# Web Data Scraping - Trends, Insights, Reports | PromptCloud

## [Unharvested Data: The Data you Left on the Table in 2018 | PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/data-that-you-left-on-table-in-2018/)

Web Scraping has been the talk of the tech world for quite some time. More and more companies are trying to crawl data from the web using intelligent bots to speed up the process. There has also been a growth of DaaS (Data as a Service) providers like PromptCloud, who are offering their services to […]

## [Web Scraping for Data Mining – PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/web-scraping-for-data-mining/)

Data mining and what it is solving today Data mining is an interdisciplinary topic that encapsulates Machine Learning, Statistics as well as Database Systems. Data mining would have been a mathematical subject had we been able to find trends in large datasets using pen and paper. Unfortunately, the computations involved are too massive and that […]

## [The Future of Web Scraping in Structured Web – PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/future-of-web-scraping-structured-web/)

SEO techniques have evolved over time and backlinks and meta tags are no more the only things that help companies generate better organic traffic. Even though everyone knows that Google ranks websites based on a number of factors, using complex algorithms, all of the parameters that count in SEO rankings are not known. However, the […]

## [How to write and create the best we crawling bots](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/twelve-best-coding-practices-writing-better-web-crawling-bots/)

Web crawling bots, also known as ants, automatic indexers, web spiders or web robots, are automated scripts that scan through web pages to extract data periodically (or in real-time). The process itself is called web crawling. Although web crawling bots are sometimes used for other purposes as well, such as web indexing (by companies like […]

## [How to build a machine learning workstation in 2019 – PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/building-a-machine-learning-deep-learning-workstation-in-2019/)

In a world that is being taken over by machine learning and deep learning algorithms, you do need faster machines to crunch the humongous data as well. While most “software engineers” get away with using a laptop, in case you want to build your in-house AI capabilities, it is a must for you to have […]

## [Autonomy and Customer Success: Key cultural drivers at PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/autonomy-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. […]

## [The Birth of a Web Crawling Bot – PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/the-birth-of-a-web-crawling-bot/)

Web crawling bots have been an imperative component in the success of businesses for quite some time now. Ecommerce, Travel, Jobs and Classifieds are some of the major domains that employ crawler bots at the core of their competitive strategy. So what do web crawling bots actually do? For the most part, they traverse through […]

## [How Automobile Dealer Data Extraction Works – PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/how-automobile-dealer-data-extraction-works/)

The automobile industry has been booming. The US itself is a huge market for automobiles. As per NADA, since 2018, the nation’s 16,794 franchised dealers sold more than 8.6 million light-duty vehicles. New vehicles’ sale touched a figure above $500 billion. At the same time, dealerships ordered 155 million repairs, where services and parts sales […]

## [Emerging Applications of Machine Learning and AI in 2019 | PromptCloud](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/upcoming-applications-of-machine-learning-and-artificial-intelligence-in-2019/)

The year 2019 will not only see massive advancements in AI but also new applications and unimaginable steps that will require humans to go back to the drawing board and re-consider whether AI is a boon or a bane. We like to think that it could be both just like every other technological advancement – […]

## [How Live Scrapes Can Be Used to Run Your Price Comparison Portal](https://www.promptcloud.com/blog/live-scraping-and-how-to-use-in-price-comparison/)

Why do You Need Real-Time Scraping Systems? Web crawling has become a necessity for the travel and e-commerce sector to monitor prices across hundreds of websites and thousands of subcategories constantly. It ensures that the prices on their own website are attractive enough. The problem with these two sectors is that prices update frequently based […]