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How to Set Up Mobile and Residential Proxies with The Social Proxy Follow this step-by-step guide to set up a mobile or residential proxy account with The Social Proxy: Visit The Social Proxy’s official website. Click “Login” if you already have an account. To create a new account, click “Get Started” and follow the next steps. Click on the account verification link sent to your email from The Social Proxy. Go to your dashboard and click “Buy Proxy” to select a plan. Choose a plan: In the buy proxies page, select your subscription type and click “Go to checkout.” Provide payment details: Fill out your payment information and click “Sign up now.” Once your proxies have been created, you will be redirected to the proxies page.Otherwise,

How to Set Up a Scraper API Account with The Social Proxy Follow this step-by-step guide to set up a Scraper API account with The Social Proxy: Visit The Social Proxy’s official website. Click “Login” if you already have an account. To create a new account, click “Get Started” and follow the next steps. Click on the account verification link sent to your email from The Social Proxy. Go to your dashboard and click “Buy Proxy” to select a plan. Choose a plan: In the buy proxies page, select your subscription type and click “Go to checkout.” Provide payment details: Fill out your payment information and click “Sign up now.” Generate your Scraper API keys: You need to generate your keys before you can start making

Detecting Fake Real Estate Listings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Detection System With over $1 billion annual losses in the United States alone, real estate fraud is a growing concern. Unfortunately, as fraud becomes more common on platforms like Airbnb, Craigslist, and Zillow, it threatens to cast a shadow over housing accessibility and the real estate industry as a whole. The increase in fraudulent activity emphasizes the urgency to develop effective detection methods. These systems are crucial for both the platforms themselves as well as their users, offering a safeguard against scams. In previous articles, we explored how to extract data from real estate platforms like Zillow, Craigslist, and Airbnb using The Social Proxy’s mobile proxies. In this article, we’ll go a step further

How to Build a Disinformation Detector for Facebook Groups Social media has brought us closer in many ways, but it bears a downside—misinformation is spreading twice as fast. With so many Facebook groups popping up for specific topics like health and business, it’s easy for false info to slip through the cracks and reach large audiences. This growing issue has fueled fear, anxiety, and even instability in communities. Scientists, social media analysts, and misinformation researchers are actively developing tools to combat fake news and detect false information in Facebook groups. From algorithm-based solutions to advanced verification tips, these experts are focused on creating sophisticated methods and strategies to help users identify misleading content. In the article, we’ll review how to build a Facebook group disinformation

How to Build a Disinformation Detector for X (Twitter): Verifying Trending Hashtag Information Social media platforms like Twitter have become a powerful tool for sharing information and promoting discussions. The downside, however, is that they spread fake news. This rings especially true regarding specific keywords or topics, ranging from health-related terms to current events. The goal of this blog is to equip data scientists, developers, social media analysts, and misinformation researchers with the tools to tackle disinformation. As fake news gains traction, not only does it spread misinformation, but this misinformation can lead to real-world consequences, making accuracy verification of tweets more pressing of a subject than ever. This tutorial will explore how to build a disinformation detector for Twitter. We’ll walk through the process

Building a Facebook Profile Location Tracker: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mapping Social Media Movements Social media movements are organized initiatives that use internet platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter to gain leverage and raise awareness of social, political, environmental, and cultural concerns. The real time nature of social media combined with its vast audience and the right strategy can make it fairly easy to go viral. The impact of the social media movement in our society has raised a lot of concern regarding whether or not the government should exercise more control when it comes to the use of social media. The adoption of technologies for social media data tracking and analysis allows organizations to gain valuable insights into user movements and behavior on

Building an Instagram Profile Location Tracker: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mapping Social Media Movements Data from social networks like Instagram is a gold mine for understanding user behavior and preferences. Every post, whether an image, text, comment, or reaction, can reveal valuable insights about a user’s location, hashtag, or trend. These insights can enhance business decision-making, improve networking opportunities, and even help monitor a user’s real-life activities. Imagine you need to gather intelligence before a meeting with a thought leader, business owner, or potential partner. You’ll likely spend a decent amount of time combing through their social media profiles to learn about their interests, frequently visited places, and recent activities. Fortunately, there’s technology that makes it easy to track an Instagram user’s geolocation data. In

