What Happens in Between Data Extraction and Visualization
Big data has shown phenomenal growth over the past decade and it’s widespread application by businesses as a growth catalyst continues to deliver positive results. The scale of data is massive and the volume, velocity and variety of data calls for more efficient processing to make it machine-ready. Although there are a multitude of ways […]
Read MoreAcquiring Data Is Not A One-Time Thing – PromptCloud
The amount of data available to businesses is growing by leaps and bounds. Data is being generated by any and every activity on the internet such as E-commerce orders, sports scores, music being played, product reviews, social media activities and so on. All this data getting accumulated on the web hold immense value to the […]
Read MoreAnalyzing Vermont’s Property Pricing via Airbnb Data
Airbnb data is the world’s biggest and fastest growing accommodation-sharing portal operating in 65,000 cities across 90 countries. Hence, it’s not surprising that they have established their presence in all the United States! One of the smallest yet most popular states for vacations is ‘Vermont’, owing to miles of rolling forests flush with flora and […]
Read MoreOptimal Numbers for Source Sites and Crawl Frequency by Use Case
Crawl Frequency, Since the web is an ever-growing reservoir of data that keeps expanding by each passing minute, determining what sites to crawl and how frequently can be tough to determine. When using web crawling as your primary tool to acquire data, there certainly comes a point where you have to make these mission-critical decisions. […]
Read MoreData Acquisition using Google Sheets vs DaaS – PromptCloud
Ever since the data on the web started multiplying in terms of quantity and quality, people have sought out ways to acquire this data for a wide range of applications. Since the scope of acquisition was limited back then, the extraction methods mostly composed of manual methods like copy-pasting text into a local document. As […]
Read MoreDo You have the Right Web Scraping Team?
As data has become an essential component to keep a business running whilst the competition is at its peak, some companies are turning to in-house web scraping to meet their data needs. In-house web scraping is essentially about setting up a team of right people who can handle all the processes involved in web crawling […]
Read MoreWhat to do when API doesn’t meet data extraction requirements
Many of the popular and modern websites provide an API that’s intended to enhance the user experience by offering integration between multiple services. Amazon, Google and Twitter are some of the notable websites that provide APIs. Google, in fact has APIs for most of its services and products. APIs, although intended for use by developers, […]
Read MoreData Mining 1.2 Million Car Listings: Interesting Insights Uncovered
Data Mining, If we compare automobile industry with the information technology industry, it’s a no-brainer that the pace of innovation and technological advancements are significantly slow in the former. Had the Automobile sector undergone rapid development like software and tech-driven products, eco-friendly smart electric cars would have outnumbered the traditional cars by now. However, we’re […]
Read MorePromptCloud – a Product, Framework or a Service?
Although we cannot stress enough the importance of web data extraction in the form of a dedicated service rather than a tool or framework, we sometimes get mistaken for similar kinds of offerings. We’ve had clients ask us if ours is a standalone product. They’re not really at fault here; we do have some elements […]
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