Wait. I figured out the problem SER has two import options. The first one is giving me the not working status. I tried using the second import option and now they are all working except for one. The problem is that this import statement does not ask me if I want the proxies private or public. It just automatically makes them private. According to the video that @the_other_dude gave me, I am supposed to have some selected as public for PR and the others private for scraping. Is there a way to change private to public once they are in SER?
Thanks @Olve1954. I just figured out that the second import option works. Except, as I posted, at the same time you posted, that option doesn't ask me if I want the proxies to be public or private. It just automatically makes them private. I want 5 of them to be marked public for PR. Do you know how to change private to public once the import is already done?
@the_other_dude, I just posted a comment, but it looks like it didn't go through. The second import statement worked on all but one proxy. One proxy is still not working. But the problem is that the second import does not ask me whether I want the proxies private or not. I want 5 of the proxies marked public for PR checking, the way the video stated. Is there a way to change private to public in the list after SER has already imported it? Thanks,
I have a few dead proxies from time to time. Make sure that you also test your proxies against other URLS like the whatismyipaddress.com option. If it doesnt work there its dead and buyproxies will replace a dead proxy.
The reason why SlingSEO (the guy that made those vids) toggles between private and public is because he is using dedicated proxies for posting and shared for scraping/pr checking. In your situation I would not toggle anything. You need all 20 of those for scraping/checking PR or you will probably have issues.
I am scraping, posting, checking pr etc with all the same proxies. I have 30 shared, and I'm not really having any issues running 150-200 threads in SER, and scraping with 5 threads in Gscraper.
@the_other_dude, Thanks very much for the info. I ended up exchanging my 20 shared proxies for 20 dedicated proxies because I was still getting a lot of proxies being blocked. Now, after running for more than several hours, I am starting to get many more backlinks than I was getting previously. I will keep them all as private, like you suggested and not select "public" for PR testing. Thanks,
@velsytetra (and everyone else) - You don't need to input your username and password into SER, or any other software that uses proxies for that matter.
Buyproxies (and most other proxy providers) allow you to specify the IP address of your home, work, VPS...etc., so that you can use these proxies without all of that extra identification.
Here is a screenshot of where you set it all up in Buyproxies - and I edited the image to show you guys where to stick in your IP's:
The beauty of doing this way is that you would never have to reveal your passwords to the vps or dedi provider (if you are worried about that type of stuff). But I just wanted to mention this as it was never discussed.
And what @Olve1954 said above is the correct answer. That's what everyone should be using.
Hi @ron, I didn't realize BuyProxies offers IP Authentication. I've always shy away from IP Authentication, coz I was using SER on my home internet connection which offers dynamic IP. Now that I've a VPS (fixed IP), I guess I can use this feature..... to prevent my VPS provider from stealing my proxies, hahaha )
@ron great tip, I didn't know they offered IP authentication either. Now I can import them into rank tracker and other tools that are more strict in how proxies must be used.
If you're running SER on a VPS, then it's most likely a fixed IP. If you're running it on a home PC, then it depends. But don't worry about it, since you've already got them working. My comment about VPS provider stealing your proxies is just a joke...
@velsytetra - You should be ashamed you don't know the answer to that question. The reason is if you don't know something, Google it, right? One of the most googled phrases of all time is 'what is my ip'. Do that from any PC, VPS or whatever you are on, and the answer is immediate.
@Olve 1954, Thanks. @ron, It's been so long that I've forgotten most of what I used to know. But I should have looked up ipconfig myself. Got lazy for a second. But I still don't know if it is dynamic or not. And I'm not running as a server, so I don't even know if the VPS ip exists. So, I figure I'd best let that part alone. Although I'm not too happy about the password, as it is my usual password for things and I didn't know what it was going to be used for at the time that I entered it on BuyProxies. I'm going to ask them if I can change it. Thanks,
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I just posted a comment, but it looks like it didn't go through. The second import statement worked on all but one proxy. One proxy is still not working. But the problem is that the second import does not ask me whether I want the proxies private or not. I want 5 of the proxies marked public for PR checking, the way the video stated. Is there a way to change private to public in the list after SER has already imported it?
Thanks,
The reason why SlingSEO (the guy that made those vids) toggles between private and public is because he is using dedicated proxies for posting and shared for scraping/pr checking. In your situation I would not toggle anything. You need all 20 of those for scraping/checking PR or you will probably have issues.
I am scraping, posting, checking pr etc with all the same proxies. I have 30 shared, and I'm not really having any issues running 150-200 threads in SER, and scraping with 5 threads in Gscraper.
Thanks very much for the info. I ended up exchanging my 20 shared proxies for 20 dedicated proxies because I was still getting a lot of proxies being blocked. Now, after running for more than several hours, I am starting to get many more backlinks than I was getting previously. I will keep them all as private, like you suggested and not select "public" for PR testing.
Thanks,
@ron great tip, I didn't know they offered IP authentication either. Now I can import them into rank tracker and other tools that are more strict in how proxies must be used.
@ron, It's been so long that I've forgotten most of what I used to know. But I should have looked up ipconfig myself. Got lazy for a second. But I still don't know if it is dynamic or not. And I'm not running as a server, so I don't even know if the VPS ip exists. So, I figure I'd best let that part alone. Although I'm not too happy about the password, as it is my usual password for things and I didn't know what it was going to be used for at the time that I entered it on BuyProxies. I'm going to ask them if I can change it.
Thanks,