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A blog for people & companies looking to make a big business impact with data acquired using web scraping and web crawling. Learn the best practices, business use cases, legality, and how you can do your job better with data.
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Top 10 GDPR Fines in 2018 to 2025: A Data-Driven Analysis
Introduction Yes, it’s over — the era of unchecked data collection, silent tracking, and unaccountable digital practices.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ended it for good, redefining how organizations collect, process, and protect the personal data of European Union citizens. A decade ago, user information was traded, tracked, and monetized with little scrutiny; privacy was an afterthought, not a business priority. That changed in 2018 with the enforcement of
Navin Saif
Nov 117 min read
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Web Scraping Without Getting Blocked Using curl-cffi
Learn how to perform web scraping without getting blocked using curl-cffi. Discover how this Python library helps you bypass anti-bot systems, mimic real browsers, and ensure smoother, more reliable data extraction.
tony56024
Oct 177 min read
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How to Scrape Product Data from Amazon US?
Introduction Ever tried shopping for vlogging equipment on Amazon? It's overwhelming. You've got thousands of microphones, cameras, and tripods to choose from, and manually comparing them all would take forever. That's exactly why I built this web scraping system - to automatically collect and organize all that product data so you can actually make informed decisions. This project shows you how to build a complete two-phase scraping system that systematically extracts vloggin
Shahana farvin
Oct 924 min read
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Y Combinator 2025: How AI is Reshaping Startups and Markets
In 2025, over 72% of new startups in Y Combinator are powered by artificial intelligence , signaling a seismic shift in how technology is...
Aarathi J
Apr 96 min read
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Scraping Amazon’s Menstrual Cup Data Using Playwright and curl-cffi: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to E-Commerce Product Analysis
When thinking about menstrual cups , they are more than just a reusable alternative to pads or tampons—they represent convenience, sustainability, and personal health. On Amazon, one of the largest online marketplaces in the world, a wide range of menstrual cups is available, catering to different sizes, materials, and preferences. By scraping menstrual cup data from Amazon’s website , including product titles, brands, prices, and reviews, it is possible to uncover insights a
Anusha P O
5 minutes ago48 min read
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Web Crawling and Its Use Cases for 2026: How Businesses Really Benefit!
In the data-driven landscape of 2026, access to external web data isn't just an advantage, it's a baseline requirement. However, acquiring this data efficiently remains a major hurdle. Many businesses find themselves navigating high operational costs and complex technical barriers just to keep their data pipelines flowing. And that’s exactly why web crawling has become one of the most valuable capabilities for businesses in 2026 . Nearly every company today relies on externa
Navin Saif
2 days ago9 min read
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Data Hygiene: How Tiny Typos Kill Conversions For Brands on Amazon and Other Marketplaces.
Have you ever wondered how much money a single typo could be silently draining from your Amazon sales  ? Not a bad review. Not a pricing mistake. Not a logistics issue. Just one incorrect letter—quietly wrecking your discoverability, relevance, and conversions. It sounds absurd… until you see it happen, and a bit of web scraping and large language models can help you fix it. Last week, while analyzing product data in the femcare category, I stumbled upon something that looked
Tony Paul
Nov 277 min read
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Invisible E-commerce Profit Killers & How to Fix Them
If you run an e-commerce business, you already know this - your website changes constantly. Products get added, removed, renamed, moved, repriced. Developers ship updates. Merchandisers tweak content. Apps and integrations act unpredictably. And somewhere in the middle of all this movement… things quietly break. The scary part? Most of these issues never show up in the tools you rely on. Not in Google Search Console. Not in your SEO audits. Not in your automated QA checks. No
Tony Paul
Nov 1810 min read
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Top 10 GDPR Fines in 2018 to 2025: A Data-Driven Analysis
Introduction Yes, it’s over — the era of unchecked data collection, silent tracking, and unaccountable digital practices.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ended it for good, redefining how organizations collect, process, and protect the personal data of European Union citizens. A decade ago, user information was traded, tracked, and monetized with little scrutiny; privacy was an afterthought, not a business priority. That changed in 2018 with the enforcement of
Navin Saif
Nov 117 min read
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California vs New York Condo Prices 2025: Homes.com Data Insights
Buying a home—be it a house, condo, or co-op—in California or New York is not just a choice of location, but a high-stakes financial decision. At Datahut, we scraped over 1,400 real estate listings from Homes to analyze how these two iconic states compare specifically in the condo and apartment market. This Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) reveals that from median purchase price and property taxes to the value per square foot and the cost of larger units, California's housi
Anusha P O
Nov 910 min read
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