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.
Web scraping APIs vs proxies: A head-to-head comparison
Proxies are essential to scraping at scale. So, how do full-stack web scraping APIs compare?
OpenClaw and Claude helped me buy the perfect sneakers using Zyte API
Quickly compare e-commerce products across any site with an agent, a skill and an AI-powered web scraping API.
Legal clarity comes with compliance demands
Explore how new regulations like the EU AI Act and California AB 2013 are reshaping AI data compliance in 2026. Learn why provenance, transparency, and lawful sourcing are now critical.
Brand visibility in the digital era: How web data help brands see the full picture
Discover how web data helps brands improve visibility, track competitors, monitor availability, and analyze reviews to win on the digital shelf.
Giving spidey-senses to your web scraping spiders using Spidermon
Learn how Spidermon helps you monitor web scraping data quality in real time. Validate items, track field coverage, and get alerts before bad data impacts your pipeline.
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.
How online retailers use web data to compete on price, promotion, and availability
Discover how retailers leverage web data to optimize pricing, track competitor stock, detect trends, and improve sales performance.
The recipe for a request: Scaling data extraction through investigation
Learn how an investigative mindset helps scale data extraction from single requests to millions daily by building resilient, efficient scraping systems.
From screenshot to shopping list in 90 seconds
I built a mood board pipeline that starts with a screenshot. Claude Skills and Zyte API for search, product extraction, and image embedding at any scale.
Automation drives power in the data arms race
Anti-bot systems now evolve in minutes, not weeks. Discover why automated, self-healing scraping systems are essential to survive the 2026 data arms race and how to adapt.
Should AI Companies Build Their Own Web Scraping Pipelines?
Should AI companies build their own web scraping pipelines? Learn when in-house scraping makes sense and when it becomes costly and hard to maintain at scale.
What Is AI Data Provenance? Definition & Importance
Learn what AI data provenance is and why it matters. Understand data origin, collection methods, governance, and how provenance supports trust and compliance.