Data collection

Uncovering Industry Labor Costs with Web Scraping: A Data-Driven Approach

Traditional ways of researching market prices of various labor types would cost massive time to get a conclusion, and the result may not be accurate as expected. Why not try something new? Using the very best web scraping tool- Octoparse to scrape needed data and use it to do some simple equations to calculate market prices, and by the results we learn, we can recruit employees based on this price, and we can also seek substitutes according to the price.

The Ultimate Guide to Using Proxy Servers for Web Scraping

Octoparse is a free web scraper providing stable proxy services. Besides, its anti-blocking feature can help people without coding skills to scrape any websites. Popular web proxy scraper tools like Octoparse, Import.io, Webhose.io, and Screen Scraper can provide us a fast way to manually configure these proxy servers as you need.

The Definitive Guide to Web Scraping with Octoparse

I needed a way to extract data from a dynamic webpage for a college project. The page hosts timetables – over 500 of them – each one generated using a number of comboboxes. Having test run some rival software I finally settled on Octoparse; it was the only software that was simple enough for a complete novice to use, but sophisticated enough to handle what I needed.

The Big Data Revolution: Top 5 Applications in Digital Marketing

Big data has brought opportunities as well as challenges to marketers. Digital marketers can reach more information to conduct a thorough marketing analysis. However, the situation requires them to possess in-depth knowledge of leveraging statistics and metrics to help them make a marketing strategy. In this article, I’ve listed the top 5 applications of big data in digital marketing.