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Alex Spinov

I build web scrapers that don't break. 77 production scrapers, 500+ market research reports. API-first approach. Hire me: Spinov001@gmail.com

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Wikipedia Has a Secret REST API — Get Clean JSON Summaries for Any Topic

Wikipedia Has a Secret REST API — Get Clean JSON Summaries for Any Topic

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Every Website Has Hidden Structured Data — Here's How to Extract It

Every Website Has Hidden Structured Data — Here's How to Extract It

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Google News Has a Secret RSS Feed — Free Real-Time News Data for Any Query

Google News Has a Secret RSS Feed — Free Real-Time News Data for Any Query

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YouTube Has a Secret API That Doesn't Need a Key — Innertube Explained

YouTube Has a Secret API That Doesn't Need a Key — Innertube Explained

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Trustpilot Has a Hidden Data Layer — JSON-LD Gives You Every Review Without Scraping

Trustpilot Has a Hidden Data Layer — JSON-LD Gives You Every Review Without Scraping

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From Raw Data to Business Intelligence — The Web Scraping Value Chain

From Raw Data to Business Intelligence — The Web Scraping Value Chain

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Bluesky vs Twitter for Data — Why Bluesky Wins

Bluesky vs Twitter for Data — Why Bluesky Wins

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The Lazy Developer's Guide to Market Research

The Lazy Developer's Guide to Market Research

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What Can You Learn from a Website's Tech Stack?

What Can You Learn from a Website's Tech Stack?

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Every Data Source in One Tool — MCP Market Research Server

Every Data Source in One Tool — MCP Market Research Server

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MCP Servers Explained — The Protocol That Gives AI Agents Superpowers

MCP Servers Explained — The Protocol That Gives AI Agents Superpowers

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Stop Paying for Data APIs — These 77 Free Alternatives Work Better

Stop Paying for Data APIs — These 77 Free Alternatives Work Better

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RSS Feeds Are Not Dead — How to Use Them for Real-Time Data

RSS Feeds Are Not Dead — How to Use Them for Real-Time Data

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How to Use MCP with Claude Desktop for Market Research

How to Use MCP with Claude Desktop for Market Research

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The Ultimate Competitive Intelligence Checklist (Free Tools Inside)

The Ultimate Competitive Intelligence Checklist (Free Tools Inside)

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Web Scraping for Non-Developers — Get Data Without Writing Code

Web Scraping for Non-Developers — Get Data Without Writing Code

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n8n + Web Scraping — Automate Your Data Pipeline (No Code)

n8n + Web Scraping — Automate Your Data Pipeline (No Code)

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Free Alternatives to Expensive Data APIs — Web Scraping Edition

Free Alternatives to Expensive Data APIs — Web Scraping Edition

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How to Scrape Any Website in 2026 — The Complete Decision Tree

How to Scrape Any Website in 2026 — The Complete Decision Tree

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Crawlee vs Puppeteer vs Playwright — Which to Use for Web Scraping

Crawlee vs Puppeteer vs Playwright — Which to Use for Web Scraping

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Web Scraping for Investors — Due Diligence Data from Public Sources

Web Scraping for Investors — Due Diligence Data from Public Sources

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I Generate 500+ Market Research Reports with AI — Here Are the Best Ones

I Generate 500+ Market Research Reports with AI — Here Are the Best Ones

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The 4-Step Method I Use to Build Every Web Scraper

The 4-Step Method I Use to Build Every Web Scraper

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Scrape Without Getting Blocked — 6 API-Based Methods

Scrape Without Getting Blocked — 6 API-Based Methods

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Why I Built 77 Web Scrapers Instead of 1 Universal Scraper

Why I Built 77 Web Scrapers Instead of 1 Universal Scraper

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How to Price Check Competitors Automatically (Free Tools)

How to Price Check Competitors Automatically (Free Tools)

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Free Web Scraping Toolkit for Marketing Teams

Free Web Scraping Toolkit for Marketing Teams

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Turn Web Data into AI Training Datasets (Free Tools + Methods)

Turn Web Data into AI Training Datasets (Free Tools + Methods)

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Social Media Scraping in 2026 — What's Legal, What Works, What Doesn't

Social Media Scraping in 2026 — What's Legal, What Works, What Doesn't

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The API-First Scraping Manifesto — Stop Breaking Things

The API-First Scraping Manifesto — Stop Breaking Things

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Data Extraction for Product Managers — Free Competitive Intelligence Tools

Data Extraction for Product Managers — Free Competitive Intelligence Tools

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The $0 to $50 Challenge — Can Free Web Scrapers Generate Revenue?

