s increasing. Admittedly, for the most of us, this knowledge hunt starts with […]
Read MoreHow Twitter could have Influenced Jon Snow’s Return
This April, “Winter is coming” and it is going to be super exciting for all the die-hard fans of the popular TV series, Game of Thrones. Last season we got a preview of the icy blue White Walker during the rescue operation to bring back the wildings, the fierce Drogon’s return, and the escape of […]
Read MoreHow do Crawlers Work- the journey from crawl to crawl
We have all used crawlers in some capacity; either trying to get our hands dirty with some DIY scraper tools or having companies like PromptCloud do it for a custom use case. Given the current web technologies, most of the concepts around acquiring data from the web remain the same irrespective of the tool in […]
Read MoreThe secret ingredient for a booming restaurant business
Booming restaurant business is a competitive battleground where you need to be on your toes all the time to satisfy guest expectations and outperform your competitors. As good, ready-to-serve food stays in never-ending demand, more and more restaurants open everywhere, but not all of them get the desired response from visitors. As a result, many […]
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