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Welcome to the Connotate Blog. We hope that you find this to be a useful collection of insights, perspectives, and thought leadership around web data extraction and leveraging Big Data for business insight.
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101 Reasons to Use Connotate
Mar 29
2013
Do you leverage Web data today to increase revenue and cut costs?
Chances are your competitors do.
Companies that efficiently access and analyze Web data are much better positioned to:
• Roll out new products and services faster than the competition
• Streamline workflows and improve margins
• Gain real-time insight for better decision-making
• Experience organic growth
If you’d like to learn how it’s done, read on
How Does the Best Web Scraping Software Stack Up?
Jan 23
2013
In comparison to other data collection tools available on the Internet, the best web scraping software delivers higher quality data that is more accurate and helps your business achieve its goals. Connotate’s automated monitoring and collection (web scraping) solution is easy to deploy and delivers the precise information that you are targeting.
How Does Page Scraping Get the Information You Need?
Jan 21
2013
Finding ways to get the quality of information your company needs doesn’t need to be difficult. With page scraping solutions you will be able to increase the quality of the data you collect and get more information over gathering data manually. Page scraping tools monitor specified sites for changes in specific data points or new postings, such as financial statements and news items, and deliver them to your analysis engine in your preferred format.
Features Included with On Premise Web Data Monitoring and Collection Software
Jan 17
2013
If you are not convinced that scraping tools can help your company increase the quality of data that you collect, talk with the team at Connotate. Connotate’s experts can show you why our automated web scraping software has received high praises and coverage from analysts and media. Scraping software by Connotate helps you save money on your operational costs by automating the data collection process so you don’t need to hire and train staff.
Does Web Scraping Software Really Make the Process Easier?
Jan 16
2013
If you are not convinced that scraping tools can help your company increase the quality of data that you collect, talk with the team at Connotate. Connotate’s experts can show you why our automated web scraping software has received high praises and coverage from analysts and media. Scraping software by Connotate helps you save money on your operational costs by automating the data collection process so you don’t need to hire and train staff.
Monitor and Collect Data to Feed into Analytics Help Improve Data Quality
Jan 15
2013
When you have a powerful data monitoring and collection solution coupled with an analytics system, your company will be able to get the information it needs quickly and in a format that adds quality to the business process. Rather than manually monitoring sites and outlets for changes in information, you can have a data extraction solution with Connotate that will automatically gather data in near real time and deliver it to your data analytics engine.
Building Data Directories with Web Data Monitoring and Collection
Jan 11
2013
Collecting information online and building your database will allow your company to use data to influence your products and services. When you use tools to assist you with web data monitoring and collection you will be able to take the data you collect and use it to your advantage. Connotate’s solutions allow you to monitor changes in data online so you can make databases that include information such as homes available for sale, the costs of different products and resources, and more. You can use this information to help bring new products to the market quickly based on trends in consumer behavior and spending.
A Look at Web Scraping for the New Year
Jan 10
2013
As we embark on 2013, it is important to gauge trends in your industry so you can be able to easily seek out new customers and keep your existing consumer base coming back so you can continue to grow into the new year. By now, you know the power that social media has on the marketplace by influencing decisions by consumers and thereby offering insight as to their preferences for products and services.
SIIA Breakthrough Perspective: What Arthur C. Clarke Imagined: The Intersection of Technology and Content
Dec 13
2012
“Imagine a console in your office that will bring the accumulated knowledge of the world to your fingertips.” This is Arthur C. Clarke’s uncanny prediction, published in an April 1970 Popular Science article by Wernher Von Braun.1The prediction came true-and that console is your Web browser.
What Now?
As we approach the 2013 IIS Conference, much attention will be focused on the constantly evolving intersection of content and technology. As Clarke predicted, the world’s accumulated knowledge is indeed just keystrokes away, but the traditional business model has been to charge for content … and Web data is “free”. What now?
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Web Data Extraction Without Limits
Dec 6
2012
When you work with data that continues to get more and more complex, you want to be able to find ways to harness the power of it to benefit your company. With Connotate’s web extraction solution in place, you can increase both the amount and quality of your data so that you can use it to make more informed decisions for your business.