Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.
The new economics of web data: Smaller scraping just got cheaper
Discover how AI and new scraping tech are lowering costs, removing the “scale tax,” and making web data access affordable for smaller teams.
Why your agent deserves a wallet
Acting autonomously on tasks like data gathering, financially-empowered agents could change the economics of the web.
Memo to CTOs: Don’t build the product
Zyte’s CTO says great tech leaders don’t work on software, they work systems that make software.
How to Plan Your Web Scraping Project Like a Product Manager
Most web scraping projects that collapse don't fail because of technical incompetence. They fail because teams treat data extraction like a coding sprint rather than a product launch.
Agentic web scraping: Hype, reality and what happens next
From broken parsers to context limits, today’s AI agents have real challenges—but with the right tools and orchestration, they could reshape how we extract web data.
AI Web Scraping as the Future of Scalable Data Collection
AI-powered web scraping is transforming data collection by making it faster, smarter, and highly scalable.
How Zyte’s extraction experts guarantee data quality
Ensuring web data quality at scale means moving beyond fragile scripts and spot checks to robust validation that keeps business decisions accurate and reliable.
Death of the Proxy? There’s An API for That
The proxy era is ending as web scraping shifts from managing IP pools to smarter, API-driven solutions.
How to Scrape Search Engine Results
From SEO audits to market intelligence, scraping search engine results data can give you the insights you need to make smarter, faster business decisions.
Why the Best Engineers Are Actually Lazy
There’s a popular archetype in web scraping circles: the heroic engineer who fights CAPTCHAs at 3 a.m., hand-tunes a proxy farm before breakfast, then rewrites four spiders after lunch because the target sites pushed new JavaScript.
The DQ playbook: How ‘data quality’ fuels business’ pursuit of precision
The practice of data quality (DQ) is emerging as a key discipline businesses can use to understand and improve the provenance of the content they collect.
7 Myths About Web Scraping APIs – Busted
Despite their benefits, web scraping APIs are sometimes misunderstood. So, let’s debunk some of the most common myths.