Why Choose a Hosted Solution for Data Crawling
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The document discusses the advantages of using hosted solutions for web scraping over DIY tools, particularly in terms of scalability, uptime, and support. It highlights that hosted solutions offer continuous data feeds and alert systems for monitoring website changes, which DIY options often lack. Real-world challenges faced by users of DIY tools are mentioned, emphasizing the reliability of hosted providers.
Why Choose a Hosted Solution for Data Crawling
- 1. why choose a hosted solution THE EDGE OF USING A HOSTED SOLUTION OVER DIYTOOLS
- 2. before you beginEVALUATE YOUR REQUIREMENT
- 3. think about LARGE-SCALE CRAWLS = 100 + WEBSITES SMALL-SCALE CRAWLS = 5 OR LESS WEBSITES
- 4. Data RequirementRecurring Large-scaleSmall-scaleOne-time Large-scaleSmall-scale
- 5. Support RequiredRecurring Large-scaleSmall-scaleOne-time Large-scaleSmall-scale
- 6. Scraping on a tool Convenient since you don’t have to explain needs to a DaaS provider Works best when sources are simple & few Ease of use is in indicating fields CSV files appears with data! This is neat! But…
- 7. …problems appear when… you increase websites and/or add more fields at one time you submit the request after having laboriously selected all fields from across websites! scrapes run till 99% & fail!
- 8. Will re-running solve this problem? Support Centers reply: “Site has blocked the bots.” Did it really solve your data requirement?
- 9. Scraping via a hosted solution Up-time Provider has machines running 24x7 We do! Scraping tools invariably fail when enough servers are not available to perform crawlsHosted solution gives you continuous data feeds! All the time. Every time!
- 10. Scalability Providers scale platforms to meet client numbers & sources Scaling remains smooth as long as design decisions remain constant Tools get boggled with increase in scale
- 11. We had clients who tried running a scraping tool for a complete day to extract data from a huge site. THEIR LAPTOPS DIED. #TRUESTORY
- 12. Monitoring DIY solutions rarely support monitoring Example: Your tool extracts data every weekThe site changes structure every month! Hosted solutions have alerts in place to mitigate any changes
- 13. Fail-over & Support There’s support for everything Basically, life is easy. The headache is the provider’s. Trust us, we know. With DIY Tools, you’re at the mercy of the Support Center. IF your calls get through at all!
- 14. SOME REAL QUERIES WE RECEIVED WHEN DIY SCRAPING TOOLS FAILED... not convinced yet?
- 15. “ ” Is it possible to harvest content according to our specifications…We are using X & we are finding very difficult to get the entire core content from a page… X IS A PLATFORM AS A SERVICE WHERE YOU CAN WRITE PLUG-INS TO SET UP YOUR CRAWLERS. I.E. MORE THAN JUST A SOFTWARE
- 16. “ ” We are currently using Y for crawling & would be interested to understand the advantages you can provide. Is there any way you could frame a work flow & harvest content according to our needs…Y has only been helpful to a limit. Y IS A DESKTOP SOFTWARE FOR CRAWLING WEB PAGES.
- 17. We solved these problems. CLICKTO SOLVE YOUR. or e-mail sales@promptcloud.com