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Adomas Sulcas
Among many use cases for web scraping, one that is rapidly rising in popularity in the world of e-commerce is web scraping for product listings. And although web scraping as a technique can be applied in a near infinite amount of contexts, things are much clearer when trying to figure out what web scraping is for e-commerce.
As is the case with much of the big data used in business, continuously gathering and processing large amounts of product listing data gives companies, namely retail sites, a huge competitive advantage.
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Adomas Sulcas
Former PR Team Lead
Adomas Sulcas was a PR Team Lead at Oxylabs. Having grown up in a tech-minded household, he quickly developed an interest in everything IT and Internet related. When he is not nerding out online or immersed in reading, you will find him on an adventure or coming up with wicked business ideas.
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