#web-scraping
#web-scraping

Graphic design

DAG Hamilton Graph Presented as SVG in Blogger

The official DAG Hamilton logo improves usability and efficiency for graph rendering.

Blogger's rendering issues affect the display of SVG graphics and code integration.

DAG Hamilton aids in workflow visualization and code complexity management. [ more ]

#cybersecurity

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Web design

Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites | HackerNoon

A botnet is aggressively scraping WordPress sites, ignoring robots.txt directives and causing server strain. [ more ]

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Web design

Avoid Getting Caught in a Honeypot Trap When Scraping the Web | HackerNoon

Honeypots are traps used by websites to detect and thwart web scraping, often leading to consequences like IP blocking. [ more ]

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Web design

Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites | HackerNoon

A botnet is aggressively scraping WordPress sites, ignoring robots.txt directives and causing server strain. [ more ]

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Web design

Avoid Getting Caught in a Honeypot Trap When Scraping the Web | HackerNoon

Honeypots are traps used by websites to detect and thwart web scraping, often leading to consequences like IP blocking. [ more ]

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#cloudflare

Theregister

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content. [ more ]

WIRED

Artificial intelligence

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

AI companies' adherence to robots.txt is inconsistent, with some ignoring directives.

Cloudflare is enhancing bot-blocking strategies beyond simple acknowledgment of robots.txt.

A marketplace for negotiating scraping rights will soon facilitate value exchange for original content creators. [ more ]

Theregister

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare offers 1-click block against web-scraping AI bots

Cloudflare offers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content to preserve a safe internet for content creators. [ more ]

Theregister

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content. [ more ]

WIRED

Artificial intelligence

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

AI companies' adherence to robots.txt is inconsistent, with some ignoring directives.

Cloudflare is enhancing bot-blocking strategies beyond simple acknowledgment of robots.txt.

A marketplace for negotiating scraping rights will soon facilitate value exchange for original content creators. [ more ]

Theregister

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare offers 1-click block against web-scraping AI bots

Cloudflare offers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content to preserve a safe internet for content creators. [ more ]

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#libraries

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JavaScript

Web Scraping: Is C# or JavaScript the Superior Choice? | HackerNoon

C# offers robust libraries for efficient web scraping but has a steeper learning curve, while JavaScript allows flexible browser-based scraping with simpler initial setup. [ more ]

GeekSided

Python

How to Create a Python Keyword Analyzer for SEO Optimization

Keyword analysis is crucial for website traffic. Python tools aid in building custom scripts. Libraries like beautifulsoup4, requests, & nltk are essential. [ more ]

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JavaScript

Web Scraping: Is C# or JavaScript the Superior Choice? | HackerNoon

C# offers robust libraries for efficient web scraping but has a steeper learning curve, while JavaScript allows flexible browser-based scraping with simpler initial setup. [ more ]

GeekSided

Python

How to Create a Python Keyword Analyzer for SEO Optimization

Keyword analysis is crucial for website traffic. Python tools aid in building custom scripts. Libraries like beautifulsoup4, requests, & nltk are essential. [ more ]

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#ai-companies

The Bootstrapped Founder

4 weeks ago

Business intelligence

Scrape or Be Scraped

Podscan navigates the challenges of web scraping while protecting against aggressive AI scrapers, highlighting the paradox of data availability and ownership. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Reddit's CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity scraping content is 'a real pain in the ass'

Reddit's CEO criticizes tech companies for using its data without payment. [ more ]

InsideHook

Artificial intelligence

AI Website Scrapers Are Evolving at Alarming Rates

AI companies scraping web at rapid pace pose challenge for website owners in protecting content. [ more ]

The Bootstrapped Founder

4 weeks ago

Business intelligence

Scrape or Be Scraped

Podscan navigates the challenges of web scraping while protecting against aggressive AI scrapers, highlighting the paradox of data availability and ownership. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Reddit's CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity scraping content is 'a real pain in the ass'

Reddit's CEO criticizes tech companies for using its data without payment. [ more ]

InsideHook

Artificial intelligence

AI Website Scrapers Are Evolving at Alarming Rates

AI companies scraping web at rapid pace pose challenge for website owners in protecting content. [ more ]

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#automation

Hackernoon

JavaScript

Elevate Your Scraping Project With Puppeteer Extra | HackerNoon

Puppeteer Extra enhances Puppeteer by adding plugin support, allowing for custom solutions to scrape dynamic content effectively. [ more ]

Bloomberg

JavaScript

Bloomberg

To prevent automated web scraping, websites may use tools to detect unusual activity and request human verification. [ more ]

DATAVERSITY

4 months ago

Data science

Advanced Tips for Effective Data Extraction - DATAVERSITY

Understanding advanced data extraction techniques is crucial for organizations to maximize efficiency and accuracy in data analytics. [ more ]

