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Web Scraping vs API: What’s the Difference?

Web Scraping vs API: What’s the Difference?

Web Scraping and APIs. What do these terms mean? And more importantly, how are they different? Here at ParseHub, we’ll break down both terms and get to the bottom of these questions.

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
Web Scraping vs Data Mining: What’s the Difference?

Web Scraping vs Data Mining: What’s the Difference?

Web Scraping and Data Mining are two terms that are often used interchangeably. While these terms do share many similarities, they are intrinsically different. Today, we’ll define each term and break down

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
How does Web Scraping Work? Breaking Down the Concepts

How does Web Scraping Work? Breaking Down the Concepts

So, you’ve heard about web scraping and how it can extract data from any website. However, you might be wondering how web scraping works in the first place. Let’s review and

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
What can Web Scraping be Used For?

What can Web Scraping be Used For?

The internet is full of data and information. However, the data on most websites is often not that easy to access. For example, if you wanted to collect pricing data from products on

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
Is Web Scraping Easy? How to Scrape Data without Coding Skills
Web Scraping

Is Web Scraping Easy? How to Scrape Data without Coding Skills

Mastering web scraping can be incredibly valuable. After all, web scraping will give you instant access to valuable datasets such as competitor product details, stock prices, market data, you name it! However, web

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What’s the Difference?
Web Scraping

Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What’s the Difference?

The terms Web Scraping and Web Crawling are often used interchangeably. However, while these terms share many similarities, there are key differences that set them apart. Let’s break down the definitions of

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
2 min read
How to Scrape HTML Tables into Excel
Web Scraping

How to Scrape HTML Tables into Excel

Good old HTML tables. At some point, most websites were fully made via HTML tables. Nowadays though, you might be interested in scraping data from an HTML table on to an excel spreadsheet

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
3 min read
Scrape MercadoLibre Product Data: Names, Details, Prices, Reviews and More!
Web Scraping

Scrape MercadoLibre Product Data: Names, Details, Prices, Reviews and More!

MercadoLibre is Latin America’s largest e-commerce platform with over 170 million users. As a result, MercadoLibre’s inventory is full of valuable product data. Specifically, if you’re looking for Latin American

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
How to Scrape Groupon Deals and Data: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Scrape Groupon Deals and Data: A Step-by-Step Guide

Groupon is one of the largest marketplaces for local businesses to find customers online. Through Groupon, local businesses can directly target Groupon’s large userbase with exclusive deals. And by boasting 45.3

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
Lead Generation: How to Drastically Improve your Process Going into the 2020s
Lead Generation

Lead Generation: How to Drastically Improve your Process Going into the 2020s

The tech we use every day is changing and evolving quickly. And so are lead generation techniques used by many businesses. As a result, it is important to keep up with different technologies

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
3 min read
Why You Should Never Ever Buy an Email List (and How to Generate Leads Correctly)

Why You Should Never Ever Buy an Email List (and How to Generate Leads Correctly)

Building a good-quality email list might seem like a daunting task. In fact, you might be tempted to take the quick route and just buy an email list for your business. After all,

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
3 min read
5 Things to Consider Before Scraping Emails from a Website
Web Scraping

5 Things to Consider Before Scraping Emails from a Website

Scraping emails from a website is easier than you would think. However, that does not mean that setting up an email scraping project is simple. In fact, there are many factors you need

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
4 min read
How to Scrape Etsy Product Data: Names, Pricing, Seller Information, etc.
Web Scraping

How to Scrape Etsy Product Data: Names, Pricing, Seller Information, etc.

Etsy might not come to mind when thinking about e-commerce giants like Amazon or eBay. But do not be fooled. Etsy’s marketplace now has over 2.1 million sellers with over 60

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
How to Scrape Wikipedia Articles and Data: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Scrape Wikipedia Articles and Data: A Step-by-Step Guide

Wikipedia is, without a doubt, one of the web’s largest resources for all knowledge. The site houses all kinds of information. From expansive topics such as politics, science, technology, and history to

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
We Analyzed 7 Years of the Billboard Rock Charts: Here’s What We Found
culture

We Analyzed 7 Years of the Billboard Rock Charts: Here’s What We Found

Out of all the major genre-specific Billboard charts, the Hot Rock Songs chart always stuck out to me as an odd one. Especially in recent years. You will often see songs from the

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
6 min read
How to Scrape Alibaba Product Data: Names, Pricing, Vendor Information, etc.

How to Scrape Alibaba Product Data: Names, Pricing, Vendor Information, etc.

When trying to source materials from overseas, Alibaba is a great place to start. Not only can you find hundreds and thousands of items but also suppliers with track records and ratings. But

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
6 min read
How to Scrape Walmart Product Data: Names, Pricing, Details, etc.

How to Scrape Walmart Product Data: Names, Pricing, Details, etc.

For many people, Walmart might seem more like a retail giant instead of an e-commerce company. But don’t be fooled, Walmart has been working hard to compete with Amazon in the modern

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
How to Scrape Craigslist Data: Listings, Prices, Details and more.
Web Scraping

How to Scrape Craigslist Data: Listings, Prices, Details and more.

You can find almost anything on Craigslist. From your next apartment to a missed connection on the subway. There are so many listings on Craigslist, that it can be hard to shift through

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
Web Scraper Tutorial: How to Easily Scrape any Website for Free
Web Scraping

Web Scraper Tutorial: How to Easily Scrape any Website for Free

The internet provides us with access to an incredible amount of data and information. Just think about the amount of data that a simple e-commerce site might have. Including product names, models, availability,

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
6 min read
How to Scrape Yelp Data: Business Information, Ratings, Reviews and more...

How to Scrape Yelp Data: Business Information, Ratings, Reviews and more...

Yelp is one of the largest business directory websites on the internet. With over 90 million monthly visitors across their website and mobile app, users and businesses themselves are adding valuable information to

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
5 min read
Tableau + ParseHub Integration: Use Tableau to Visualize Data Scraped by ParseHub

Tableau + ParseHub Integration: Use Tableau to Visualize Data Scraped by ParseHub

Update: The Tableau + ParseHub Web Data Connector will soon be depreciated in an upcoming version of Tableau. We have updated this guide with 2 alternative methods. Web scrapers are great at extracting and

  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
3 min read
Lead Generation with Web Scraping: Get 10,000 Quality Leads in 15 Minutes
marketing

Lead Generation with Web Scraping: Get 10,000 Quality Leads in 15 Minutes

Every sale starts with a lead. You need to constantly update your pool of leads to find your ideal customer. As a result, lead generation is one of the most important parts of

  • Angelina Fomina
    Angelina Fomina
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
6 min read
How to Compare Product Prices on Amazon with Web Scraping
Web Scraping

How to Compare Product Prices on Amazon with Web Scraping

Do you want to sell iPhones on Amazon? How about some new funky shoes that you don't think are available on the market yet? You can use web scraping to collect product information

  • Angelina Fomina
    Angelina Fomina
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
7 min read
ParseHub vs. Import.io: which alternative is better for web scraping?
Web Scraping Tool

ParseHub vs. Import.io: which alternative is better for web scraping?

Import.io and ParseHub are both very popular web scraping tools. While at first sight, they might seem quite similar, there are a few key differences between the two. Let’s break it

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
10 min read
Scrapy vs ParseHub: A Web Scraper Comparison
Web Scraping

Scrapy vs ParseHub: A Web Scraper Comparison

Looking for the best web scraper for your project? Allow us to compare some of the 2 most popular options in the market. Scrapy and ParseHub are both very powerful and useful web

  • Greg Dingle
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
4 min read
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