Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
How to Avoid Getting Blocked When Scraping
Learn how to avoid getting blocked when scraping with residential proxies using better session control, pacing, fingerprinting, and targeting.
Chris Collins · June 4, 2026 Why Do Scrapers Get Blocked So Often?
Why do scrapers get blocked so often? Learn the real triggers behind bans, rate limits, CAPTCHAs, and defenses that stop large-scale data collection.
Chris Collins · May 30, 2026 How to Collect Training Data From Websites
Learn how to collect training data from websites at scale with the right scraping, proxy, and compliance strategy for reliable AI pipelines.
Chris Collins · May 28, 2026 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