Jakub Balada

Black Friday 2020 — getting better

Results of our annual Black Friday 2020 analysis for Czechia. Improvements in discounts, but some still misleading. In Czech language only.

15 min read Nov 30, 2020

Black Friday

Black Friday 2019 — s Hlídačem shopů

Jakub Balada

TLDR: V letošním Black Friday bylo na největších českých eshopech dvakrát více produktů, průměrné uváděné a reálné slevy podobné jak loni…

13 min read Dec 1, 2019

Startup

Launching Apify roadmap — new features and actors based on your feedback

Jakub Balada

Announcing the new public Apify roadmap. Find features recently launched, planned, or already being developed. Also includes public actors! Announcing the new public Apify roadmap. Find features recently launched, planned, or already being developed. Also includes public actors!

3 min read Jul 31, 2019

Monitoring

How to set up a content change watchdog for any website in 5 minutes

Jakub Balada

Use an Apify actor to regularly check specific content on any website and send you an email notification whenever it changes. Use a simple Apify actor to quickly create a custom watchdog for any website. Monitor specific CSS and receive an email notification whenever the content changes.

4 min read Jan 9, 2019

Black Friday

Black Friday počesku — kouzla se slevami po roce

Jakub Balada

Po loňské úspěšné analýze slev v rámci Black Friday jsme se rozhodli opět podívat na to, jak největší české e-shopy pracují s tímto…

11 min read Dec 7, 2018

Web Scraping

Web scraping in 2018 — forget HTML, use XHRs, metadata or JavaScript variables

Jakub Balada

Learn modern ways to extract data from web pages using XHRs, Schema.org Microdata, JSON Linked Data, JavaScript variables and more. Web scraping in 2018 is not only about processing HTML. Learn modern ways to extract data from web pages using XHRs, Schema.org Microdata, JSON Linked Data, JavaScript

7 min read Feb 8, 2018