Data Intelligence
Technical guides and industry news from the DataFlirt team.
Google v. SerpApi: Why the Court Dismissed Google's DMCA Claims
A federal court dismissed Google's DMCA lawsuit against SerpApi on July 20, 2026. Here's what Google alleged, what SerpApi argued, what the judge actually ruled, and what it means for anyone scraping Google search results.
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BeautifulSoup4 for Web Scraping: A Practical Python Guide
Learn BeautifulSoup web scraping with real code: installation, parser choice, CSS selectors, performance fixes, and when to switch tools. A hands-on Python BeautifulSoup tutorial.
Assortment gap analysis with catalog extraction
How do I know if I am missing categories competitors are selling without manually browsing their entire site?.
What are the best ecommerce review scraping tools?
Review scraping tools claim high accuracy but platform anti-bot systems target them specifically. Which tools actually hold up?.
Using BSR and review velocity for product research
How accurate are BSR-to-sales estimate tools and should I trust them for sourcing decisions?.
Building a marketplace seller list as a one-time extraction
Scraping seller contact data almost certainly involves personal data. How do I do this without falling foul of GDPR or DPDP?.