Web Scraping Tarpits: Who Actually Gets Caught
Websites are deploying tarpits that trap AI crawlers and feed them garbage data. But these traps don't distinguish between GPTBot and your price tracker.
Websites are deploying tarpits that trap AI crawlers and feed them garbage data. But these traps don't distinguish between GPTBot and your price tracker.
Autonomous AI agents are now the fastest-growing customer segment in web scraping. Here's what their demand for real-time data means for your infrastructure.
Custom web scrapers feel cheap to build. Then maintenance eats 40% of your data team's time. Here's a breakdown of where the hours and dollars actually go.
Anti-bot tech has outpaced most scraping setups. Browser fingerprinting, ML detection, and behavioral analysis are rewriting the rules of data collection.
Spending more time fixing your web scrapers than analyzing the data they collect? You're not alone. Here's why it keeps getting harder and what actually helps.