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The Importance of Transparency and Trust in Data and Generative AI

Sharing an informative article by Sarah McKenna (CEO of Sequentum & Forbes Technology Council Member), The Importance Of Transparency And Trust In Data And Generative AI. It includes factors for responsible data collection (aka scraping) and web data usefulness for AI post processing. She touches on security, adherence to regulatory requirements, bias prevention, governance, auditability, vendor evaluation and more. 

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In the age of data-driven decision-making, the quality of your outcomes depends on the quality of the underlying data. Companies of all sizes seek to harness the power of data, tailored to their specific needs, to understand the market, pricing, opportunities, etc. In this data-rich environment, using generic or unreliable data not only has the intangible costs that prevent companies from achieving their full potential, it has real tangible costs as well.

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MangoProxy Review

MangoProxy is a Premium Proxy provider that offers various features to keep your online activity safe and secure. They don’t require you to register with your personal data, so you can use their service without worrying about any privacy issues. The company has a number of proxy packages to choose from, and each comes with unlimited bandwidth and a no-logs policy.

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Bright Data’s Business Capabilities

Bright Data offers its customers a full suite of real-time data collection tools that help them gain and maintain a competitive market edge. BrightData  prides itself on its ethical and 100% legally compliant approach.

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Scrape ‘Ticketmaster’ using Selenium with Python

We’ve got some code provided by Akash D. working on ticketmaster.co.uk. He automates browser (Chrome as well as Edge) using Selenium with Python. The rotating authenticated proxies are leveraged to keep undetected. Yet, the site is protected with Distil network.

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2 coding-free ways to extract content from websites to boost web traffic

Content is most basic way to attract traffic – without a certain amount of quality content, neither Google nor visitors would be interested in your website because there is little value they can get browsing it.

There are 2 main coding-free solutions for extracting content from websites to build your content base: choose one or a combination of themand have a try!

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Octoparse Alternatives

Let me tell you what you already know! Octoparse is a great web scraping tool! But like every great tool, it’s got its limitations. At times, you may wonder if there are any alternatives to Octoparse. We wondered the same and put together this blog to provide you a short list of Octoparse alternatives along with their features and distinguishing factors. Let’s get started!

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Octoparse 8 vs Octoparse 7 comparison – what’s new in 8.1

Our brand new version Octoparse 8 (OP 8) just came out a few weeks ago. To help you get a better understanding of what the differences between OP 8 and 7 are, we have included all the updates in this article.

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Data extraction: web crawling vs. web scraping in E-commerce

Nowadays, when one has some questions, it comes almost naturally for us to just type it in a search bar and get helpful answers. But we rarely wonder how all that information is available and how it appears as soon as we start typing. Search engines provide easy access to information, but web crawling and scraping tools, which are not such well-known players, have a crucial role in wrapping up online content.

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Captcha solving with Java and why you should avoid it

In this blog post we are going to show how you can solve [Re]captcha with Java and some third party APIs, and why you should probably avoid them in the first place.
For the Python code (+ captcha API) see that post.

The post author is Kevin Sahin from ScrapingNinja.co.

Captcha solving

“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” is what captcha stands for. Captchas are used to prevent bots from accessing and performing actions on websites or applications.

The last one is the most used captcha mechanism, Google ReCaptcha v2. That’s why we are going to see how to “break” these captchas.

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How to increase your security while shopping online

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As fraudsters and hackers are polishing their techniques, identity theft and online shopping fraud cases are rising every year. Most online shoppers are unaware of these threats and of the simple rules that can make online shopping safe. If you want to protect your money and your identity, you need to take certain precautionary measures.

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