Free White Paper: Guide to Threat Intelligence Data Acquisition

One of the cybersecurity practices that modern companies use to avoid potential dangers is threat intelligence. Learn how threat intelligence enables businesses to make faster and data-backed security decisions and be proactive in the fight against threat actors.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2021-03-05

1 min read

Free White Paper: Commercial Data as Alternative Data for Financial Industry

More and more data gets created every day, and asset management companies and hedge funds can leverage this data for analysis to reveal trends, patterns, and risks. However, traditional data has not been covering the needs of the competitive investment market. Meanwhile, alternative data enables investors to make better, informed predictions.

Adelina Kiskyte

2021-03-04

1 min read

How Proxies Help Improve Ad Verification?

Did you know that proxies help advertisers check if their ads are displayed in the proper context and seen by the right audience? Read this article to learn everything about ad verification and the most suitable proxies for this process.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2021-03-01

4 min read

Finance Companies Pay the Price for Overlooking Alternative Data

Billions of dollars have been lost due to a lack of alternative data monitoring. GameStop revolt is just an example of a lost opportunity to optimize public data in order to make informed investment predictions.

Adelina Kiskyte

2021-02-03

2 min read

What Are Backconnect Proxies?

Learning what a backconnect proxy is may help you choose the best solution for your web scraping tasks. Backconnect proxies are very popular for web scraping because they allow you to make each request with a different IP address. Read more to understand how these proxies work and what issues they help to overcome.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2021-01-28

4 min read

Screening Multiple Targets for Cybersecurity

Monitoring and gathering cyber threat intelligence can be difficult due to the complex nature of the issue and the variety of targets. Web scraping may help businesses to monitor their sensitive content and expand the visibility of its use. But what are the challenges when screening multiple targets? Should you use an in-house built web scraper or ready-to-use solution? Which proxies should you choose? Read and find out more!

Vejune Tamuliunaite

2021-01-14

1 min read

How to Build a Web Scraper?

If you’re considering starting web scraping for your business, this article is what you need. Learn the necessary steps of building a web scraper in Python or JavaScript programming languages. You will also find out the most common web scraping challenges and how to deal with them.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2021-01-13

12 min read

What Is HTTP Proxy?

What is an HTTP proxy? What is an HTTP proxy server used for? Read this article to find out the answers to these questions, and learn how different HTTP proxy configurations can bring your company various benefits.

Adelina Kiskyte

2021-01-12

4 min read

Scraping Images for Intellectual Property Protection

With increased intellectual property infringement cases, monitoring your business assets is crucial more than ever. How can scraping images help to secure your brand? What are the best tools and solutions? Get a free whitepaper and find out more.

Vejune Tamuliunaite

2021-01-07

1 min read

Illegal Content: How We Built an AI-powered Tool to Detect It Online

Illegal content detection online is important for making the internet a safer place for everyone. Oxylabs took up the challenge to build a solution that automatically detects restricted content and reports it to governmental authorities. This article explains how this solution was developed and covers every step of the process in detail.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-12-21

3 min read

Online Media Monitoring: Challenges and Solutions

Online media monitoring helps various businesses find out their online reputation, set marketing goals, get the required information about their industry or other relevant topics. However, companies that provide online media monitoring services face many challenges. This article explains what solutions can help these companies deal with encountered issues.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-12-18

8 min read

The Ultimate Guide on Choosing Proxies for Email Protection: Free Whitepaper

Cybersecurity companies take care of sensitive clients’ data by scanning emails and detecting suspicious URLs and attachments. Without proxies, the email protection process would not be so effective. This article explains how proxies are involved in this process and what type of proxies are the best for email protection.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-12-14

1 min read

Oxylabs Team Presents a Winning Solution for Cleaner Internet

December 8, 2020, marked a special occasion for Oxylabs. The prototype for the first-of-its-kind solution aimed at automated illegal online content detection was officially presented at the concluding event of the Govtech Lab challenge. The prototype can automatically find and identify illegal visual content in the Lithuanian internet space by utilizing custom-built data acquisition and AI-driven recognition tools.

Jurgita Tuzikaite

2020-12-11

1 min read

CEO's Guide to Data Extraction

Data extraction is at the core of many different businesses, from finance to e-commerce companies and everything in between. But what is data extraction? What is it used for and what challenges does it bring? Read all about it here.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-12-09

5 min read

Acquiring Data Directly From Search Engines: Methods

Data from search engine result pages (SERPs) has a lot of value for various industries. Companies use this data to gain a competitive advantage, attract more traffic, and build a better authority. However, acquiring data from SERPs is challenging. There are multiple ways how companies extract data from search engines, and each has its pros and cons.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-12-08

5 min read

Proxies for Cybersecurity Solutions

Proxies are widely used in cybersecurity. Download free white paper and find out which proxies are the best for each use case!

Adomas Sulcas

2020-12-07

1 min read

Free White Paper: The Ultimate Guide on Web Scraping for Brand Protection

Nowadays, public data is an answer to many issues, fighting with brand infringements online as well. Web scraping helps to monitor the web and search for the violations in terms of brand protection to fight against them. This article explains the key insights of successful web scraping for brand protection.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-12-01

1 min read

Semi-Dedicated Proxies: What Are They?

