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Proxy Advise and Issues



2nd March 2010
Proxy Where to get help with your Proxy Site Software?
Sometimes you will have problems with your proxy whether at installation, upgrading or just something that has arrisen. First place to look would be with the source of your template - e.g. glype at the glype.com forum. Next would be to do a google for proxy forum - there are lots out there that are specifically for proxy or have large proxy related areas. One such would be http://forums.digitalpoint.com If help is not coming from there, you can getting help from a freelancer via say freelancer.com . Their freelancers are carefully rated and you can quickly see who are the skilful ones. Experts for hire can also be found on the forum mentioned.


28th February 2010
Proxy Do Web Proxy Still Make Money
Proxies are a business. Like any business you must keep a careful track on your costs - advertising, server etc and your income. If expenses exceed income on your proxy you must either reduce your expenses or increase your income. The former is usually easier to do - e.g. do more manual advertising instead of paid, look for a cheaper server - perhaps vps again for awhile until income comes up. The other options are just to keep the proxy for yourself and friends or give up! My experience is that you only start to make adequate money when you have ecomomies of scale - i.e. lots of traffic. With each incremental amount of traffic there is less and less expense associated against it - e.g. until it is full you only need one server - it costs the same whether its at 10% capacity or 90%. To anwser the direct question - yes they can - just treat them like a business, measure, experiment and learn.


25nd February 2010
Proxy Site Data Analysis
Once you start to get traffic it is very important to gain accurate information as to where your traffic is coming from, how it got there and how much what traffic is earning. Only with those details on your proxies will you be able to best target your advertising spend, your time and effort. For example you may find certain countries do not earn enough to cover your costs. Conversely some countries earn very well so that is where you need to spend your time and effort. I would recommend using Google Analytics. Its free, easy to set up and above all connects in with Google adsense i.e. it reports on earnings as well as traffic. You simply add a bit of code to your proxy site (either the same on all or different code per proxy site. The reporting ranges from high level of say total traffic, by country, source down to very low level. Highly recommended.


23nd February 2010
Proxy Bandwidth Issues
Dependent on your server package you will have anything from a very limited amount of bandwith available for your proxy to unlimited. There are several methods of controlling bandwith usage 1) stopping hotlinking 2) reducing the size of downloads and 3) restricting the countries that can access your sites. 1) hotlinking is where a user links say a .jpg via your site to multiple users of theirs - i.e. users your bandwith for no gain of yours. Hotlinking can be prevented via the cPanel or (assuming Glype) using the Prevent Hotlinking option in the Glype control panel. 2) downloads can be reduced in the Glype Control Panel in the Transfer Options area - File Size Limit. I have heard of this being set anything from 2mb to 20mb - I have it set be 10mb. 1) and 2) are wise to set no matter how much spare bandwidth you have. 3) The idea behind restricting certain countries is simply bang for bucks - if you have a limited amount of bandwidth you should be aiming at the traffic that gives you the greatest amount of return. You also dont want your site being restricted for going over your bandwidth limits for your proxy site and missing out on high paying traffic. If short of bandwidth you could well start by banning Iran and China. There are various sources of IP lists you can use, e.g. www.maxmind.com is the best and they have a free version. You can have sitting on your server, have the ip's listed in your .htaccess file or in your Glype Control Panel in the User Access Control - IP bans.




22nd February 2010
What Sort of Domain to use for Your Proxy Site .info or .com ?
The obvious difference between a .info and .com domain is cost - from the likes of godaddy.com .info is about $1 and .com about $10 US. Other differences - as .com has been around for a while there are fewer names available but conversely .coms are concidered more authorative i.e. more likely to be taken seriously. There is also some evidence that some countries block all .infos. For a proxy my belief is that the name and its suffix are not important - the important this is - does the proxy work As an experiment I created several .com and .info and advertised them exactly the same and released them at the same time. After watching the results of these proxies for a week (the only way that matters - earnings per domain) I noticed no difference at all. So this persons recommendation, save your money and buy .info .


18th February 2010
Learnings Number 6 - Your Own Proxy Site - Stopping Your Proxy Site Being Blocked
As soon as a proxy site exists there will be people trying to block it. It can be just at a school level, corporate level, or a whole country (such as Iran). Various methods are used by those that wish to block proxies such as subscribing to a proxy stop list, searching for key words such as Proxy or glype or looking at the actual software used. You will never completely stop your proxy being blocked but some suggestions 1) proxy name - make sure does not include the word proxy 2) search your software for the word proxy, remove where possible 3) ensure your blurb,template,script does not include the word proxy or even anonomous or phrases like private surfing (your visitors know what your site is about!) 4) check meta words and meta desciptions, they can be removed completely. 5) More subtly do not set up your proxy site long before you advertise them. Companies who offer anti proxy services routinely check new domains for their software - if proxy software, you are blocked before you start. 6) for the more expert of you, set up a site but dont add your software. Watch your access logs and block the IPs that come to it. I.e. come to a brand new completely blank site! You may like to check the IPs in say WHOIS first. There are more subtle methods, but these WILL help improve thr profitability and life of your proxy site.


