Questions about Private Proxies, Bans, and Best Practices
Hey GSA-SER ppl...I have an important question...
Public proxies seemed good enough for a number of tasks, so far, in my use of GSA-SER. And, they are still good for lots of stuff. I thought private proxies were a waste, just there for people too lazy or busy to scrape for public proxies. lol
Now, I definitely have a need for private proxies as well!
I see that many of the public proxies are banned on certain better CMSes with certain plug-ins that are installed to prevent forum spam. I was sad because I did so much to NOT be like that in every other way with these projects.
I see it was the IP and nothing else because on the report sites I found the e-mail addresses I used on, there were multiple other e-mails that weren't mine associated with those same IPs.
I don't know much about Private Proxies for use with GSA-SER.
So, any links to guides or explanations would be very much appreciated! Thank anyone with more info. I am starting with very little.
Do the private proxy IPs also get identified and banned by such apps?
If so, is there something we can do to protect against that and keep the proxies fresh?
Do these apps, and the databases behind them, store the IP and e-mail ONLY, or do they also pattern match against what's been attempted to be posted on the sites opting in for the service?
I know, it's a multi-tiered question. lol
Public proxies seemed good enough for a number of tasks, so far, in my use of GSA-SER. And, they are still good for lots of stuff. I thought private proxies were a waste, just there for people too lazy or busy to scrape for public proxies. lol
Now, I definitely have a need for private proxies as well!
I see that many of the public proxies are banned on certain better CMSes with certain plug-ins that are installed to prevent forum spam. I was sad because I did so much to NOT be like that in every other way with these projects.
I see it was the IP and nothing else because on the report sites I found the e-mail addresses I used on, there were multiple other e-mails that weren't mine associated with those same IPs.
I don't know much about Private Proxies for use with GSA-SER.
So, any links to guides or explanations would be very much appreciated! Thank anyone with more info. I am starting with very little.
Do the private proxy IPs also get identified and banned by such apps?
If so, is there something we can do to protect against that and keep the proxies fresh?
Do these apps, and the databases behind them, store the IP and e-mail ONLY, or do they also pattern match against what's been attempted to be posted on the sites opting in for the service?
I know, it's a multi-tiered question. lol
Comments
getting your feet wet, you can definitely use public proxies. just keep in mind that most proxies are short-lived, heavily spammed, and not too reliable. If you have a big pool of sites that give you fresh proxies, and you scrape them frequently, you should be okay.
otherwise, be sure to grab like 10-20 private/shared proxies. thats your next step.
Do you suggest ten catch-alls, then?
Why do some say to avoid using a catch-all account?
eh, some suggest catch-alls, I'm fine with regular emails. they work for me. In my experience catch-alls will help, but marginally.
Of course, if I spin to a high percentage of uniqueness, I will have no footprint, even if there is pattern matching against content from identified proxy IPs. lol