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    Tutorials: Python

    I'm an open source hacker by trade and I love sharing knowledge. I thought I'd start a thread about the cool things you can do using the Python language. I'll start off with some simple examples and later get into web frameworks, databasing, and eventually build an entire frameworked website...
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    Using Node.js to scrape websites

    Node js is a pretty cool new server-side tool that lets you run javascript on the server. We've been using it to scrape data from websites for a couple of months. Does anybody here ever use it?
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    Rich Snippets: Working on CTR as opposed to ranking!

    One think that is a lesser known tip is utilizing Google Rich snippets on your site. First, read through the Microformat Documentation at microformats org, then, google 'google rich snippets' Here's some example code for a hReview: <div class="hreview"> <span><span...
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    Having a real dialogue with your customers.

    Just wondering if you guys can share some tips with regards to actually building a relationship with social media and building real credibility. At the end of the day, it costs more to get a new customer than to keep an existing one and their happiness <=> your success. Thoughts?
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    HTTP/SOCKS Proxies for (legal) screen scrapers

    We were running a little (legal) screen scraper and had to do it behind an HTTP proxy. I found it difficult to find a good, curated list of HTTP and SOCKS proxies. We would just run in the term: export http_proxy=foo.bar.baz.qux And iterate through a list of proxies taken from these sites...
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