What does a trader, digital marketing specialist, event manager, Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur have in common? PromptCloud finds out how web scraping for research activities are done, in this blog. They all thrive on data. Data is the newest clutter breaker. Okay, maybe not the newest, but definitely the one that withstood time and tide…
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Data is playing a major role in the response towards COVID-19. As countries all over the world are trying to track the spread of the virus, more and more officials find themselves relying on data to reduce the effect of the virus now and shortly. To achieve this, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics seem..
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This is our present political social life: we don’t just create political strife for ourselves; we seem to revel in it. When we look back on the role that sites like Twitter have played in our national political discourse during election season, it would be easy to spend most of our time examining Donald Trump’s..
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When it comes to alternative data sources, Twitter is the gold mine of social media data. While multiple social media platforms have gained mass popularity, some nuances of Twitter make it the most favored among companies and individuals who want to use social media data to build predictive models and extract information. You can use..
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While web scraping has been on the rise for many years. Its uses and applications have grown with time. This can be attributed to multiple factors such as – better web scraping solutions. The rise of big data analytics, natural language processing, and sentiment analysis, the use of alternate data sources, and more. More and..
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As the consumer becomes more aware, they learn to compare the prices of any product they want to buy, say, the latest phone or a simple toothbrush across websites. Around 80% of consumers visit multiple websites to compare product prices. Therefore, it makes sense for businesses, especially those that deal with consumers directly such as..
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Flipkart is one of the largest eCommerce sites in India today. It was recently acquired by Walmart, one of the largest retail companies in the world. As per a report by S&P Global, in 2018, Flipkart led the pack with 31.9% market share whereas Amazon followed close on the heels with 31.2%. Being one of..
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Today, most companies are trying to integrate data-backed decision methodologies into their existing business workflows. This calls for better data sources that can provide updated data streams. Since the web is the biggest source of data, many companies are tapping into it, to gather information and derive insights. But every website and every webpage follow..
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Say you want to know who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. You go and type these keywords “Uncle Tom’s Cabin Author” in Google search engine. The keywords do not form a proper statement, but Google can understand what your search query implies. It can relate to the word ‘author’ to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The..
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Founded in 2004, more than 15 years ago, Yelp is a popular American website (also an app) for customer reviews. Local businesses such as service centers, or restaurants, or pizza delivery shops are all listed on Yelp’s app. It also allows companies to buy advertising space on their website to reach more customers. Businesses also..
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