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Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
How Does a Web Scraping API Work?
How does a web scraping API work? Learn how requests, proxy rotation, rendering, parsing, and anti-bot handling power reliable data collection.
Chris Collins · May 22, 2026 Best ISP Proxies for Scraping in 2026
Find the best ISP proxies for scraping with practical criteria on speed, uptime, sticky sessions, geo-targeting, and cost at scale.
Chris Collins · May 21, 2026 AI Agents on the Web: The New Traffic Shape
Browser-using AI agents are a different kind of visitor: bursty, multi-step, latency-sensitive, geographically specific. The infrastructure question.
Chris Collins · May 14, 2026 From CAPTCHAs to Network-Level Defense: How Anti-Bot Evolved
A decade of cat-and-mouse between scrapers and defenders, and where the line has settled. What's changed, what hasn't, and what data teams should do about it.
Chris Collins · April 20, 2026 3 Major Web Scraping Cases for Companies
Do you want to discover the major web scraping cases for companies that use proxies? Check our article and find out how proxies can support your business!
Chris Collins · March 13, 2023 How to obtain online data without getting blocked
Do you need to obtain online data without getting blocked? Follow these steps to protect your web scraping activities and enhance your business perspectives.
Chris Collins · February 20, 2023 What Is Web Scraping And How It Can Support Your Business
Are you looking to obtain the right business data via web scraping jobs? Find out how web scraping can support your company’s interests. Check it out!
Chris Collins · December 20, 2022 Which proxies are better for web data scraping?
Which proxies do a better job for web data scraping operations? Which ones are better for your business projects?
Matt Brown · December 13, 2022