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Ansel Barrett

Ansel works as a contributing author at Octoparse, where he leverages his interest in coding, machine learning, and other AI technologies to provide valuable insights into web scraping.
196 posts

Web Scraping 101: 10 Myths That Everyone Should Know

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Have no ideas about web scraping? Read this article to learn the 10 myths about web scraping and the best tool to scrape any website without coding.
2025-12-05T16:05:38+00:00 · 6 min read

Data Scraping Explained: The Basics

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Data scraping is a process that undertakes the automatic capturing of data on websites, applications, or legacy systems. But data scraping is a broad concept, it includes different branches. 
2025-12-04T21:31:11+00:00 · 5 min read

Export YouTube Comments With 3 Quick Methods

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Learn how to export all youtube comments with three different free methods. It won't cost you more than 10 minutes to download thousands of comments for analysis.
2025-12-04T20:24:40+00:00 · 5 min read

How To Collect Google Ads Data

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Learn why teams scrape Google Ads Transparency Center data, how clean datasets power competitive insights, and what to expect from a reliable Google Ads scraper.
2025-12-04T17:50:12+00:00 · 5 min read

500 Internal Server Error: What They Mean & How to Fix Them

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A 500 internal server error is a server-side failure. Cloudflare's outage triggered 500 errors worldwide—here's what they mean and how to handle them.
2025-11-19T16:45:16+00:00 · 8 min read

Top 7 Web Scraping Extensions for Chrome in 2025

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Want to find an easy-to-use web scraper for Chrome browser? Read this article to learn the top 6 web scraping extensions and the no-coding web scraping tool for Windows/Mac with online preset templates.
2025-11-10T11:48:18+00:00 · 6 min read

10 FREE Web Scrapers That You Cannot Miss

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Feeling difficult to find a real free web scraping tool? Don't worry, this post lists the 10 best and free web scrapers based on all systems. Just read the list and choose the most suitable one according to your needs.
2025-11-10T10:50:40+00:00 · 7 min read

Learn Everything About List Crawling In 5 Minutes

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This guide helps you master list crawling—knowing what sites are best suited, how to check crawlability, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
2025-11-09T10:10:54+00:00 · 5 min read

How Has Web Scraping Evolved?

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Web scraping, also known as web harvesting and web data extraction, basically refers to collecting data from websites via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or through web browsers.
2025-11-01T10:32:45+00:00 · 6 min read

A Step-by-step Guide to Gathering Valuable Healthcare Information Online

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Learn how to ethically and responsibly scrape valuable health data from websites using Octoparse's easy-to-use web scraping software. Gathering and analyzing this web-sourced health information can improve patient outcomes, discover effective treatments and reveal at-risk patient groups.
2025-10-30T16:28:31+00:00 · 6 min read

Is There Any Free Web Scraper

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If you are looking for a free web scraper to start your web scraping journey, these tools may be among the best. Check out their features, free trial available, and pricing.
2025-10-29T16:43:13+00:00 · 5 min read

How to Find Leads on Yellow Pages For Your Business With Web Scraping

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Yellowpages.com in 2025 is still a rich database for leads. With only four steps, you can build a scraper and hunt for leads on Yellow Pages with Octoparse!
2025-10-23T17:40:18+00:00 · 5 min read