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David Barton

Apifier since 2016 so learned about web scraping and automation from the experts. MSc in Computer Science from TCD. Former game designer and newspaper production manager. Now Head of Content at Apify.

How to scrape Facebook data from Facebook pages

Tutorial

Social media intelligence

How to scrape Facebook data from Facebook pages

Mar 13, 2023

Apify leaves 2021 in the dust and accelerates into 2022

Apify updates

Apify leaves 2021 in the dust and accelerates into 2022

Feb 10, 2022

Illustration of how scraping Google Trends can give you insights into future trends

Tutorial

Google

How to scrape Google Trends

Nov 5, 2021

What is an API?

APIs and integrations

What is an API?

Sep 21, 2021

Map illustting US devided between Kroger, Target and Costco.

Tutorial

Google

How to scrape Google Trending Searches

Sep 2, 2021

5 powerful scrapers to add to your SEO tool kit

Tool comparisons

Marketing and lead generation

5 powerful scrapers to add to your SEO tool kit

Aug 24, 2021

Illustration for post on why CAPTCHAS are bad UX and how CAPTCHAs get bypassed

Programming

Anti-blocking

The downside of CAPTCHAs: why they're bad UX and how they get bypassed

Aug 11, 2021

Life's no longer a beach for one dev and his dog

Life at Apify

Life's no longer a beach for one dev and his dog

May 20, 2021

Putting the tech in fintech: RPA

Finance and Fintech

Web automation and RPA

Putting the tech in fintech: RPA

May 18, 2021