What you'll learn:

Concepts and application of web scraping

Code-free web scraping with Octoparse advanced mode

Data Preparation with Excel and Tableau

Processing of scraped data - cleaning, storing, maintenance

Data visualization with Tableau - charts, trends, filters, dashboards, storyline

Hands on project - scraping data from Amazon best sellers for all departments

Hands on project - scraping data from Amazon by keyword search

Hands on project - scraping review data from Amazon from multiple countries

Requirements

Familiarity with Google Chrome

Familiarity with Microsoft Excel

Basic understanding of Tableau or other data visualization tools

Access to software Octoparse, Tableau Public (see course for download details)

Description

Web scraping refers to systematically extracting data ('scraping') from websites ('web').

In business intelligence, web scraping is a cost-effective way for companies to collect market information such as product description, seller information, product price, customer review and so. Web scraping also provides companies information in a timely and unbiased manner when compared to conventional sources, such as market research reports.

Part 1. Code-free Web Scraping

Basic knowledge of web scraping and its use cases

Octoparse - a leading application for code-free web scraping

Hands-on projects to scrape data from Amazon

Amazon Best Sellers

Amazon Product Search

Amazon Reviews by Country

Octoparse web scrapers used in tutorials will be provided to students and are ready to use

Part 2. Basic Data Visualization with Tableau

Basic knowledge of data visualization and its use cases

Tableau - a leading application for self-serve analytics

Visualization of data from web scraping

Amazon Best Sellers

Amazon Product Search

Amazon Reviews by Country

Tableau workbook used in tutorials will be provided to students and are ready to use

Ideal for Business Professionals

That are comfortable of learning new applications

Wanting to collect public information, such as sellers, products, customers without coding experience

Wanting to analyze and visualize large amount of information for high-level trends and hidden insights

Still Not Sure? Consider the Following

Watch the sample videos provided to know more about myself, teaching style, and applications (Octoparse, Tableau)

Look up other web scraping courses and tutorials to see if this is something you are interested in

Sign up the course anyway but make sure to make the last day for Udemy's 30 days money-back guarantee

Who this course is for

Business analyst interested in code-free web scraping for data collection

Business analyst interested in fundamental data visualization for presentation

Pricing analyst interested in price collection and reporting