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Web traffic is splintering into access lanes

Explore how AI agents are reshaping web traffic into hostile, negotiated, and invited access lanes. Learn what this means for bots, scraping, and the future of data access.

by Theresia Tanzil

How online retailers use web data to compete on price, promotion, and availability

by Theresia Tanzil

The recipe for a request: Scaling data extraction through investigation

by Kieron Spearing

Automation drives power in the data arms race

by Theresia Tanzil

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Handling Bans

Unblockers vs Zyte API: What’s the Real Cost of Bans?

When it comes to web scraping success, not all access tools are created equal. Here’s what it really costs to keep your scrapers running—and why the cheapest unblocker might be the most expensive choice you ever make.

Partial autonomy, full control: Why we built Web Scraping Copilot

Web Scraping Copilot brings AI-powered, code-first web scraping into VS Code, delivering partial autonomy, deterministic quality, and full control for production web data.

Why your spiders keep getting banned, and how to fix it

Stop wasting hours debugging bans. Learn what’s really blocking your scrapers and how to unblock sites automatically.

New in Zyte: Web Scraping Copilot, LLM-friendly text, MCP scraping

Discover Zyte’s latest: Web Scraping Copilot, LLM-ready page content, new Zyte API features, enterprise tools, webinars, and Extract Summit talks on-demand.

Five key takeaways from Extract Summit 2025

From AI-accelerated scraping to “dead internet” risks and rising access wars, these five takeaways from Extract Summit 2025 show where web data is heading next.

Introducing Web Scraping Copilot - A rocket boost for data extractors

Meet Web Scraping Copilot, a free VS Code extension that uses AI to accelerate Scrapy projects. Generate code, manage spiders, and deploy to Scrapy Cloud faster than ever, keeping developers in control.

Web scraping as social practice: Ethics and efficiency in a data-hungry world

Web scraping is more than a technical act, it’s a social practice. Explore ethical scraping principles, responsible data collection, and how to balance efficiency with respect for data and people.

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Extract clean content automatically with Zyte API’s new pageContent data type

Discover how Zyte API’s new PageContent data type makes content extraction effortless — delivering clean, structured data from any web page automatically.

Balancing innovation and regulation in data scraping

Explore the balance between innovation and regulation in data scraping. Recent court rulings (like Meta v. Bright Data) favor scraping public data, but compliance with copyright, 'fair use,' and strict GDPR rules for personal data remains essential.

The new economics of web data: Smaller scraping just got cheaper

Smarter tools and AI-driven automation are rewriting the rules of web scraping. As costs fall and setup barriers vanish, smaller teams can now compete at scale, reshaping how the web’s data economy works.

Why your agent deserves a wallet

Acting autonomously on tasks like data gathering, financially-empowered agents could change the economics of the web.

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Memo to CTOs: Don’t build the product

Zyte’s CTO says great tech leaders don’t work on software; they work on systems that make software.

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