Extract Google Trends Data by Web Scraping

Explore data-driven telecom growth strategies to close coverage gaps, optimize network expansion, and maintain a competitive edge. This is a story as old as time itself.  In the beginning, there was nothing – just an endless expanse, stretching in all directions. As time marched forward, nothing changed, for there was nothing to change.  Then, something […]

Ever wondered how the leading players in retail and e-commerce are always light years ahead in their competitive landscape? Or simply, better than everyone else?  The secrets lie in Big Data.  They rely on Big Data for insights and use it in several strategic ways to gain that edge. Every move they make and every […]

The immediate fact we know about real estate is that it involves the buying and selling of houses.  But, you will be surprised to know that it is much more than that with the help of data.  Did you know that over 52% of home buyers in the US found their new home online? This […]

Find out how web scraping drives data-driven strategies, setting gaming companies ahead in the $492.5 billion market by 2031. Both sports and gaming have long relied on data and analytics to drive success.  Just as limited resources in sports led to the rise of data-driven strategies, as famously chronicled in Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, the gaming […]

Gain insights into consumer preferences for Costco, Target, and Walmart via Google Ratings & Reviews Data. So much data is available on the World Wide Web that you can easily pick the kind of information you want and, for the sake of all stakeholders involved, use it to reinforce your own gut feeling and build […]

The growth of data globally indicates that healthcare data volume will reach 2,314 exabytes by 2025. This is a whopping surge from 153 exabytes in 2013.  Let’s put this into perspective. Imagine each byte of data is equal to a grain of sand on Earth. Initially, 153 exabytes were enough to fill up a children’s […]

Glassdoor Data offers a detailed look into organizational culture by analyzing employee reviews and ratings. This data provides insights into company dynamics, regional trends, and the impact of major events, helping businesses improve employee satisfaction and cultural alignment. Netflix’s culture deck, crafted by Reed Hastings, champions employee autonomy and creativity, even offering unlimited vacations as […]

Did you know that in just the past two years, over 90% of the world’s data has been generated? (Source: Statista)  This data explosion is mind-boggling for businesses as there is too much information available but extracting actionable insights from it remains an endless struggle.  In the Zettabyte era, what’s more complicated is the journey […]

Imagine you’re a business analyst tasked with understanding current trends in the sneaker market. You could spend hours combing through blogs and news articles trying to figure it out. However, that data would be scattered and difficult to analyze.  A potential solution is web scraping. It acts like a digital shovel, extracting valuable data from […]

Web data extraction of large datasets is almost impossible with in-house capabilities. Learn why you need an external data provider.

Ever wondered who’s scrolling through the internet at 3 am? Believe it or not, nearly half of all web traffic isn’t human – it’s bots! (Source: Imperva) These bots encompass both web crawlers and web scrapers.  In short, web crawlers are bots that discover new URLs or links on the web, while web scrapers are […]

Have you ever pondered the essence of a brand and what truly sets the brand apart?  A brand is a company’s product or service that is uniquely distinguished from its competitors and effortlessly recognized by the people.  Let’s play a game and see how this works, I say a phrase then you think of the […]

Big Data — data so big we invented new words like zettabytes to measure it. Over 5 billion of us use the internet daily — and like muddy car tires, we leave tracks everywhere — our digital footprint. Whether it’s a quick Google search, posting on Instagram, or how long we spend watching Parks and […]

Did you know that Netflix – the biggest online streaming service that produces and releases top movies and TV shows (you know, Stranger Things & Squid Game) owes its success to Big Data?  Their customer retention rate is 93%, the highest benchmark in the industry.  Surely, you’ve glimpsed the term “Big Data” thrown in some […]

Richard Dawkins’ concept of the “replicator” in his book “The Selfish Gene” provides a fascinating lens through which we can view the rise of Robotic Process Automation (RPA). In the book, Dawkins argues that genes, not organisms, are the true “replicators” in evolution. These self-replicating molecules carry the instructions for building and maintaining life. They […]

What do we know about Walmart? We know it’s the largest retailer in the world by revenue, with the company’s global sales crossing $600 billion.  We also know that the company has the world’s largest private cloud-based database – Data Café. And finally, it hires the maximum number of data scientists to leverage Big Data. […]