The $0 to $50 Challenge — Can Free Web Scrapers Generate Revenue?

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7 Revenue Streams from Web Scraping (2026 Guide)

7 Revenue Streams from Web Scraping (2026 Guide)

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How AI Agents Use MCP to Access Real-World Data (Practical Guide)

How AI Agents Use MCP to Access Real-World Data (Practical Guide)

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From $15,000 Consulting Report to $20 Express Research — What Changed

From $15,000 Consulting Report to $20 Express Research — What Changed

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Why JSON-LD Is the Best Kept Secret in Web Scraping

Why JSON-LD Is the Best Kept Secret in Web Scraping

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Build a Sales Intelligence Stack with Free Web Scraping Tools

Build a Sales Intelligence Stack with Free Web Scraping Tools

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How to Scrape E-Commerce Data — Amazon, Booking, Yelp (Free Tools)

How to Scrape E-Commerce Data — Amazon, Booking, Yelp (Free Tools)

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Extract Public API Data — 10 APIs That Need No Authentication

Extract Public API Data — 10 APIs That Need No Authentication

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The Developer's Guide to Structured Data Extraction (JSON-LD, RSS, APIs)

The Developer's Guide to Structured Data Extraction (JSON-LD, RSS, APIs)

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Automate Competitor Research — 6 Free Data Sources

Automate Competitor Research — 6 Free Data Sources

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How to Build a Brand Monitoring System with Free Tools

How to Build a Brand Monitoring System with Free Tools

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Build a Competitive Intelligence Dashboard with Free Data

Build a Competitive Intelligence Dashboard with Free Data

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Scrape Airbnb Listing Data — Prices, Reviews, Availability

Scrape Airbnb Listing Data — Prices, Reviews, Availability

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5 Questions Every Founder Should Answer Before Building (Free Tools)

5 Questions Every Founder Should Answer Before Building (Free Tools)

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The Free Startup Validation Stack — Research Any Idea in 30 Minutes

The Free Startup Validation Stack — Research Any Idea in 30 Minutes

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5 Architectural Patterns for Building Scrapers That Never Break

5 Architectural Patterns for Building Scrapers That Never Break

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Scrape Recipe Data for Food Tech Market Research

Scrape Recipe Data for Food Tech Market Research

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Monitor Website Uptime and HTTP Headers (Free Tools)

Monitor Website Uptime and HTTP Headers (Free Tools)

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Extract Podcast Data from Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Free Tool)

Extract Podcast Data from Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Free Tool)

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Analyze npm and PyPI Package Data for Technology Trend Intelligence

Analyze npm and PyPI Package Data for Technology Trend Intelligence

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Access Historical Web Data with the Wayback Machine API

Access Historical Web Data with the Wayback Machine API

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3 Free Domain Research Tools — WHOIS, SSL, Availability Checker

3 Free Domain Research Tools — WHOIS, SSL, Availability Checker

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Extract arXiv Academic Research Data for Technology Trend Analysis

Extract arXiv Academic Research Data for Technology Trend Analysis

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Extract Google Maps Business Data for Lead Generation and Market Research

Extract Google Maps Business Data for Lead Generation and Market Research

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Track Cryptocurrency Prices Programmatically (Free API)

Track Cryptocurrency Prices Programmatically (Free API)

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Extract IMDb Movie Data for Entertainment Market Research

Extract IMDb Movie Data for Entertainment Market Research

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Extract Booking.com Hotel Pricing Data for Travel Intelligence

Extract Booking.com Hotel Pricing Data for Travel Intelligence

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Extract Threads Data — Meta's 200M User Platform You're Not Monitoring

Extract Threads Data — Meta's 200M User Platform You're Not Monitoring

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Extract Yelp Reviews for Local Business Intelligence (Free Tool)

Extract Yelp Reviews for Local Business Intelligence (Free Tool)

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