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Our articles on web data collection, scraping and putting data to work.

What breaks a scraper, and how it gets fixed

Extractors do not fail at random. Five causes recur, and the dangerous ones are those that make no noise.

A browser tab, a shared spreadsheet and a lot of patience. If that sounds familiar, the question is no longer whether, but when.

When an API exists, it almost always wins. The question is what it will never give you, and why most projects end up mixed.

The right format is the one your team opens without calling you. Four options, and who each one is for.

Number of sites, frequency, the defences in place, the shape of the delivery. The four factors that separate one quote from another.

Writing a script that reads a page takes an hour. Keeping it running for six months takes something else. The levers that last.

Four questions asked early save weeks of back-and-forth. Sources, fields, volume, quality: scoping is the best time you will spend.

What the word covers, what it is actually for, and the rules around it. A few minutes, no jargon.