Structured vs. unstructured
Structured data fits neatly into a fixed schema (think spreadsheets or relational database tables). Unstructured data — free text, images, audio — has no fixed format and typically needs additional processing before it can be analyzed at scale.
Why it matters for scraped data
Raw web pages are unstructured HTML. The value of a scraping service comes largely from converting that unstructured page into clean, structured output — a consistent set of fields the customer’s systems can consume directly.
