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5 Great Tips for Proxy Webmasters 2007-07-04 06:43:05 I have put together these tips to aid proxy webmasters in making the most out of their proxy site.
Implement Hotlink Protection
Most web proxies are designed to let users surf anonymously, unfortunately they can also be abused without the proper protection in place. In my experience the worst offenders are foreign blogs, porn sites and forums. They use the direct image link through your proxy, although I’ve never understood the reasons myself. Head over to one of the coder marketplaces like eLance, Digitalpoint, Sitepoint or Scriptlance and you should be able to get hotlink protection pretty cheap. I have found the best method of blocking to be the .htaccess file.
Block Chinese traffic
I have always been an advocate in providing my proxy services for all, I was hesitant when my host recommended this software but after seeing the improvements it was the only way to go. Traffic from china is worthless to advertisers, puts a strain on my server and is usually abusive. When I implem Read more:Great
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Free Proxy Template - Web Proxy 2.0 2007-06-18 06:36:12 I have just finished coding and packaging a brand new template, feel free to develop it but the sponsored links in the footer must remain. Logo PSD included, hope you guys like our latest free proxy template, I plan to release more soon.
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2.0 Template Screenshot - View Demo Site - Download Template
FreakProxy.com For Sale!
I would also like to add that I have one of my premium web proxies for sale at the moment over at sitepoint. It is around a year old, established and reliable - it is currently ranking 3rd on Google for “Proxy Website”. I have maintained this site every few months, building link exchanges and it is currently Page Rank 4. See traffic and revenue screenshots over at Sitepoint.
Common Proxy Webmaster Questions 2007-06-17 10:46:15 Is it illegal to run proxy sites?
No in general, one of the only circumstances it could become illegal is if you monitor your server logs and see people visiting inappropriate content. If you decide to monitor your traffic you must report any illegal activity that you see and ultimately your server may be seized by law enforcement in their investigations. The simply solution to this is either to not monitor your logs or turn off your server logging.
Can I use adsense on my web proxy?
Yes you can, as long as your website follows the adsense terms and conditions. You are only allowed to place it on your homepage. You are not allowed to place adsense on “proxied” pages because you do not own the content and you will be banned from the adsense program if you do this.
Will a proxy website work on shared hosting?
I would never recommend that proxy webmasters use anything less than a dedicated server. Some web hosts may initially support your proxy website but because of the vast Read more:Proxy
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Free Proxy Template - Superb Proxy 2007-06-15 16:30:23 Proxy Builder is proud to announce the release of our first free proxy layout, we plan to build up a collection of freely available proxy site templates. Our superb proxy theme comes integrated with the Zelune Proxy script. You must keep the sponsored links in the footer to use this template.
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Insider Tips to Make a Great Proxy Site 2007-06-14 20:14:33 I call myself an “insider” because I run a fairly successful proxy business. For me it is currently a hobby I aim to progress in, I maintain Venture Fox Ltd which offers a wide selection of proxy resources. I have had many turbulent times in the proxy business, times where I’ve lost interest and times when my websites have been left on autopilot it for months. It can be hard to find the motivation but I have found that building high quality proxy websites makes them withstand the test of time, whatever I’m doing!
Heres some key elements that can be added on your proxy websites to build extra traffic, you may find only adding certain elements works best for you. There are a variety of factors in running a successful proxy website, if you are simply providing slow service or you have a dismal template then you are already at a disadvantage.
Unique Content
I find the most important element to making a high quality proxy website is unique content. You should at leas Read more:Great
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How To Link Proxy Websites 2007-07-07 10:23:09 I find interlinking my web proxies to be one of the best promotion techniques around. After I have finished creating a new proxy site I usually follow the simple steps below to give it a jump-start in traffic. I have found some great benefits from building my proxy sites in this manner although you may find better methods by experimenting.
Get More Pagerank
Due to the nature of proxy sites it can be hard to get free links from places like web directories and few main stream sites will give you reciprocal links. If you provide high quality web proxies they should grow themselves and by interlinking different proxy websites you eventually get a nice web of pagerank to play with.
Build Extra Traffic
You should always be aiming to increase and retain traffic to your proxy websites. Traffic means money and you should want to get the most out of your visitors. You’ve got a certain amount of space to fill on your page, half of its probably bare so why not give your other web proxies som Read more:Proxy
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Google Starting Cost-Per-Action Testing 2007-07-12 19:21:23 I just picked up this interesting snippet of information on the Digitalpoint Forums and thought it was an interesting new route for Adsense, they have in inessence imposed this on a select few publishers. This could spell bad news for loads of publishers who are barely scraping by on CPC payouts, alternatively there is the opportunity to earn vastly greater sums from physical conversions. I personally have not received this invitation but I have no reason to doubt it.
