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Sitemap to boost web scraping experience

Web Scraping Team
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Every website has a sitemap for it. Knowing how to use it the right way can help boost accuracy and efficiency. In getdataforme, finding sitemap is our first most priority when we start a webscraping task. lets see why is it so important to find and work with sitemap as a data extraction consultant.

Reduce website crawling:

The formost task we do while webscraping is: finding the url to crawl but what if we already have the list of desired URLS available. We don’t have to do the crawling to figured out urls to crawl saving us time and resource that would have been lost during the process.

Prior information for efficiency:

With sitemap we get to know about the page information in detail prior. for example some urls might be dynamically generated and thus not possible to get with regular crawling. Getting to know all the information helps reduce unwanted digging and increase developer productivity, again saving time, energy and money.

Reduced server load

By relying on the sitemap, you can avoid overloading the server with unnecessary requests to discover links, making your scraping process more polite and efficient.

Improved Data quality:

Sitemaps are created by the website owner, so they are usually accurate and well-organized. They list the main pages of the site, making it easier for you to scrape only the important content. This helps avoid duplicates or irrelevant pages, saving time and effort.

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