ByteDance looks like it's eager to make up for lost time when it comes to scraping the web for data needed to train its ...

Naturally, not all of these scraper bots are well-behaved ... it’s definitely a sign of the times that more and more website owners are choosing to choke off unwanted, AI-related traffic.

[James Turk] has a novel approach to the problem of scraping web content in a structured way without needing to write the kind of page-specific code web scrapers usually have to deal with.

AI bot scraping doubled from Q3 to Q4 of 2024. But the click-through rates from AI search remain abysmal – at less than 1% ...

Leading web data collection platform and proxy server provider Bright Data has announced updates to its LinkedIn profile web ...

Web scraping and APIs are not rivals but complementary tools, unlocking unparalleled possibilities when combined.

Web scraping is no longer just about collecting raw data. AI transforms this data, embedding it into machine learning models that can generate insights, predict behaviors and even infer new ...

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Scraping growth accelerated, doubling in volume per website from Q3 to Q4 2024. Scrapes per page more than tripled, and there were 40% more unauthorized scrapes in Q4. Moreover, ToolBit determined ...

Companies like OpenAI and Perplexity have made lofty claims that their AI-powered search engines, which scrape information from the web to generate summarized answers, will provide new sources of ...