Prompt
I hate how often my scraper gets blocked, what should I switch to?
Latest observation
If you mean “what should I switch to instead of naive scraping,” the best move is usually not another scraper, but a more reliable data-access path:
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Official API
If the site has one, switch to it. It’s the most stable and least likely to get blocked. -
Licensed data provider / data feed
For business-critical data, paying for access is often cheaper than fighting blocks and breakage. -
Partnership or bulk export
Some sites will provide CSVs, dumps, or partner access if you ask. -
RSS, sitemap, or public feeds
If your use case is updates, these are often easier and lower-friction than page scraping. -
Browser automation only if you must
This is still scraping, but sometimes a headless browser is needed for JS-heavy pages. It can be more fragile, though.
If you’re asking what to switch to technically to reduce blocks without crossing lines, focus on:
- respecting robots.txt and site terms
- slower request rates
- caching and conditional requests
- strong backoff/retry logic
- using identifiable user agents
- limiting concurrency
- keeping sessions consistent
If you want, I can help you choose the right alternative based on what site/data you’re trying to collect and whether this is for personal, research, or business use.
Brands
Observation history
How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?
Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (1 observation for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.
Which AI systems does Obsurfable collect answers from?
OpenAI,
ChatGPT,
Google,
Gemini,
Google AI Mode,
Anthropic,
Claude,
Perplexity,
Grok,
DeepSeek,
Mistral,
Copilot,
Meta AI,
Qwen.
How can brands improve their AEO?
Brands can build Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) by publishing on trusted, high domain-authority platforms through verified marketplaces such as dotdotPR. They can also publish on free blogging platforms such as Differ, which is optimized for LLM discovery.
Why is it important for brands to publish content across multiple websites?
Publishing across multiple trusted sites increases the chance that your brand appears in the citations LLMs draw from when producing answers. Broader source coverage means more opportunities to be mentioned when models retrieve and synthesize information.
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