What are semi-dedicated proxies? How do they work? What are the pros and cons of using semi-dedicated proxies? Read this article and find out more!

Vejune Tamuliunaite

2020-11-30

4 min read

What is Dynamic Pricing?

Dynamic pricing is not a new concept but in the competitive online market, it is more relevant than ever. Find out what is dynamic pricing strategy, what companies use it, and learn about the benefits and challenges of real time pricing.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-11-05

5 min read

Are SOCKS5 Proxies Secure Enough for Your Business Needs?

In this article, we will expand upon what is SOCKS5, and why they might not be the best choice from a security perspective.

Gabija Fatenaite

2020-10-23

4 min read

What is Load Testing?

An inevitable part of successful business processes, load testing requires careful planning and the right solutions. In this article, we discuss how load tests work, their best practices, and what part proxies play in load testing.

Vejune Tamuliunaite

2020-10-23

6 min read

CTO's Checklist: 6 Things to Know About Web Scraping

It is always nice to have a checklist of things to do to get your project running as smoothly as possible. This checklist will help you figure out what resources you need and how web scraping projects look like.

Gabija Fatenaite

2020-10-13

6 min read

What Are HTTP Cookies and What Are They Used For?

Learn more about HTTP cookies, and how they are an important part in web scraping to avoid unsuccessful requests and being blocked by targeted web pages.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-10-13

4 min read

What is Python Used For: Top 6 Options

If you have ever wondered why Python is the most popular programming language in terms of web scraping and what are Python advantages, check out this article for more information!

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-10-07

8 min read

Oxylabs Wins GovTech Lab Challenge With AI-Driven Solution

Oxylabs wins GovTech Lab challenge with AI-Driven Solution to streamline the detection and removal of prohibited online content.

Jurgita Tuzikaite

2020-10-06

2 min read

How to Configure a Proxy Server in Firefox?

If you are interested in privacy and security when browsing the internet, setting up a proxy in your web browser is a great option. Find out how to set up proxies with one of the most popular web browsers, Mozilla Firefox.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-10-02

3 min read

What is Alternative Data?

What is alternative data? Well, in the following article, we’ll answer each of these questions and go in-depth on how this sort of data can be effectively gathered.

Gabija Fatenaite

2020-09-28

5 min read

Residential Proxy Acquisition: Best Practices

Oxylabs is a strong advocate of fairness and transparency regarding residential proxy acquisition. Learn more about the best industry practices.

Jurgita Tuzikaite

2020-09-24

3 min read

IPv4 vs. IPv6: What is the Difference?

In this article, we compared IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and singled out their main differences. Read to find out about the future of IP addresses and the problems that arise when changing from IPv4 to IPv6 addresses completely.

Iveta Vistorskyte

2020-09-23

5 min read

What is cURL and What Does It Mean?

Want to find out what is cURL and how it's used? Read on to get a quick overview of an incredibly powerful command line tool!

Adomas Sulcas

2020-09-21

5 min read

Free White Paper: Load Testing with Residential Proxies

We have closely worked with load testing experts and residential proxy specialists to identify load testing flaws. We have come up with a solution that generates realistic traffic for load testing. This extensive document aims to answer all the questions cybersecurity companies may have about load testing with our Residential Proxies.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-09-16

2 min read

How Does CAPTCHA Work?

It would be hard to find a person, who has never had to prove a computer they are a human. Solving weird puzzles with fire hydrants may seem like an odd way to prove you have a consciousness. But here you will soon find out how CAPTCHAs work and that by solving them you play an important role in training Artificial Intelligence.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-09-15

8 min read

Oxylabs Reaches 100M+ Ethically-Obtained Residential Proxies Mark

Oxylabs is pleased to announce the growth of its residential proxy pool from 72 million to 100 million proxies, solidifying a leading position in the provision of proxy-based solutions with the largest network on the market.

Vytautas Kirjazovas

2020-09-14

2 min read

What is a Web Crawler & How Does it Work?

Find out what is a web crawler and how to use it to boost your e-commerce business. Read about the challenges of web scraping for e-commerce and find out how Real-Time Crawler can solve your data gathering issues.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-08-31

6 min read

Free White Paper: The Application of AI and ML in Large-Scale Data Gathering Operations

Download our extensive white paper and learn more on the application of AI and ML in large-scale data gathering operations.

Gabija Fatenaite

2020-08-26

2 min read

Oxylabs Sets Clear Standards for Residential Proxy Acquisition

Find out how residential proxy pools are acquired, and how Oxylabs’ infrastructure differs with end-users’ awareness in mind.

Jurgita Tuzikaite

2020-08-21

3 min read

Web Scraping with JavaScript and Node.js

With the arrival of Node.js, JavaScript has evolved into a very powerful language for web scraping. Node.js is the engine that runs the JavaScript code without a browser. Web scraping with JavaScript and Node.js is not only easy, it is fast, and the learning curve is very low for those who are already familiar with JavaScript.

Adelina Kiskyte

2020-08-09

9 min read