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JavaScript

Elevate Your Scraping Project With Puppeteer Extra | HackerNoon

Puppeteer Extra enhances Puppeteer by adding plugin support, allowing for custom solutions to scrape dynamic content effectively. [ more ]

Bloomberg

JavaScript

Bloomberg

To prevent automated web scraping, websites may use tools to detect unusual activity and request human verification. [ more ]

DATAVERSITY

4 months ago

Data science

Advanced Tips for Effective Data Extraction - DATAVERSITY

Understanding advanced data extraction techniques is crucial for organizations to maximize efficiency and accuracy in data analytics. [ more ]

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#data-collection

Hackernoon

Artificial intelligence

Win Up to $2500 in the AI Writing Contest by Bright Data and HackerNoon | HackerNoon

AI relies heavily on data, and the upcoming contest encourages discussion on improving data collection methods. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Meta unleashes new web crawling bots with sneaky ways of avoiding a rule that blocks scraping of online content

Meta's new bots efficiently scrape web data for AI training, challenging existing content protection measures. [ more ]

Realpython

Python

Exercises Course: Introduction to Web Scraping With Python - Real Python

Web scraping is crucial for data collection and analysis, with Python offering powerful tools for this purpose. [ more ]

Hackernoon

Artificial intelligence

Win Up to $2500 in the AI Writing Contest by Bright Data and HackerNoon | HackerNoon

AI relies heavily on data, and the upcoming contest encourages discussion on improving data collection methods. [ more ]

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence

Meta unleashes new web crawling bots with sneaky ways of avoiding a rule that blocks scraping of online content

Meta's new bots efficiently scrape web data for AI training, challenging existing content protection measures. [ more ]

Realpython

Python

Exercises Course: Introduction to Web Scraping With Python - Real Python

Web scraping is crucial for data collection and analysis, with Python offering powerful tools for this purpose. [ more ]

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#scrapy

Realpython

JavaScript

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB - Real Python

Web scraping with Scrapy involves the ETL process: extracting, transforming, and loading data into storage like MongoDB. [ more ]

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Python

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB Quiz - Real Python

The quiz helps reinforce understanding of Web Scraping using Scrapy and MongoDB. [ more ]

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JavaScript

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB - Real Python

Web scraping with Scrapy involves the ETL process: extracting, transforming, and loading data into storage like MongoDB. [ more ]

Realpython

Python

Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB Quiz - Real Python

The quiz helps reinforce understanding of Web Scraping using Scrapy and MongoDB. [ more ]

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#generative-ai

Social Media Today

Artificial intelligence

Question Posts May Become a Key Focus for AI Training Data

The success of generative AI depends on the quality and breadth of its data inputs.

Companies are revamping their data strategies to enhance AI responses. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Artificial intelligence

AI scrapers running out of space as restrictions close the net

AI scrapers face more restrictions and bans due to changing data source environment. [ more ]

Social Media Today

Artificial intelligence

Question Posts May Become a Key Focus for AI Training Data

The success of generative AI depends on the quality and breadth of its data inputs.

Companies are revamping their data strategies to enhance AI responses. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Artificial intelligence

AI scrapers running out of space as restrictions close the net

AI scrapers face more restrictions and bans due to changing data source environment. [ more ]

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#data-extraction

Simplilearn.com

Web design

Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: Key Differences Explained!

Web scraping focuses on data extraction, while web crawling focuses on URL discovery. AI enhances both processes for efficient data handling. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

After AgentGPT's success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents | TechCrunch

Reworkd pivoted from building general AI agents to a web scraping company due to the overwhelming success of AgentGPT. [ more ]

ListenData

Python

How to Scrape Google News with Python

Scraping Google News for articles using Python.

Extracting specific information like title, source, time, author, and link. [ more ]

Simplilearn.com

Web design

Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: Key Differences Explained!

Web scraping focuses on data extraction, while web crawling focuses on URL discovery. AI enhances both processes for efficient data handling. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

After AgentGPT's success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents | TechCrunch

Reworkd pivoted from building general AI agents to a web scraping company due to the overwhelming success of AgentGPT. [ more ]

ListenData

Python

How to Scrape Google News with Python

Scraping Google News for articles using Python.

Extracting specific information like title, source, time, author, and link. [ more ]

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#ai-models

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Data science

Harnessing Public Web Data for AI | HackerNoon

Effective data acquisition is crucial for AI performance, with web scraping being a key method.

Bright Data provides solutions for successful web data scraping such as proxy networks and pre-configured datasets. [ more ]

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

Crisis Looms as AI Companies Rapidly Losing Access to Training Data

The restrictions imposed by content hosts on publicly available data can severely impact the effectiveness of AI models.

