Technical write-ups on building each dataset. How the scraper works, what broke, what I’d do differently.
Agency Vista does not offer a public API. Here are the four ways to export agency data anyway — including a $0.005-per-record pay-per-result method that finishes in 30 minutes.
agency-vista · api-alternative · data-export · lead-generation
Walkthrough of building the Agency Vista Apify Actor with Cheerio and __NEXT_DATA__ extraction — deterministic, schema-validated, and cheap.
cheerio · nextjs · scraper-build · zod
A benchmark-driven guide to choosing between Cheerio and Playwright. Real numbers — 10× memory reduction, 3min → 14sec — and a decision tree you can use today.
cheerio · playwright · crawlee · performance
A practical, code-first guide to scraper drift detection — synthetic tests, schema validation rates, baselines, and alerting. Catch upstream UI changes before your buyers do.
drift-detection · monitoring · zod · scraper-reliability
OnlineJobs.ph is the largest job board for Filipino virtual assistants and remote workers. Here is how to extract structured job-posting data from it — title, salary, skills, employer — for recruiting, market research, and product building.
virtual-assistants · philippines · onlinejobs-ph · hiring · buyer-guide
Five ways to get a list of marketing agencies — manual research, LinkedIn scraping, Clutch/G2, ZoomInfo/Apollo, and Agency Vista. Compared on cost, time, data quality, and use case.
lead-generation · marketing-agencies · directory-data · buyer-guide
A neutral, side-by-side breakdown of the four major pricing models for scraped data — pay-per-result, compute units, monthly subscription, custom enterprise — with the math for when each is the right choice.
pricing · apify · data-products · buyer-guide
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