Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in Google

Will Google ban you for scraping?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 22, 2024

Web scraping involves collecting data from websites. Google allows scraping within limits, but bans excessive scraping, complete site downloads, circumventing captchas/blocks, and compromising security. Best practices include using official APIs, rotating IP addresses, using random delays, and stopping if encountering captchas or blocks.

Does Google allow web scraping?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 20, 2024

Web scraping allows automatic data extraction from websites. Google permits scraping of public information, but it should be done responsibly and ethically.

How Google Leverages Data Collection Methods Like Web Scraping

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 20, 2024

Google relies on web scraping for data collection, SEO, AI models, Knowledge Graph, and local business info. However, it raises ethical concerns.

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