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“” - ghostLurk99 - 17-04-2025
Data extraction is your digital vacuum—sucking up just the crumbs you want (like product reviews) and leaving the rest.
99% automated now (thank god). Tools like BrightData or simple Python scripts.
AI? Yep—without extracted data, models would starve.
For beginners, Screaming Frog is fun for small-scale web scraping.