Gulbahar Karatas
Gülbahar is an AIMultiple industry analyst focused on web data collection, applications of web data and application security.
Professional experience
She previously worked as a marketer in U.S. Commercial Service.
Research interests
She is a frequent user of the products that she researches. For example, she is part of AIMultiple's web data benchmark team that has been annually measuring the performance of top web data infrastructure providers.
Education
Gülbahar has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management in 9 Eylul University.
Latest Articles from Gulbahar
Best Website Change Monitoring Tools
Monitoring website changes enables businesses and individuals to stay informed about the updates on e-commerce websites and address any website problems. Recently, AI-powered monitoring has become a key trend, enabling tools to automatically summarize changes, filter noise, and prioritize critical updates using machine learning models.
Best Facebook Scrapers: Apify, Bright Data & Decodo
Using Python and a managed Facebook scraping API lets you collect public posts, comments, likes, and shares. This tutorial demonstrates how to scrape Facebook posts by keyword and retrieve their URLs via Google search.
Best Free SOCKS5 Proxy Servers & Lists in 2026
Drawing from my experience with free SOCKS5 proxies on social media platforms, I have identified the top proxy providers. Follow the links to explore the reasoning behind these selections. Top 10 SOCKS5 free list: 2026 working proxy directory Understanding free SOCKS5 proxy types: Services vs.
Playwright vs Selenium: Pros, Cons & When to Use Each
Playwright is a newer tool designed to support modern web applications. Selenium, a long-standing open-source project, supports a broad range of browsers, languages, and testing needs. Explore the key differences between Playwright and Selenium, and when to choose each for automating the testing of web applications: Playwright vs Selenium: Which tool should you choose? 1.
Proxy vs Firewall: Differences & Proxy Firewall Explained
Both firewalls and proxy servers secure and manage network traffic, but their functions differ. Firewalls protect systems from malicious traffic and unauthorized access, while proxy servers manage client requests and ensure privacy.
10 Best CAPTCHA Solving Services in 2026: AI & Human Solvers Compared
To find the best CAPTCHA solvers, we conducted a laboratory test, routing 100 distinct requests through each vendor’s network against a “worst-case” scenario: Cloudflare’s Enterprise-grade protection in “Under Attack” mode. Our research focused on identifying which tools provide a seamless automated bypass and which require too much human intervention.
Best Python Web Scraping Libraries
Based on my over a decade of software development experience, including my role as CTO at AIMultiple, where I led data collection from ~80,000 web domains, I have selected the top Python web scraping libraries.
What Is Browser Fingerprinting?
Browser fingerprinting is a user-identification method used by websites for various purposes, such as web personalization, fraud detection, and targeted advertising. It is used for several purposes, including fraud prevention, bot detection, personalization, and cross-site tracking.
DataImpulse Proxy Services: Features & Pricing
DataImpulse offers residential, mobile, premium residential, and datacenter proxies to help with web scraping, automation, and data collection. One of the main benefits is traffic-based pricing. DataImpulse also supports rotating and sticky sessions, several protocols, and flexible location targeting, from choosing a country to using advanced filters.
Crunchbase Scraper (Python): Tutorial & Benchmark
Crunchbase is protected by Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade anti-bot system, which blocks most automated scrapers. Even advanced tools like Selenium often return 403 errors or endless “Just a moment…” pages. Learn how to scrape Crunchbase with Python: setting up your environment, using a web unlocker to bypass restrictions, and extracting data from Crunchbase search results and company pages.
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