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Quentin Simms

Quentin Simms

Growth and marketing at ParseHub. Lover of statistics and data visualizations. Engineering physics students at Queen's University for 8 months of the year, catching up on lost sleep for the other 4.

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ParseHub vs. Import.io: which alternative is better for web scraping?
Web Scraping Tool

ParseHub vs. Import.io: which alternative is better for web scraping?

Import.io and ParseHub are both very popular web scraping tools. While at first sight, they might seem quite similar, there are a few key differences between the two. Let’s break it

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
10 min read
Portia (ScrapingHub) vs. ParseHub: a Web Scraper Comparison
Web Scraping

Portia (ScrapingHub) vs. ParseHub: a Web Scraper Comparison

Update: ScrapingHub has decided to discontinue their version of Portia. You can no longer access Portia by visiting ScrapingHub’s website. The only way to currently use Portia is to self-host it yourself

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
12 min read
How to easily Scrape Data from a Website’s Store Locator
How To Guides

How to easily Scrape Data from a Website’s Store Locator

Most retail store chains have a store locator map on their website. This information is quite useful for their customers, but it can be much more valuable for you and your business. What

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
  • Martin Perez
    Martin Perez
6 min read
Web Scraping

Pull data from calendar to make a festival schedule

Here's a quick little story about an unconventional use for web scraping. When inspiration hits you, though, sometimes you've got to run with it, right? It's seems to be a tradition among Torontonians

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
6 min read
Twitter predicted the results of the Presidential Primaries. Could it predict the general election, too?
Data Fun

Twitter predicted the results of the Presidential Primaries. Could it predict the general election, too?

Forget about the weather, "So, how about that Trump guy?" has become the preferred way of starting smalltalk for people around the globe. The US Presidential Primaries have been the world’s biggest

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
10 min read
Mining Tweets for Sentiment Analysis Part 2: Exploring 27,000 Campaign Tweets
Sentiment Analysis

Mining Tweets for Sentiment Analysis Part 2: Exploring 27,000 Campaign Tweets

Forget about the weather, "So, how about that Trump guy?" has become the preferred way of starting smalltalk for people around the globe. In my last guide, I showed you how to mine

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
7 min read
Mining Tweets for Sentiment Analysis Part 1
Sentiment Analysis

Mining Tweets for Sentiment Analysis Part 1

ParseHub can be used in combination with textual analysis tools to collect complex and valuable data from social media sites like twitter.com. In my article about this year's phenomenally popular Presidential Race,

  • Quentin Simms
    Quentin Simms
8 min read
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