{"id":6287,"date":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","slug":"proxies-for-bypassing-blocked-search-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/proxies-for-bypassing-blocked-search-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Proxies Are Blocked by Search Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Proxies\n<\/picture>\n

When most people think of proxies they think of an anonymous agent, something that hides your identity from snooping eyes.<\/p>\n

This is an entirely accurate concept. Proxies supplant your unique IP address (the one provided by your Internet Service Provider) with their own<\/strong>. That\u2019s how they mask your identity.<\/p>\n

However, it doesn\u2019t paint the whole picture. Really, it just shows you the end result. That result is only valuable if it\u2019s achieved \u2014 what happens when a proxy doesn\u2019t work? Then it\u2019s pretty useless, right?<\/p>\n

Proxies aren\u2019t the simplest piece of technology in the world \u2014 they require you to dig into your OS settings, browser settings, or specific software settings in order to be used properly. Even then, once you\u2019ve entered all the information correctly, they can be finicky.<\/p>\n

If your goal is to simply browse the web like a normal user, but with a proxy IP in place of your own, it won\u2019t be too di\ufb03cult. You may have to troubleshoot a bit to make sure your internet speeds stay fast and your identity is truly protected, but you should be just fine.<\/p>\n

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Where it gets more complicated is when you want to do bulk scraping through search engines<\/a>. Or, really, any massive amount of pings and requests with proxies, as all of those requests will end up going through search engines.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>Search Engine Blocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

The most common scenario for this in the scraping community is loading up a software application like Scrapebox with proxies<\/a>, setting the request intervals and URL destinations, and clicking \u201cScrape.\u201d Except, checking back in ten minutes, you find all the harvesting has halted and there\u2019s an issue.<\/p>\n

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Another scenario is when you\u2019re trying to use proxies to grab large batches of Ticketmaster tickets<\/strong><\/a> or special edition Nike shoes with Nike proxies<\/a><\/strong>, or get the last .02 second bid on an eBay auction<\/strong> \u2014 in essence, when you\u2019re using proxies to buy something<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, you get stopped in your tracks. Pages won\u2019t load, a plethora of captchas show up, and you\u2019re locked out.<\/p>\n

\"Search\n<\/picture>\n

In both of these cases the first culprit is the search engine. In the second example it could be those individual sites, which are known to have powerful anti-proxy technologies in place specifically to stop this kind of activity.<\/p>\n

The good news is that in either situation the remedies are pretty similar. They have to do with what proxies you\u2019re using and how you\u2019re using them. In most cases, any issues you have can be solved with one (or all) of the methods below.<\/p>\n\n

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<\/span>Methods for Bypassing Blocked Search Engines<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>Dedicated Proxies<\/span><\/h2>\n

This step is a bit high-brow because it\u2019s really hard to find a reliable source of dedicated IPs, and if you do, they may cost more than you want to pay.<\/p>\n

That said, if you\u2019re serious about scraping and really don\u2019t want to be blocked by search engines, using dedicated IPs is one of the best things you can do.<\/p>\n

\"Methods\n<\/picture>\n

Essentially, IP addresses are either assigned by an <\/strong>ISP, or purchased through a proxy provider<\/a>. Most of these providers get proxies for data centers, massive buildings with huge servers. The datacenter IPs come in ranges, one IP after the other, a bit like the clone army in Star Wars.<\/p>\n

Some advanced websites, like the ones mentioned at the beginning of this article, actually block entire ranges of IP addresses from data centers<\/a>, and have ways of telling if an IP is a datacenter or residential IP address<\/a><\/strong>. The key is to find a quality dedicated proxy provider who won\u2019t oversell IPs so they\u2019ll be higher quality and not get banned by search engines.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>Rotate Your Proxies<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yes, this means you\u2019ll need a batch of proxies to rotate. If you thought you could do heavy scrapes of the internet or large buys on heavily protected sites with a few proxies, you are sorely mistaken.<\/p>\n

Depending on your level of scraping and how often you are running the software (some people do it 24\/7), the amount of proxies you need will be di\ufb00erent.<\/p>\n

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In general, I recommend batches of 10 proxies for the low-end scraping, 50 for a middle range, and over 100 (and up) if you\u2019re getting serious.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The key here is to use software or a plug-in that allows you to paste your entire load of<\/p>\n

proxies at once, and then set a customizable randomizer.<\/p>\n

For example, if you\u2019re doing a medium amount of scraping and have 50 proxies to your name, tell the software to use 5-10 of those proxies at any given time. Then tell it to swap out new proxies, randomly, every three minutes.<\/p>\n