Web scraping is the process of automatically extracting data from websites . Instead of manually copying information, scrapers search the pages and save the relevant data in a structured form, such as a database or CSV file . It is widely used in various industries:
Competitor analysis – allows you to monitor other companies’ prices and mom database marketing strategies,
E-commerce – allows you to compare offers, analyze purchasing trends and optimize pricing policy,
Marketing and SEO – helps track keywords, analyze backlinks and evaluate the effectiveness of content marketing activities,
Finance – used to download stock market data, currency rates and analyze market forecasts,
Scientific research – enables automatic collection of information from publications and databases, which streamlines the analysis of large data sets.