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They say you’ll never have time to read all the books or watch all the movies in your entire lifetime – but what if you could at least gather all their titles, ratings, and reviews in seconds? That’s the magic of web scraping: automating the impossible, collecting large amounts of data, and uncovering hidden insights from all across the internet. In this article, we’ll explore valuable web scraping ideas that you can create even with little to no experience – completely free of charge.

Amazon is the ultimate destination for online shoppers, so naturally, it’s also a goldmine of customer reviews. These reviews offer insights for businesses aiming to understand consumer preferences, researchers analyzing market trends, and shoppers making informed decisions. In this guide, we'll explore the types of data available from Amazon reviews, discuss various methods for scraping this information, and demonstrate how to scrape reviews from Amazon using our eCommerce Scraping API.

A proxy protocol is a set of rules that govern how internet traffic is intercepted, routed, and processed between clients and servers. When it comes to widely used proxy protocols, HTTP often steals the spotlight, leaving SOCKS proxies overlooked despite their flexibility. To help you decide if SOCKS proxies are right for your needs, this blog post will break down what they are, explain how they differ from other proxy types, explore their benefits and drawbacks, and look at the most common use cases.

Keeping up with everything happening around the world can feel overwhelming. With countless news sites competing for your attention using catchy headlines, it’s hard to find what you need among celebrity tea and what the Kardashians were up to this week. Fortunately, there’s a handy tool called Google News that makes it easier to stay informed by helping you filter out the noise and focus on essential information. Let’s explore how you can use Google News together with Python to get the key updates delivered right to you.

Artificial Intelligence powers everything from chatbots to complex data analysis tools. But behind the sleek interfaces and impressive capabilities lies a hidden process – the petabytes of data collected. We sat down with our CEO, Vytautas Savickas, to discuss the AI revolution and how data is being collected to fuel various tools.