OUTSOURCING WEB CRAWLS?

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USE DATA OFTEN?

Have a DaaS Provider on board?

RELOOK YOUR SLA!

Scope, Quality, Responsibilities are agreed upon

POINTS TO PONDER…

SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENT DEFINES SERVICE

CRAWLABILITYCrawls must:

run smooth | mitigate roadblocks | be adaptive

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SCALABILITYProblem changes by an order of magnitude

Always opt a scalable solution

Ensure provider is agnostic to anticipated scale

DATA STRUCTURINGValidate how meticulous DaaS provider can get when extracting information

Always add quality checks at your end to avoid compromises

DATA COVERAGECrawls can end up being missed or skipped

Issues can be cured by keeping logs

Discuss tolerance levels to configure system accordingly

AVAILABILITYRight data at the right time is important!

Notify at the beginning the uptimes you want

ADAPTABILITYData requirements are subject to market dynamism

Check how easily provider can adapt (or not!) to changing data structures, sources or schema

MAINTENANCEMonitoring crawl & structuring of data is important!

Avoid hassles of maintaining crawl bugs & fixes by asking what’s covered in SLA

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