Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Web Scraping
History When PromptCloud started operations back in 2009, only few businesses at the cutting edge of technology knew what web scraping was. We had to use a 5th grader version to explain the solution which went like this- “We are like Google for a few websites, but we provide data in a clean format like […]
Read MoreHidden Costs of a Low-Priced Web Scraping Solution
If you’ve ever run/operated a business, you know how pricing works. Generally, companies follow one of two strategies: In today’s data-driven world, most software solutions—including web scraping—fall under value-based pricing. But as a buyer, the tricky part is assessing that perceived value. You might ask: That last question concerns the trust between the buyer and […]
Read MoreWeb Scraping vs Web Crawling: Unveiling the Differences & Techniques | 2024 Guide
Defining Web Crawling and Web Scraping In the ever-evolving digital world, understanding the nuances of data extraction is crucial. Web crawling and web scraping are two pivotal processes in this domain, often used interchangeably but with distinct differences. Web crawling, fundamentally, is the process of finding web pages that contain the data of interest. Think […]
Read MoreWeb Scraping vs Data Extraction
It’s been more than a decade since we touched upon the difference between data scraping and data crawling. It was one of the most visited pages ever on our website. And even after 12 years of talking about it, web scraping is more relevant than ever. Primarily because it has become integral to most business […]
Read MoreIs Web Crawling Legal – All You Need to Know
Businesses that involve crawling the web are shot with this question at every platform possible. Our answer to this mundanity- Is crawling a web page is legal? Hell Yes! Crawling means fetching content from the web pages in an automated manner as opposed to manually opening each page in your browser. The calls made by […]
Read MoreWhy Web Scraping should be at The Core of Your Business Strategy
You have just had a review meeting with the top management, and launching new products in the market seems to be the next goal. As a strategy champion for multiple business units in a consumer business, you have brainstormed and dissected the strategy with the BU owners, and have narrowed down what options make the […]
Read MoreAutonomy and Customer Success: Key cultural drivers at PromptCloud
Building a company culture is no small deal, because you can’t control it or effect it. Culture is simply a reflection of the core values of the company’s founders and the strong beliefs that have been held along the journey. And for the same reason, no culture can be twisted or jolted and rebuilt overnight. […]
Read MoreTop 6 Ways to Filling the Top of Your Sales Funnel
It’s called catching the net colloquially, but in essence, any business small or large is continuously trying to fill the top of its sales funnel with high quality leads. Below is a brief grouping of tasks that should go into maintaining a healthy top of sales funnel. 1. Inbound marketing The most obvious first. We […]
Read MoreBudgeting for Your Bootstrapped Company – PromptCloud
Every end of the year calls for a new budget for companies. Some firms like to revise their budgets quarterly or even monthly depending on the actuals vs the forecast. For bootstrapped companies, who are quite keyed up to increasing profit margins and keeping expenses in check, here’s a short guide to budgeting for the […]
Read MoreChoosing a CRM for your Business
When it comes to managing customers, every business starts off with an excel, listing current customers along with their contact details. The next in row is tracking inbound queries that you receive from your landing pages or forms on your website. All of us have gone through this phase of adding monthly leads into excel […]
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