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Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers View Larger Image | Michael Schrenk
No Starch, Paperback, Published March 2007, 352 pages, ISBN 1593271204 | List Price: $39.95
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The Internet is bigger and better than what a mere browser allows. Webbots,
Spiders, and Screen Scrapers is for developers and business managers looking
to unlock the competitive advantages of nontraditional online approaches. The
book first outlines the deficiencies of browsers, and then explains how these
deficiencies can be exploited in the design and deployment of task-specific
webbots. Readers will learn how to write stealthy webbots that read email, emulate
online forms, auto-authenticate, manage cookies, and handle encryption. Sample
projects reinforce these new skills so that readers can create more sophisticated
webbots and spiders to track online prices, create anonymous browsing environments,
bid on auctions in their closing moments, and more.
About the Author
Michael Schrenk uses webbots and data-driven web applications to create competitive
advantages for businesses. He has written for Computerworld and Web Techniques
magazines and has taught courses on Web usability and Internet marketing. He
has also given presentations on intelligent Web agents and online corporate
intelligence at the DEFCON hacker's convention.
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