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How Much Proxy Traffic Does an Amazon Page Use?

We measured the bytes of 40 Amazon product page requests and 6 full browser loads, priced them at IPFoxy's per-GB list prices, and compared the cost per 1,000 pages with a data API. The result depends on how you fetch, which plan you buy and how often requests succeed.

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Health Misinformation Monitoring: Tylenol Data, One Year On

How drug makers, device makers, hospitals and public health teams can use public social and search data to watch health misinformation and possible adverse event reports. We ran 13 live calls on the Tylenol and autism topic and measured who posts, when, and how reach is spread.

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Social Media Research Samples: Run the Same Search Twice and Half of It Changes

Before you use social media search results as a research sample, test whether the sample is stable. On October 24, 2026 we ran the same queries again after two minutes. On X, YouTube and TikTok only about half of the results matched. This post also covers deletions, duplicates, time windows and the status of DSA Article 40.

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Jev Ecosystem Observation (Part 5): Fueling Decision Primitives – How to Combine Live Data and Calibration

Wrap-up of the first five parts of the series. The inputs for Noul, Choice, and Score are states, and where those states originate determines the upper limit of the entire pipeline: the division of labor between the data and judgment layers, three practical combination approaches, an executable public catalog as a starting point, and scenarios where combination should be avoided.

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