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There's no secret – knowledge is the key. Wanna gain some of it? Gotcha! Keep up with our news, as it informs and allows you to stay in touch with Decodo’s world and the latest events. Internal news, press releases, events, and much more – you can find it all here.

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We Released Site Unblocker!

Look no further, buddy. A powerful tool for gathering public data is already here. Say hi to our newly launched product – Site Unblocker!

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Decodo co-founds Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative For Trustworthy and Responsible Data Gathering

Web data aggregators (“web scraping”) gather available data from around the Internet; enabling consumer confidence, commercial innovation, and community safety. To drive further awareness of and public trust in this crucial digital ability, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) has announced the launch of the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI). This international, industry-led, and member-driven consortium of web data aggregation business leaders is focused on encouraging dialogue and improving digital peace of mind for consumers and companies.

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It’s Happening! The First Dedicated Social Media Scraping API in the Market

Folks, we have some exciting news for you today. We just released the first dedicated Social Media Scraping API in the market. Woot woot!

This all-in-one solution is designed to simplify real-time and on-demand data collection at scale. Yup, no worries about managing proxies, several scrapers, and parsers – we handle it all for you, so you can focus on the data insights you seek.

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Introducing Webhooks – Stay Updated with Real-Time Notifications

If you’ve ever tried our solutions, you know we love our users to infinity and beyond. And what could be a better way to show our love than introduce new features, making your proxying and scraping journey even easier?

So meet webhooks, convenient notifications that help you stay updated with your usage, subscriptions, and more. Whether at your desk or on the go, real-time notifications ensure you're always in the loop.

Smartproxy has been acquired by Dataquake B.V.

Decodo has been acquired by Dataquake B.V.

We are happy to announce that Decodo has finalized an agreement with Dataquake B.V., a Netherlands-based company, which has led to a full acquisition. 

Dataquake B.V. specializes in managing data acquisition and web intelligence solution businesses with vast experience in scaling medium-sized ventures to industry-leading organizations.

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Decodo Won the Best Value Provider Award for the Second Year in a Row

Time to pop the champagne – once again, we’ve been recognized as the best value provider at the one and only Proxy Service Awards! Proxyway’s research showed that Decodo provides the best overall user experience.

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