17th February 2010
Proxy Site - Gain Traffic - Paid traffic
There is only one really important rule with paid traffic for your proxy and that is you must earn more from it than you pay. That may seem obvious but unfortunately easily forgotten. So if you buy some proxy traffic via a mailblast, check the earnings after a maximum of three days - and compare that with what you spent. If it worked, do it again, but probably with a new domain. Why? Because as soon as you issue a new site it will start being blocked so you get the best value out of it in its first few days of life. You can also buy traffic based on your site being displayed for a specific length of time - usually available via a proxy list. Usual period is a month. The more prominently your proxy is displayed the more traffic you get but the more you pay. The same rules apply, test and then decide whether worthwhile. I know of one proxy list site that is only for one day http://www.topbits.com . Conversely you only pay one dollar per advert. In that case the payback for your proxy ad would have to be within 2 days. You will see proxy traffic being advertised in Proxy Forums of which there are several. Another method of paid advertising is paid for links or banners on say a proxy list site. Ideally free proxy traffic is always best but sometimes to generate real volume, economies of scale and users who come back, you have to buy proxy traffic.


14th February 2010
Learnings Number 4 - Your Own proxy Site - Gain Traffic - Free traffic
Proxy sites are unusual as they do not want to gain their traffic via traditional SEO methods. Why not? Because the higher the profile of a site on Google, the higher the chance of that site getting blocked. The exception to this in the proxy world is proxy lists. These need to be found by traditional search THEN users go to actual proxy sites. So, there are two types of traffic, free and unpaid. Free first - search for the words proxy list. Proxy lists literally list proxies, giving useful information like uptime, speed and activity. One such is proxyriver.com . You can list your proxy giving a link to your site. This way you get traffic, they get traffic and earnings for both. It can however be a frustrating business as many proxy list are hobby sites and not administrated often. One test is to checl Alexa.com to see if linking is even worthwhile (i.e. the proxy list has a decent amount of traffic.) Next are Forums. Once again do a google search and you will find Forums such as forums.digitalpoint.com where you can post your proxy for free. Other favourite sources are Yahoo and Google Groups, Facebook and Twitter. With yahoo and Google groups there are a number of groups that allow all proxy owners to add their proxy for free. One example is http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/free_proxys_list and no, its not mine.


9th February 2010
Learnings Number 3 - Your Own Proxy Site - Monetize (Earn money)
Now you have a proxy server and proxy software for your proxy site. Now you need to decide what ad networks will work for you best on your proxy site or proxy list site. First there are some ad networks that will only allow their ads shown on the front page of your site. The logic of this is they can check the content of your front page and therefore know what content will show beside their ads. With the proxified page (the search page) they cant control or know the content as each search is different so they do not allow their ads to be shown there. OK, front page - the normal and recommended is Google Adsense as it pays on time everytime and has relatively high CPM (cents per thousands)although technically they pay based on clicks. They have several different format of ads including 728X90 banners, Search (where your users search and you get paid per ads clicked)and very skinny text ads. The banners can be image, text and image and just text. Generally image is considered more profitable. You MUST read the Adsense Terms of Service as they are very strict implemeting them. For your proxified page there are a range of choices in banner ads and pop unders. Many offer both such as Adbrite, Mediashakers and Xtend. Some like Adversal offer popunders only. Try them and see which works best for you. Be careful with too many popunders as they can put users off and reduce your return visitors. There are many others but these are a good start and are highly likely to pay you!






2nd February 2010
Learnings Number 2 - Your Own Proxy Site - Software
Next thing you will need to do to get your proxy site up and running is some proxy software. There are many types, e.g. Glype, Phproxy, Zelune, CGI Proxy. If you have a look at this proxy list you will see the majority are Glype. At time of writing 170,000 copies have been downloaded. I would suggest you start there especially if you cant modify code proficiently. Other advantages are there are many free templates (just use google), has a good discussions forum (help with installation etc) an excellent control panel, and an update path. Its very easy to globally add say adsense code (in just one place) and comes with standard Terms of use, privacy policy etc. 28th January 2010
Facebook.com - I have had quite a bit of feedback around problems using Facebook with proxy from this proxy list. I.e. users can get into Facebook but some of the features do not work. After some research can recommend using either the mobile version - address m.facebook.com - or the lite version of Facebook - lite.facebook.com -. Have had especially good feedback about the lite version.


27th January 2010
Chinese traffic - similar to Iranian traffic for your proxy sites or proxy list but a) you tend to earn more on them via adsense b) you dont tend to get the huge spikes you get with Iranian traffic. China is potentially the biggest market for proxies and proxy lists given their huge population and relatively high internet population. Note recent problems with internet censorship and google. The method the chinese use are often called the "Great Firewall of China" So if you have the spare capacity, possibly worth a try.


26th January 2010
From the site Admin - A word about Iranian Traffic. Many ban the traffic because it is low earning - that is true for the likes of mediashakers but you can earn reasonably well via adsense. There are several problems with it that I see - if there is say a political problem in Iran your traffic can go up very suddenly ten fold - can your server cope? Are you bandwidth capped? There is also the chance of getting your site hacked (as happened to me) putting you out of action. On balance, if you have a dedicated server with spare capacity uncapped bandwidth and strong passwords, why not try it. If you dont, you are likely to loose money and put the rest of your business at risk.


Learnings Number 1 - Your Own Proxy Site - Server
25th January 2010
If you want to set up a proxy site, the first thing you will need is a server. Your proxy will sit on the server and your users will pick up the proxy from that server. There are two basic types 1) VPS (virtual private server) and 2) dedicated (only you are on the server). VPS is where most people tend to start as its cheap and server admin is pretty well non existent. When you gain experience and more sites/traffic the usual thing is to move to a dedicated server. The downside of a VPS is you are sharing with many other proxy owners - so if one gets really busy, your site gets really slow. Bevery careful with checking for - does this provider allow proxies (some do not) what bandwidth are you allowed and what sort of reputation do they enjoy. Check on the webmaster forums.


24th January 2010
Ever been interested in starting your own proxy site? I.e. so you can use to hide your IP and make money? Well over the next few days I will show you how!





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