What comes to your mind when I say think of a detective?  A sharp mind, a piercing gaze that misses nothing, a sharp long nose, a smoke pipe always resting in his mouth, and a relentless pursuit of truth.  A man who stands out for his outstanding investigation skills.  Yes, you’re right. It’s Sherlock Holmes! […]

What comes to mind when we say the word ‘real estate’? Are you thinking of a broker dressed in a pantsuit, with shiny white teeth, walking across a manicured lawn? Or the smell of warm cookies wafting in from an open house with a ‘For Sale’ sign planted in the grass? For decades, buying and […]

Learn about the most popular ETL tools in this blog. Ever felt like you’re searching for a specific detail buried deep within a massive website? That’s the essence of web scraping! And if you’re familiar with finding the needle in a haystack, you’ll understand the challenge. Web Scraping is essential and you must do it. […]

Imagine a world where you no longer have to do the repetitive grunt work that neither sparks joy nor creativity.  It completely vanishes from your sight as you have digital robots that tirelessly do structural tasks following a regular pattern without any turmoil.  As a result, you are released from the shackles of mundane labor.  […]

In January 2024 alone, there were 7.57 billion visits to Reddit. There are 2.8 million subreddits with discussions on everything imaginable — from r/cats to r/memes and one of our personal favorites, r/dataisbeautiful.  These numbers in billions and millions are indicative of Reddit as one of the largest online communities in the world; which makes […]

Dive into the world of web scraping, and data, learn how ETL helps you transform raw data into actionable insights.

The new era of RPA- a shift from manual hard work to automated smart work in business.  RPA is the process of automating routine and repetitive tasks in business operations. Robotic Process Automation uses technology that is steered by business logic and structured inputs. People might mistake it for a robot doing their mundane jobs […]

Web scraping automatically extracts structured data like prices, product details, or social media metrics from websites. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) focuses on automating routine and repetitive tasks like data entry, report generation, or file management. When seamlessly integrated through tools like webhooks or API calls, these technologies can significantly boost an organization’s operational efficiency by […]

Data is ubiquitous and plays a vital role in helping us understand the world we live in. Quantitative data, in particular, helps us make sense of our daily experiences.  Whether it’s the time we wake up in the morning to get to work, the distance we travel to get back home, the speed of our […]

A study by HubSpot marketing shows that those businesses who publish blogs get 55% more website visitors, 77% more inbound links, and 434% more indexed pages than those who don’t.  The ultimate goal of any business is to continually increase its lead conversion rate. Content is essentially what leads the organization to bring more leads […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has flourished into a rapidly evolving domain of computer systems that can function perfectly in tasks that need human intelligence. Statistics claim that the market volume for AI is projected to reach $738.80 billion by 2030. This essentially means that there is a growing demand for AI-related services, leading to an expansion […]

Did you know that in a world drowning in information, making sense of raw data from the internet is like finding a needle in a haystack? However, looking at the silver lining, the dynamic duo – ETL and web scraping can unravel the chaos of unlimited, unstructured data into clarity and make sense.  ETL is […]

Did you know, winning the Buy Box can increase your chances of becoming an Amazon best-seller? The Buy Box accounts for 90% of the total sales on the platform, making it crucial for sellers to leverage the Buy Box data.  Amazon is at the helm of the overdrive in the e-commerce industry. Living proof of […]

Did you know that Lotte, a South Korean conglomerate increased their sales up to $10 million thanks to Business Intelligence? Business Intelligence is the process of collecting, analyzing, and presenting raw data that is transformed into meaningful insights. It involves methodologies that ultimately aid the business in making strategic and actionable data-driven decisions. For a […]

In 2022, Cyber Monday accomplished a remarkable feat, propelling e-commerce sales to an impressive $11.3 billion—an extraordinary 5.8% increase, setting a new benchmark for online shopping. As the holiday season approaches, the global culture of bestowing gifts and celebration is also at an all-time high. For these times to be extra special, people look for […]

In today’s car rental industry, data isn’t just an option; it’s the key to making pivotal decisions that drive success. The car rental industry is poised for a lucrative path ahead, with a projected revenue surge to $146.7 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 7.4%. The holiday season ignites a desire to explore and […]

Unlock the Power of No-Code Web Scraping: Transform Your Business with Data-Driven Success. Learn how web scraping and external data providers can revolutionize your industry. Explore real-world examples and discover the simplicity of harnessing valuable data.

