Apify Blog: Web scraping and automation stories

Facebook data mining with web scraping

Facebook data mining lets you dive deeper into market demographics, helps you to offer products based on people’s personal choices, and makes it possible to identify consumer behavior. But data mining can’t happen without web scraping. Find out why you need a Facebook scraper for Facebook mining.

4 min read Jun 28, 2022

AI

Building functional AI models for web scraping

Natasha Lekh

Combining machine learning and web scraping is a natural next step in web automation. Let's explore how this comes into reality with three AI-based web scraping projects: Product Mapping, Automated Product Detail Extraction, and Browser Fingerprint Generator.

9 min read Jun 23, 2022

Automation

How we generate OG images using the Apify platform

Dan Nguyen

Your cheatsheet on what OG images are for, why it's important to have an open graph generator, and how we generate OGs on our platform.

6 min read Jun 22, 2022

Data scraping

The top 5 instant data scrapers in 2022

Theo Vasilis

What is an instant data scraper? And how do you choose the best data scraping tool? We explain data scraping and give you the top 5 free instant data scrapers in 2022.

4 min read Jun 20, 2022

AI

7 ways AI can help your business this year

Guest Author

Learn about the 4 types of AI, how the AI market has grown over the years, and 7 ways in which they can help your business.

6 min read Jun 16, 2022

Pricing Strategy

Definitive guide to price monitoring and tracking your competitors

Mariachiara Faraon

With the advent of e-commerce, price monitoring is an unavoidable part of market research and strategy. But the competition is so vast, so how to sort through all the data? Price scraping automates this daunting process rendering it effortlessly efficient.

8 min read Jun 14, 2022

Automation

What is an online aggregator and how to create your own BuzzFeed website

Natasha Lekh, Josef Válek

What online aggregators are, how they differ from one another, why you should create one, and how you can make it happen.

9 min read Jun 13, 2022

Apify Freelancers

The new way to hire web scraping developers 🧑‍💻👩‍💻

Natasha Lekh

Tired of looking for the right web scraping developer on freelancer websites? Read about a shortcut way to find and hire a software specialist for a data scraping project.

6 min read Jun 9, 2022

Web Crawling

Top 11 open source web crawlers - and one powerful web scraper

Dávid Lukáč

Learn about free software libraries, packages, and SDKs that can get your web crawling journey started in no time.

6 min read Jun 7, 2022

Data Analysis

What are the top 7 online data analytics programs in 2022?

Mariachiara Faraon

Data analysts are in great demand at the moment. But why is data analytics important? And how do you become a data analyst? Find out all you need to know about becoming a data analyst and discover the 7 best online data analytics programs in 2022.

6 min read Jun 3, 2022

Law

Are website terms of use enforced?

Lucie Růžičková

For contracts that are concluded on the internet, there are four categories to help with assessing their enforceability. Read on to find out what they are and if they can be enforced.

5 min read Jun 1, 2022

Careers

Want to see me do my best work? Tell me something can’t be done!

Václav Růt

When the going gets tough, our Head of Delivery gets going. This is the story of Vaclav's six-year career at Apify. Find out about the Delivery Team and what to expect if you join them.

5 min read May 31, 2022