Selectors Guide
Crawlingo supports four selector engines: CSS, XPath, Regex, and SIMD-accelerated Text Anchors.
6 min read Updated July 2026
CSS Selectors
XPath Selectors
Regex Selectors
Text Anchor Selectors (SIMD-Accelerated)
Performance Characteristics
| Selector Engine | Speed | Flexibility | Best Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSS | Fastest | Moderate | Standard HTML structures |
| XPath | Fast | Highest | Complex hierarchy & text node traversals |
| Regex | Moderate | High | Extracting unstructured text patterns |
| Text Anchor | Fastest (SIMD) | Moderate | Dynamic classes with static label text |