Dear Publisher,
Your account has been selected to participate in a limited test of an exciting new targeting feature for AdSense. In the next few days we will enable cost-per-action (CPA) ads to compete in your AdSense for content ad units on a limited portion of your traffic, 5% or less of all ad impressions. These ads will look identical to your current AdSense ads, so there will be no visible changes to you or your users.
Your account has been selected because we believe that you’ll earn more by having these addi Read more:Google
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An Insight Into Successful Proxy Building 2007-07-24 05:35:50 Hello Again, unfortunately I havent had much time to post recently because Im working on other projects. This brings me to my latest release, I managed to get some quality domains and unique templates so I began building a new proxy site network. I hope this gives you a feel for the quality of websites I like to create. Each one has been developed individually, interlinked and the proxies will be advertised independently. I will give a brief breakdown of how I acquired and developed each one.
Zelune - http://www.zelune.info
This one is probably the flagship in this small network because of the new Zelune proxy script. I purchased the domain and template via the Digital Point Forums. I acquired the domain for a bargain price but it was definitely worth buying a unique template too. I see alot of potential and a long future for this web proxy.
Myspace PHProxy
- http://www.myspacephproxy.com
I picked up this domain after spotting some search engine keywords in the referrals on another pro Read more:Insight
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Free Sponsored Proxy Template: IP Disguise 2007-07-28 05:49:47 I have purchased numerous unique proxy templates recently and developed some with the help of some fantastic designers. I feel IP Disguise
offers a sharp, open and clean template that is now free to use on your proxy sites. It comes integrated with PHProxy
this time, although I hope in future themes to offer different script packages.
IP Disguise Template Screenshot - View Demo Site - Download Template
Why Web Proxies Need A Robots.txt File 2007-08-13 07:03:40 I briefly covered the importance of a robots.txt file in my recent article: 5 Tips for Proxy Webmasters. There has been alot of discussion about this over at the proxy.org forums and most people have come to the conclusion it is an essential part of building a quality proxy website.
A correctly configured robots.txt tells search engine spiders where they can go on your website, if you dont stop spiders from accessing your proxy script then you could damage your website search engine rankings and trust. Search engines can be a vital source of organic traffic to proxy websites, if you dont block spiders from visiting proxied pages your site could get penalized (more…) Read more:Proxies
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Zelune Proxy Script - Download for Free at Zelune.info 2007-08-21 06:06:02 Proxy Builder would like to announce the release of a free Zelune Proxy Script download over at Zelune.info. Zelune is a fast web-based proxy script, it delivers great performance and competes with the more established PHProxy script. You can find more information on the Zelune Proxy Script at its official home - Zelune.net. They provide a reliable download location for the script and are slowly developing their website into a helpful resource.
The Zelune Proxy Script Pack over at Zelune.info comes integrated with this template:
As always, please keep the footer links intact, Zelune.info is one of my own proxy websites and I am providing these resources for free on that condition. I look forward to releasing more free proxy templates in the next couple weeks, keep checking back! Read more:Proxy
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Glype Proxy 0.3b Released - New PHP Proxy Script 2007-08-20 18:32:49 I would just like to share with everyone the newly released (Aug 6th) Glype 0.3b Proxy
Script. It looks like an extremely promising alternative to PHProxy, Zelune and other PHP-based proxy scripts with very similiar functionality. I havent tested it myself yet but I look forward to integrating and trying it out. While I was reading this post I helped myself to some prime Glype domains - I’ve found however obscure the name, people will remember quality web proxies.
Here is a list of the current features in the Glype proxy script 0.3b
supports caching headers to allow normal browser caching
uses a server-side cache to speed up requests for common images, files and stylesheets
no installation needed so simply upload and go!
setup wizard allows you to configure advanced options for your proxy with no PHP knowledge
simple theme system provides different layouts quickly and easily
ensure anonymity by stripping client-side scripts and preventing them from running on proxified pages.
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Fresh Proxy Topsite List for Webmasters 2007-08-20 12:23:07 I have just updated the Proxy
Builder proxy topsite list, I have a wide variety of traffic building tools for my proxy websites but well maintained topsites can drive in traffic and build pagerank. Many proxy webmasters believe that topsites are only beneficial to their owners, unfortunately in any field there will be people who abuse your trust.