How to Scrape Real Estate Listings from Craigslist Using The Social Proxy’s Mobile Proxy Craigslist is a popular site used to post various items for sale. However, real estate dealers are particularly fond of it because of the on-site traffic it produces. This makes it ideal for investors to scrape and analyze the data in order to develop algorithms that can improve trading. Platforms like Craigslist aren’t so easy to use, however, they employ various mechanisms to prevent scrapers and bots from extracting data from their site. This is usually done by imposing CAPTCHAs, which bots cannot solve without humans or rate limiting, which disrupts data streaming. Luckily, proxy services can be used to make traffic look legitimate and avoid CAPTCHA confrontations in the first

How to Build a Disinformation Detector for LinkedIn: Verifying Industry News and Insights LinkedIn is an essential platform for professionals to share career updates, company news, and insights. But as the volume of content increases, so does the risk of disinformation, which can harm reputations, mislead audiences, and poorly affect businesses. The Social Proxy recognizes the significance of trustworthy data, particularly when it comes to protecting your business against misinformation.For companies and professionals who rely on accurate information, having access to tools that filter out disinformation is critical. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to build a disinformation detector for LinkedIn using machine learning and data scraping to identify posts with inaccurate information without getting blocked. This guide is relevant for business professionals, data

How to Scrape Real Estate Listings from Airbnb Using The Social Proxy’s Mobile Proxy Airbnb started out as a simple way to let conference-goers find accommodations, but has since redefined short-term renters. With more than 5 million hosts worldwide, 2023 accounted for more than 448 million stays. That amounts to a plethora of data regarding listings, how much people are willing to pay per night, or even the quality of Wifi. Scraping Airbnb data involves the use of several heuristic algorithms that detect detailed scraper fingerprints such as IP bans, CAPTCHAs, and dynamic content loading. By rotating proxies and masking your IP address, The Social Proxy ensures smooth data collection without interruption or detection. This tutorial will walk you through leveraging mobile proxies to efficiently

How to Scrape Instagram Hashtags and Geolocate Them on a Map Every day, 1.3 billion images are shared on Instagram. Many of these posts include hashtags, which are used to increase exposure on Instagram. It’s customary for companies to scrape hashtags and geolocate them to analyze and understand their target audience and preferences. They can then use the information to create relevant content while considering the costs and benefits of their marketing strategies. Businesses from various industries use the data collected from hashtag scraping and geolocation to make informed decisions about audience segmentation, content creation, and marketing strategies. In this guide, we’ll walk through the step-by-step process of scraping Instagram hashtags and geolocating them on the map using The Social Proxy’s scraper and Geolocate Lookup

Building a LinkedIn Profile Location Tracker: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mapping Social Media Movements As a professional, it’s inevitable that at some point, you’ll interact with LinkedIn, a social platform that allows you to expand your professional network, identify talent, and expose yourself and your work. This platform uses the information it has to propose much more value than meets the eye. One of the most commonly overlooked pieces of information provided by LinkedIn is location tracking, which can provide valuable insights on user movement and patterns. You can use it to monitor workforce mobility patterns and conduct market research. In this blog, you’ll learn how to build a LinkedIn profile location tracker using The Social Proxy’s scraper to interact and extract information from LinkedIn

Analyzing Real Estate Listings from Zillow for Market Trends Today, accessing market analytics is easier than ever. Market trends can help you identify prime times to buy or sell properties, find promising areas for growth, manage risks, and keep constant track of property values. One of the most prominent advantages of modern market analytics is an adapting investment strategy, which traditional investment methods often fail to deliver. The Social Proxy is one of the fastest-growing API scraper and proxy server providers, built to harness data from the massive internet pool. Our proxy servers are built to hide your IP address and prevent sites from blocking you while you scrape data.We’ll use these tools to scrape a real estate analytics application called Zillow and integrate the

Competitor Social Monitoring Using Social Media Scrapers Staying ahead of business competition involves more than delivering a great product or service—it involves understanding how competitors are perceived in the market. In order to keep tabs on your competitors, you should continuously monitor them on social media platforms and other platforms where they’re located. By monitoring your competitors’ reviews, you can gain a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. This can help you discover potential growth areas for your product or business and generate leads. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to scrape competitor reviews from social media platforms using The Social Proxy’s social media Scraper API. We’ll use the APIs to enrich the data you collect, providing deeper reviewer insights that you can leverage