Q: Linkedin is very sensitive to scraping.
Powerautomate for example gets intercepted very easily. Can you please explain how scraping Linkedin is safe with your product?
Diana_ZeroWork
Jun 9, 2024A: For one, ZeroWork has in-built anti-bot detection prevention.
For another, we offer a range of safeguard features to make automation safe. Many of our users build TaskBots to automate LinkedIn, so I can share how they typically use these features for scraping LinkedIn specifically:
- Snoozing: Make TaksBot pause after every 20-30 visited profiles for 5-10 minutes and visit a random website or do a random action
- Action limit: Limit the number of profiles visited per run and per day
- Act on flags: With "Check Web Element" step, users check for flags and make TaskBot act accordingly. For example, once LinkedIn gets "suspicious", it typically shows a message "No more results" (although there definitely more results there). In this case, "Check Web Element" step recognizes when this appears and triggers the snoozing (slowing down, doing random actions for 5-10 minutes before going back to scraping)
- Randomize delay: After every click, make your TaskBot delay the next action, so that it appears more human.
Last but not least, ZeroWork TaskBots are rund by a desktop agent, which means it runs from your ip and is not recognizable as bot.