COMPARE, INC.
Our Task Compare, Inc.* provides competitive pricing evaluations for companies in the computer and consumer electronics industry, so scraping the Internet for high volumes of pricing information is an integral part of their daily business.
Over time, they found that, more and more, they were being blocked from some of the most data rich websites because their IP address was being recognized. Over the course of four years, their ability to do business was being hindered by this practice, so they turned to Anonymizer.
What We Architected Compare immediately began to see an increase in the availability of valuable data when they incorporated Anonymizer»s Streetwise set of valuable tools into their Web scraping activities. By incorporating our proprietary IP rotation tool into their work, they were able to gain access to the critical information that their clients needed. The solution further provided them with the ability to circumvent IP based cloaking and traffic analysis from the sites they were visiting.
Success Compare has been able to harvest unobstructed pricing information from all websites since the deployment of Anonymizer Streetwise. Their Chief Operating Officer sums it up in this way, “Anonymizer ensures that we are able to easily access our target sites. This solution has enabled us to gather the necessary data for our customers that we would otherwise not be able to access. Anonymizer has provided the bandwidth necessary for high transaction volumes as well as an IP usage strategy that ensures access to the information we need.”
* Due to the sensitivity of Anonymizer's clientele, the name and specific industry of this organization has been changed to protect its true identity.