Topsites can be a traffic building powerful tool to webmasters but you have to be able to spot bad apples or you may even hurt the site you are promoting. I have compiled a list of points that may help you in spotting a poorly performing topsite.
Pop-ups: This usually means the owner has devalued the site, they turn off visitors and can pop up “harmful” adverts.
Lots of self promotion: Many outbound links to personal websites or sites on unrelated topics can devalue the link to your website.
You should also watch out for turkish link spam. Many automatic verification topsites become overrun by these malicious spammers. It shows li Read more:Webmasters
My Recent Proxy Site Projects 2007-09-21 09:51:43 I have been quite busy lately juggling my full time job and all my sites. Im glad to say traffic and revenue are creeping back up through september, a few server optimizations helped there. I’ve always kept the proxy builder blog as an extra, I hope my proxy articles help people over time but I cannot dedicate myself to writing regularly. I hope that people are learning and experimenting with my ideas, I love new competition! Enough rambling, back to business.
I have made some very interesting purchases lately and with the closure of the PHProxy
project, my timing couldent of been better. I now own great keyword domains for all the best PHP based proxy scripts around. Zelune.info was my first one word proxy script domain, quite a fitting TLD I think.
The Glype proxy script is a quite a young contender but if updates & patches continue at this pace it will be great. You can now use our free glype web proxy at Glype.net. You can also download the very powerful PHP glype proxy s Read more:Recent
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Why Popups Are Bad for Proxy Websites 2007-09-03 06:07:21 Over the last couple months I have been using Adversal popups on the browsing pages of some web proxies. Although I made a reasonable amount of money from them, I decided that the negatives outweighed the positives. So I proceeded to strip popups out of my web proxies for several reasons I will cover in this article.
Lets face it, no one likes popups. They have always been seen as intrusive, annoying, ugly and sometimes malicious. I have an inbuilt browser popup blocker with my Google toolbar but as I can tell from my Adversal stats - many do not. To be honest, I’ve never even seen a popup from Adversal so why should I put my loyal proxy users through it? I do use a fast, custom proxy script but any advantages of that can quickly be washed away by an uninvited flashing eyesore jumping around on the screen. If I was a regular proxy user I’d be searching for a new site pretty quick.
Besides your visitors you should also be looking to the search engines. Search engine bots an Read more:Proxy
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Reasons To Update Adsense On Web Proxies 2008-02-25 17:26:38 Over the last few days I have begun updating the Adsense
ads across my entire proxy network to the new format. Well, I say new, but as I’m sure you’re all aware of the changes that were put in place about two months ago. You can now manage all aspects of the advert just by [...] Read more:Proxies
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Back To Business 2008-02-05 15:09:18 As I’m sure many of you’ve seen I’ve been out of the game for a while, mainly treating myself to some long overdue leisure time. I still own all my original portfolio which puts me in good standing to begin work.
I have seen a large decline in traffic which is to be expected with all [...] Read more:Business
The Best Proxy Advertisers 2008-03-14 14:34:18 I see alot of people requesting information on which advertisers to use on proxy websites. I decided to compile a list of best ad providers I’ve found so far. I am using all of these companies on my proxy websites with varying degree’s of success. They are ordered in importance and the revenue generating capabilities [...] Read more:Proxy
Proxy Hosting - What Are The Choices? 2008-03-18 09:39:13 After browsing through many of the webmaster forums I frequent, I have come to the conclusion that hosting is one of the biggest obstacles new-comers face when entering the market. I regularly see many people complaining that hosts shut them down, sometimes with little to no warning.
There are many web hosts who are simply used [...] Read more:Proxy
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Free Proxy Traffic From Yahoo & Google Groups 2008-05-21 19:08:57 I have recently stumbled accross a powerful little traffic building strategy and thought I’d come share it with you guy’s. It has become a very helpful tool in my traffic building strategies and best of all it’s free!
I knew about Yahoo
and GoogleGroups
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June Earnings from Proxy Websites 2008-07-11 11:27:14 June was a modest month for my proxy websites with profits slowly declining into the summer. I decided to give myself more motivation to drive my earnings up. From now on I’ll try and give a break down of each month’s proxy earnings on this blog.
I’m hearing lots of proxy webmasters are increasingly struggling with [...] Read more:Earnings
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