Web Crawling vs. Web Scraping - What is the Difference?

Опубликовано: 14 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Oxylabs

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Across the internet, there’s this common debate on whether web crawling and web scraping are the same. Although these processes are quite similar and go hand-in-hand, there’s this key factor differentiating the two.
Simply put, web crawling means going through data and clicking on it. Meanwhile, scraping refers to downloading the said data.
In this video, Gabija, the Product Marketing Team Lead of Oxylabs, goes through the basics of web crawling and web scraping, representing the processes visually. Gabija also talks about the difference between scraping and crawling, finally putting the debate to an end.
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In this web crawling vs web scraping video, we answer the following questions:
0:00 Intro
0:37 How does web crawling work?
1:17 How does web scraping work?
1:24 Web crawling vs. web scraping compared
2:21 Tools for crawling and scraping

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