Proxy Builder Blog

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 to hosting static content, which is easier to facilitate and less resource intensive on their servers. Since web hosting is such a lucrative business, it has become a very low-margin game for some operators. If you are draining the resources away from 1,000 other accounts on a dedicated server then it simply isnt fair on the other users.

Every legitimate hosting business usually has a sort of terms & conditions over its usage. If you’re like myself, it can be very easy to simply accept the terms & conditions without really understanding the limitations they impose. The real kicker will always be their included clause, “We reserve the right to close your account at any time.”, or variation thereof.

Increasly though there has been a much needed influx of dedicated web hosts. There are now several companies that are starting to fill the very turbulent and hard to manage proxy hosting business. I thought I would bring you the three, as I’ve seen, most respected proxy hosts around. I’m sure there are many more around and please leave your own recommendations for proxy hosters in the comments.

Cloak Host
WD Servers
Tech Entrance

These companies offer a very comprehensive list of proxy hosting plans and should be enable you to grow capacity as fast as possible.

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 I’ve seen from them.

Google Adsense
As always, Adsense is the exclusive ad provider on the homepage of most of my web proxies. I’ve found Adsense to consistently give the best results and yield the highest CPM for the main page. Its great to experiment with all the different ad format and options available to achieve maximum revenue.

Canep Media
I have only been working with Canep for two months but they provide an excellent publisher interface with realtime earnings & impression tracking. I use Canep across a large portion of my network with CPM hovering around $.10. They allow you to place ads on proxied pages which can help boost your income from these hard to monetize positions.

Freedom Of Ads
Almost identical adserving platform to Canep Media, they use adECN to trade ad inventory. Fill rates seem slightly lower than Canep but I have only recently added FoA to my proxies so things may improve in future. If you’ve learnt how to work with Canep its easy to jump right in.

Media Shakers
I added Media Shakers to my proxy network in the last few days. Things arent looking good to date - CPM’s are abyssmal, the administrative interface is too basic and they offer a simple contact page for support. They do allow proxy websites however and I’ll get back to you on them after further testing.

Adversal
I have recently removed all Adversal code from every web proxy I operate. I do not see pop-ups as a viable way to sustain traffic, I hate them and I’m sure my visitors would too. I only included them in the list because they do accept proxy publishers, I would not recommend them however.

Hide My IP
I came accross Hide My IP about two months ago. They provide an affiliate based system for anonymous proxy software. I’ve made a few sales to date and been paid via paypal twice. They arent anything special but they can help to fill spare ad inventory on your proxied pages. You earn money on a per-sale basis.

Adbrite
I had a dilemma whether to include Adbrite, since they terminated many of my own proxy site ads without warning a couple months back. People are still earning money through them though but I would will offer a strong warning for you not to use their services on proxied pages. You may lose all earnings, without warning and with no recourse.

I welcome all suggestions of other web proxy advertisers, please add them in the comments if you know of any more.