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7 Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Getting Your Proxies Blocked

The use of proxies for web scraping, buying tickets and shopping online is a common practice nowadays. These proxies are the way out for people who use bots and crawlers to scrape web data, as to avoid getting noticed. Proxies come in handy to hide their identity i.e. IP addresses and locations.

But, as the proxies are getting sharper and efficient, these websites’ intelligence system is also working on the next level. They can detect and block proxies used by web scrapers and bots, efficaciously.

Firstly, have you ever wondered that you take extra protection, buy proxies and use them but why you still get banned? Why so? After all, you switch to the use of proxies to avoid getting banned, right?

This is because, the use of proxies though, can save you from getting traced by these extra-notorious sites. The problem is the way you are using these proxies, this can dump you right into trouble.

So, this article is intended to give you “7 ways to reduce the risk of getting your proxies blocked”. Following these ways will ensure the reduction in blocking and banning of proxies.

Let us start with some mistakes proxy users do that can block and ban proxies. Later, in this article, we will discuss the 7 ways to reduce the risk of getting your proxies blocked.

COMMON MISTAKES WHILE USING PROXY:

1)      Buying free or shared proxies

It is the common mistake proxy users do. There is a potential chance of getting flagged while browsing with free proxies. This is because being a free proxy- the makers don’t invest much into encryption. Unencrypted proxies may lead to easy detection and blocking

2)      Sending a huge number of requests to a website

It is another mistake users do that may lead to the detection and flagging of IP. Because websites think of it as a non-human activity i.e. bot use. Some websites have a highly restrictive and intelligent mechanism so when you use bots even with proxy (as it is a common practice) they can block you easily.

3)      Mismatching of IP of your location with time zone-

This mistake is also common and thus, will lead you to jam on your face.

4)      Using Javascript to fill in captchas

It is another activity that doesn’t sound like a real human to the websites you send requests to. Opt for Using keyboards and mouse while sending captcha is better.

These were some common mistakes that proxy server users do’ let us look into the prevention methods.

7 WAYS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF GETTING YOUR PROXIES BLOCKED:

Here is how you can utilize these 7 ways to reduce the risk of getting your proxy blocked

1)      USE ENCRYPTED PROXIES- IN THE FIRST PLACE:

Don’t use unencrypted proxies even though the connection is secure. The sharp SSL/TLS encryption of the websites can terminate the proxy right at the moment. The use of the SSL/TSL termination proxy can be used to penetrate these sites and do crawl there and extract the data.

2)      USER AGENT SPOOFING CAN HELP:

User-agent is a string of data in HTTP header that conveys your web browser, OS and the versions to the requested web server. It enables the requested server to compute the request you send and provide the appropriate services following it. i.e. (HTML layout etc.)

So, configure the user agent, it is called “user-agent spoofing”, to protect from getting flagged. Don’t go for empty user agents it will jam your face too. Configure user agents. Sending high volumes of requests with the same user agent can be problematic too. So, don’t do that.

3)      ALWAYS AUTOMATE THE BOTS TO CRAWL SLOWLY- CHANGE SPEEDS AND LIMIT THE REQUESTS:

Even though you use proxies with bots, these notorious websites keep a close eye on these suspicious activities and detect the bots. Sometimes bots send requests way too fast. That being the case, it is directly proportional to get flagged. The higher the number of requests per second the higher the chances of getting your proxies blocked. Because a human can't send multiple requests at a time. Hence, they caught you red-handed and block.

To cope with these sites' systems and fool them use the delaying function to control the crawling-speed. Also, limit the rate of requests so that these tips will keep your proxies secure and you can scrape and crawl without getting flagged.

4)      ROTATE IPs FREQUENTLY THROUGH USE OF ROTATING IPs:

Sending requests from a similar IP result in IP banning. But, to deal with this, getting a rotating proxy with a greater pool size having a higher number of IPs is the best solution. Also, set different IPs of bots always. Rotate IPs frequently. Rotating IPs are best for scraping online and give higher success rates. This is the key. After all, who wants to get stuck in the middle of the work? Follow this tip to prevent any bans in the future.

5)      DO NOT VIOLATE ANY WEBSITES TERMS OF SERVICE:

While scraping data or shopping online, don’t violate the website's Terms of Service. For example, if you are shopping online for tickets on Ticketmaster. The highest limit of adding tickets to the cart is set to 8 tickets/IP. Don’t add more than 8 in your cart/IP. You want more tickets to rotate the IP or use multiple proxies. So, respect the website terms of service while botting. It is another tip to get along with this.

6)      AVOID SENDING REQUESTS FROM UNSAFE/UNUSUAL GEO-LOCATIONS:

Using proxies with different IPs and locations is a common practice. Though, one mistake that can lead to getting banned is sending the request from unusual locations.

For example, you send a request to a server in a country from the IP of another country. There may be a risk that the traffic of that country's’ server doesn’t come from the country IP you are sending requests from. This creates a red alert ⚠ and the website will ban you.

So, while doing such activities always access websites from lower-risk locations. Also don’t mismatch the time zone and location of IP. It can cause issues and trouble you too.

7)      UNSYNC PATTERNS OF SENDING REQUEST BY BOTS:

It correlates with slowing down the speed of the bots and limiting them to send requests. If you also automate the bots to send requests in an unsynchronized manner, then the combination of these tips will create chaos for the websites. Then, you will be hard to detect. So that you can do your work and accomplish success easily.

CONCLUSION:

This article sum up the common mistakes proxy users do and completely answers the question “how to reduce the risk of the proxy ban”. Follow these 7 ways to reduce the risk of getting your proxies blocked for higher success rates and task completion.