Tap into the capabilities of car rental data extraction with Grepsr. Outperform competitors, fine-tune fleet management, and just do more.

Discover how web scraping is revolutionizing the extraction and enrichment of POI data, ensuring accuracy and timeliness

Web scraping is indispensable for any Customer Sentiment Analysis Project. Learn how you can leverage web scraping to your advantage.

In a world where data reigns supreme, the ability to make sense of the overwhelming volume of information is nothing short of a superpower. Harnessing the power of data visualization in Python is a superpower in itself. From interactive charts and graphs to immersive dashboards, visualization helps businesses and individuals gain insights from data.  But […]

Web scraping and Excel go hand in hand. After extracting the data from the web, you can then organize this data in Excel to capture actionable insights. The internet, by far, is the biggest source of information and data. Juggling through multiple sites to analyze data can be quite irksome. If you are analyzing vast […]

Leveraging one of Grepsr’s job postings data projects to gather insights — the hottest industries and employers, including working conditions

Reaching out to leads and converting them into customers doesn’t have to be a shot in the dark. Web scraping can help you get access to high-quality leads databases and scale your lead generation process.

Data has now become something of a currency in the twenty-first century. But, when you think of data, does web scraping come to your mind?  We’re here to tell you it should.

Big Data technologies make real estate prospecting more credible and effective by giving you access to real-time web data. You can use web scraping to gather actionable web data and analyze the real estate market environment on a city block level.

Most businesses (and people) today more or less understand the implications of data on their business. ERP systems enable companies to crunch their internal data and make decisions accordingly. Which would have been enough by and itself if the creation of web data did not rise exponentially as we speak. Some sources estimate it to […]

In this tutorial, you will learn what web scraping is and how you can do it using PHP. We will extract the top 250 highest-rated IMDB movies using PHP. By the end of this article, you will have sound knowledge to perform web scraping with PHP and understand the limitation of large-scale data acquisition and […]

The key factors that set a data extraction service apart from its do-it-yourself variant

Every system you come across today has an API already developed for their customers or it is at least in their bucket list. While APIs are great if you really need to interact with the system but if you are only looking to extract data from the website, web scraping is a much better option. […]

Dubai, UAE / Berlin, Germany. 1 December 2022 – Grepsr, provider of custom web-scraped data, has become a Premium Partner of Datarade’s Data Commerce Cloud™, the platform which makes data commerce easy. Grepsr’s data products are now available to buy on Datarade Marketplace and other DCC sales channels. Grepsr processes 500M+ records, parses 10K+ web sources, and extracts data […]

Screen scraping should be easy. Often, however, it’s not. If you’ve ever used a data extraction software and then spent an hour learning/configuring XPaths and RegEx, you know how annoying web scraping can get. Even if you do manage to pull the data, it takes way more time to structure it than to make the […]

In a post-pandemic reality, big data helps travel agents and travelers make better decisions, minimize risks, and still have memorable holidays.

Our growth and achievements of the past year, and reasons to get excited in 2022

Data is key to future-proofing your brand. Web scraping is the first step towards achieving long-term data-driven business success.

Objectivity vs subjectivity The stories we hear as children have a way of mirroring the realities of everyday existence, unlike many things we experience as adults. An old folk tale from India is one of those stories. It goes something like this: A group of blind men goes to an elephant to find out its […]

Never let bad data hurt your brand reputation again — get Grepsr’s expertise to ensure the highest data quality

Data visualization is a powerful tool. When done correctly, it is a much more elegant method of explaining even complex concepts compared to lengthy texts and paragraphs. Maps and graphs have existed since the 17th century as a means of visualizing data. It was in the mid-1800s that the world saw one of the first […]

In the current era of big data, every successful business collects and analyzes vast amounts of data on a daily basis. All of their major decisions are based on the insights gathered from this analysis, for which quality data is the foundation. One of the most important characteristics of quality data is its consistency, which […]

Use web scraping to extract airfare data from OTAs and airlines’ websites to give your customers the best possible start to their holiday experience.

