When it comes to concurrency vs. parallelism, it may be apparent as they refer to the same concepts in executions of computer programs in a multi-threaded environment. Well, after looking at their definitions in the Oxford dictionary, you may be inclined to think so. However, when you go deeper into these notions with respect to […]

Have you thought of the consequences of gathering web data without proxies? The internet contains enormous data worth extracting for business organizations, academics, and any other researcher. Whether it’s for making better decisions by companies to stay ahead of their game or for research purposes by academics, there are many ways to extract data ranging […]

Are you looking for ways to make use of new technologies? Web extraction or web scraping provides you with a way to collect structured web data in an automated manner. For instance, web scraping is used in the E-commerce world to monitor the pricing of competitors’ services and products. Other use cases of web scraping […]

Over the past decade, E-commerce has influenced the way we do online shopping. A recent study by Statista shows that there has been a considerable increase in online shoppers from 2014-2021 to back this claim. Furthermore, due to the prevailing pandemic, the number of online shoppers incremented to a whopping 2.14 billion. However, having a […]

You can automatically extract large amounts of data from websites using web scraping and save it in a database or a file. The scraped data can be mostly stored in a spreadsheet or tabular format. Web scraping is also called web data extraction web harvesting. It is needed because manual scraping is a tedious task […]

Having an IP address is a way to identify your device on the internet to communicate with other devices. Without IP addresses, the internet can’t exist.  In this article, you’ll gain an overview of two different types of IP addresses, their differences, why you need both of them, and, more importantly, how you could use […]

Did you realize that when you visit a website these days, the website owners may track you in various ways? According to Ghostery, a famous free software supplier, 79% of websites with unique domains gather user data. We’ve already discussed one such approach, known as browser fingerprinting. In this post, you’ll learn about the canvas […]

How can you pull significant information from websites fastly and efficiently? It takes a lot of time to extract the data manually. You can use web scraping, an automated method of acquiring non-tabular or poorly structured data from websites. Later, you can convert that data into a structured and usable format such as a spreadsheet […]

It’s no secret that businesses are increasingly using web applications in this day and age. Web applications make it convenient to streamline corporate operations, enhance efficiency, and thus save expenses for tasks that would otherwise be done manually. Web apps are prone to risks and cyberattacks despite their growing popularity. This article will provide insight […]

When it comes to personalization in target marketing, it is harder for B2B marketers to neglect the value of firmographic data. Although the stats show that personalization enhances customer relationships and thus the conversion rates, many organizations have struggled to develop personalization strategies using existing data.  This article will provide you with an overview of […]