AI companies relying on web scraped data may face bias, lack of diversity, and freshness due to increasing restrictions from content hosts. [ more ]

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft CEO of AI Says It's Fine to Steal Anything on the Open Web

Microsoft AI CEO views content on the open web as fair use for AI models, challenging traditional copyright norms. [ more ]

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Data science

Harnessing Public Web Data for AI | HackerNoon

Effective data acquisition is crucial for AI performance, with web scraping being a key method.

Bright Data provides solutions for successful web data scraping such as proxy networks and pre-configured datasets. [ more ]

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

Crisis Looms as AI Companies Rapidly Losing Access to Training Data

The restrictions imposed by content hosts on publicly available data can severely impact the effectiveness of AI models.

AI companies relying on web scraped data may face bias, lack of diversity, and freshness due to increasing restrictions from content hosts. [ more ]

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft CEO of AI Says It's Fine to Steal Anything on the Open Web

Microsoft AI CEO views content on the open web as fair use for AI models, challenging traditional copyright norms. [ more ]

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404 Media

Artificial intelligence

Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers

Website owners struggle to block AI scrapers due to outdated robots.txt instructions and rapidly changing AI crawler bot names. [ more ]

Zato

4 months ago

JavaScript

Web scraping as an API service

Web scraping is a last resort in backend integrations due to its brittleness and deviation from traditional API interactions. [ more ]

CodeProject

Web design

A simple example of scraping a web page using Visual FA

Visual FA is a performance-oriented lexing/tokenizing engine for C#, useful for tasks like web scraping.

It does not have features like backtracking or capturing, making it more efficient for tasks like scraping web content. [ more ]

#python

Realpython

Python

A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python Quiz - Real Python

Test understanding of web scraping in Python through 9 interactive questions. [ more ]

ListenData

Python

How to Open Chrome using Selenium in Python

Installing Selenium library in Python using pip

Opening and authenticating Google Chrome using Selenium in Python [ more ]

Realpython

Python

A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python Quiz - Real Python

Test understanding of web scraping in Python through 9 interactive questions. [ more ]

ListenData

Python

How to Open Chrome using Selenium in Python

Installing Selenium library in Python using pip

Opening and authenticating Google Chrome using Selenium in Python [ more ]

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#meta

TechCrunch

Privacy professionals

Meta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records | TechCrunch

Meta dropped lawsuit against Bright Data after losing key claim in court.

Meta's case against Bright Data included claims of breach of contract and scraping of non-public data. [ more ]

TechCrunch

8 months ago

Privacy professionals

Court rules in favor of a web scraper, Bright Data, which Meta had used and then sued | TechCrunch

Meta has lost a legal battle with Bright Data, an Israeli tech firm, over data scraping from Facebook and Instagram.

Meta had previously been a paying customer of Bright Data for web scraping services before suing them. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Privacy professionals

Meta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records | TechCrunch

Meta dropped lawsuit against Bright Data after losing key claim in court.

Meta's case against Bright Data included claims of breach of contract and scraping of non-public data. [ more ]

TechCrunch

8 months ago

Privacy professionals

Court rules in favor of a web scraper, Bright Data, which Meta had used and then sued | TechCrunch

Meta has lost a legal battle with Bright Data, an Israeli tech firm, over data scraping from Facebook and Instagram.

Meta had previously been a paying customer of Bright Data for web scraping services before suing them. [ more ]

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Forbes

9 months ago

Business intelligence

Data Privacy And Ownership To Remain Key Concerns In Web Scraping Industry Next Year

Web scraping for AI development raises concerns about data privacy and ownership.

Ethical questions arise regarding the fair use of public data by AI companies. [ more ]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

9 months ago

Artificial intelligence

No Robots(.txt): How to Ask ChatGPT and Google Bard to Not Use Your Website for Training

OpenAI and Google have released guidance for website owners to opt-out of having their content used to train large language models (LLMs).

The use of web scraping for training AI models has been a common practice for researchers in various fields. [ more ]

WIRED

Artificial intelligence

AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children

Over 170 children's images and personal details from Brazil were scraped without consent, used to train AI, posing privacy risks. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Artificial intelligence

Apple denies using YouTube content to train Apple Intelligence

Apple denies using unethically sourced EleutherAI's 'Pile' for Apple Intelligence, confirms using it for OpenELM models.

EleutherAI scraps web for datasets like YouTube captions to democratize AI research, lower entry barrier for firms.

Apple's OpenELM created for research, not powering Apple Intelligence, no plans for expansion. [ more ]

WIRED

DevOps

Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse

Amazon's cloud division investigates Perplexity AI for potentially violating AWS rules by scraping websites, despite the Robots Exclusion Protocol and terms of service. [ more ]

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