Ever since the invention of the World Wide Web, web scraping has been one of its most integral facets. It is how search engines are able to gather and display hundreds of thousands of results instantaneously. And also how companies build databases, develop marketing strategies, generate leads, and so on. While its potentials are immense, […]

From retail and real estate to tourism and hospitality, images play a vital role in influencing customer decisions. Hence, it is important for brands to see what kinds of photos are turning prospects into customers. On the other side, customers go through numerous products and images before settling on a final choice. Similarly, analysts browse […]

An unconventional format — PDF, XML or JSON — is just as important a data source as a web page.

Ever since our founding, Grepsr has strived to become the go-to solution for the highest quality service in the data extraction business. At Grepsr, quality is ensured by continuous monitoring of data through a robust QA infrastructure for accuracy and reliability. In addition to the highly responsive and easy-to-communicate customer service, we pride ourselves in […]

From increased revenue to better customer relations, high quality data is key to your organization’s growth.

Big data is at the foundation of all the megatrends that are happening today. Chris Lynch, American writer More businesses worldwide in recent years are charting their course based on what data is telling them. With such reliance, it is imperative that the data you’re working with is of the highest quality. Grepsr provides data […]

Data scraping is the technological process of extracting available web data in a structured format. More businesses globally are realizing the usefulness and potential of big data, and migrating towards data-driven decision-making. As a result, there’s been a huge rise in demand in recent years for tools and services offering data for businesses via Data […]

Over the last twenty years, Amazon has established itself as the world’s largest ecommerce platform having started out as a humble online bookstore. With its presence and influence increasing in more countries, there’s huge demands for its inventory data from various industry verticals. Almost all of the time, this data is acquired via web scraping […]

Actionable insights from Amazon reviews for better decision-making

So you’ve set up your online shop with your vendors’ data obtained via Grepsr’s extension, and you’re receiving their inventory listings as a CSV file regularly. Now you need to periodically monitor the data for changes on the vendors’ side — new additions, removals, price changes, etc. While your website automatically updates all this information when you […]

A brief look at Grepsr's achievements in data extraction and industry reach in 2020, and a glimpse into 2021 plans.

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How web scraping and data mining can help predict, track and contain current and future disease outbreaks

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Making our data acquisition specialists more accessible to busy professionals

Quality assured data to help you make the best business decisions

A walk-through detailing your report history and how to access (and download) your report’s data from historic crawl runs

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Configure and enable schedules to automate future crawls

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Under File Feed, there are two URLs — marked ‘Latest’ and ‘All’. Here’s a brief demo:

Although Grepsr for Chrome is a powerful tool in itself, it sometimes lacks the capability to extract data from some websites that are poorly structured, where data fields are hidden, and so on. Here we give you a simple demonstration on how you can get data from these complex websites via our custom platform — Grepsr Concierge. […]

We know how annoying it is when you’ve spent time setting up Grepsr for Chrome to collect your data fields, and then you get back partial or no data at all.

In our last post, we showed you how to automate your data delivery process in the Grepsr app. This time let’s have a quick look at data feeds and endpoints[*]. Your scraped data’s Endpoint API is the final stop it makes in its journey— starting from the host website, then to your Grepsr account via our crawler, and […]

I’m sure you’ve already got the hang of Grepsr for Chrome by now. If you’re like some of our users who are inquiring about data delivery on the app, then this blog is for you! Once you’ve set up your project and the app starts to extract your data, depending on the volume of data requested, it might […]

400+ million entrepreneurs worldwide are attempting to start 300+ million companies, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Approximately a hundred million new businesses start every year around the world, while a similar number also fold. What sets successful firms apart are the innovations and resources they utilize that help them stay healthy and relevant. Grepsr […]

A beginner’s guide to your favorite DIY web scraping tool Just over a year ago, we introduced the all new Grepsr along with a beta launch of Chrome extension to fill the gap that Kimono Labs, a widely popular scraping tool, left since it’s closure. Now after a year of iteration on both the UI and UX along with shipping […]

Big Data has become an internet buzz lately. Not a day goes by without a mention of Big Data in many articles published by media or tech companies around the world.