Hello readers, It is the first time I am writing here in blog in exams. Today I ‘ll talk about the most widely used free proxy scripts which will definitely help you to choose the best and suitable one for you. Here is the detailed review of 5 most widely used and free proxy scripts according to my ranking.
1) PHProxy - Clear from its name, It is a php proxy script and It is number one in my ranking because of many reasons. I think 70% proxy webmasters use phproxy. Its first position is because of its reliability. It needs regular hosting (simple proxy hosting) and it don’t need any extra plugin installed on the server. Also, There are a lot of Free Design available for this script by FreeProxyThemes etc. Its URL encoding is just superb. Only professional guys can understand it and as a result you can’t be the victim of bandwidth stealing. I see a lot of guys don’t visit the homepage of the website and directly go to their URL. It is the short method for them but it makes our earnings short too. The coder of this script is Abdullah Arif but I heared that he has stopped the usage of this script but still people are using it as it comes in the package of all ready made templates we download from those template sites. Take a Demo of this template here. My rating for this script is 4.5/5.
2) Surrogafier - Not many people like this but I do. Ok listen why this is one of my favorite. I am using this one for my 2 biggy proxy networks and phproxy for individual sites. People say it is only one file and it is very hard to modify. Yeah, they are right but dear guys you can split into parts using a simple include function of PHP. I like it because it is more fast and it is not too common. Hardly very few proxies use it. Thats why I prefer it and It has some more extra function, you can use select a tunnel and favorite browser and operating system with this. Here is its demo. It is free to use and distribute under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is also written in PHP. Just like phproxy it also don’t need any extra server plugin to run. I also wanna share a fact that I am using surrogafier on one site and phproxy on second and the traffic is almost same in both but the bandwidth consumption varies in both. While phproxy site is consuming 1.1 GB per day and that surrogafier is near about 875MB and it is the difference is quite large. It is on rank because i never found a single template for it, So it is difficult for new bie to set it up. I promise you guys that the templates I am going to release will be available in all versions (surrogafier too!). I also want to give a it to surrogafier users that split it to 3 files. Separate the template code near between line 300 - 400 and the frame code next to it. It will help you to modify it. Okay my rating for this one is 4/5.
3) CGI Proxy - Again clear from its name, It is written in Perl CGI. I don’t know perl, I know very little like ABC of perl so I faced a lot of problems while installing CGI proxy. If you know how Perl then you can install it in seconds like other CGI script. The main quality of CGI script is that it is much harder to block and if you make it support SSL then it is almost impossible for sites to block it. Then you can surf sites like MySpace, Orkut too which you can’t use (login) in normal one. There are a lot of drawbacks of this script. First of all it consume a lot of bandwidth… yeah more than anyone. Secondly, It is a little but slow, if you make it SSL compatible then it gets even more slow. Thirdly, You need your server fast and bold enough to handle this. It can crash it sometime then you (or your webhost) need to restart the server. If you are on VPS or Dedicated than it is will better to install a plugin(i don’t remember the name) by which the server gets restarted after a particular period of time. See its demo here. If you are having any problem in installing it, i would like to recommend you this online installer by which you can have a installed CGI proxy with some mouse clicks. It only need to enter your FTP data in it. Here is the link to that online tool. If you wish to make it SSL one too, then don’t forget to read this. You will need to install these two addons to your sever - OpenSSL and Net::SSLeay. You will have more info about ssl ones in upcoming posts. I guarantee that if you make it SSL one to then the traffic and bandwidth too will be doubled as teenagers like us once start to surf myspace and orkut then they never stops ;). Summing up, I would like to say that it will be great to use it but look at your resources too.
4) Zelune - It is one of the modern proxy script. It is also written in PHP. I am not much familiar with this one but i have this one installed in my vertrigo (localhost) so i know about this one. It is also very popular. It is very much similar like phproxy. You can see a lot of themes available for this one too like free zelune proxy themes. People says it is the fastest on but i dont think so. I am not familiar with it so i will not write much about it.
5) Glype - This is the script which is the fastest. I dont use it (i dont know why). For me it is the modified version of phproxy because rest of the things are same but use cURL method to grab the site, compare to phproxy, which use fshock open. I am not sure if cURL is already installed on servers i think you have to install it.(i am not sure). It is here in my list because it has a built in theme system and it seems quite nice and easy to use also. Thats all about this one also (I ‘m tired now)
regards.
Topic only for those who are very new in this business, those who are pros will get bored. Ok What you want is money (near 20$ to start) and little bit of creative mind ;). You need to know a little bit about setting, uploading your website for that So lets Start it.
First of all and obviously you need a domain for that lol. You need not to get already registered very brandable or valuable name. Do not Spoil money in getting those names for 50$ or more. Proxy Traffic never depend on the quality of the domain name. Nice names have already been taken because daily hundreds of proxy sites are made and hundreds are thrown to garbage. So I will suggest you to register that name which is easy to remember for your proxy users and you can take any extension you want. If you have low amount of money you can also start by .info because it is cheap (my whole network is .info). Rich guys always go for .com as it is easy to remember. Now you have regged a nice name and spent near 5-6 on it and near 14-15 are left. I prefer estdomains as it is cheaper. Godaddy lovers can use these coupons.
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Here’s come the second and the most vital part “Hosting”. While choosing proxy hosting all get confused and choose unreliable hosting for that. Don’t worry I am here and I will tell you all your needs or requirements. Proxies are Resource Hungry and you need to fulfill it otherwise your proxy might get failed. Bandwidth of proxy site increases very fast with the amount of traffic come to your site. Average one user surf near about 500 pages and eat your 2 MBs and a well promoted web proxy gets more than 500 unique visitors per day. So you should go further with an estimate of near 1GB per day(minimum). It could be more. If you find someone downloading and eating your bandwidth you can ban him/her from visiting your site by using my this php script. You do not need to care about the disk space. The proxy script is never more than 1 MB weird na (it is vice-versa). So for starters and low on money people go for a regular or reseller proxy hosting for near about 12$ per month. Remember to ask your host about they allow proxy tools or not. Most of the hosting providers never allow them because as i have already told that they are resource eater and also, They put load on server. Thats why they are always hosted on Shared server. If you ask any of my favorite , cheap host for running 1 or 2 proxies, I will recommend you Tech Entrance hosting. They B plan will be best for new comers. So the Bill have reached near 21-22 Ok no more than that and Rich guys who wanna run Network of Proxies like mah, go for a good VPS at the rate of near 25$ to 30$. There are a lot but the best one I experienced is EukVPS. They guys are from India and they are offering a very good plan. They hosting part is complete now.
Here comes the Script part. I saw many guys using paid proxy script (lol… fools). You don’t need to spend even a single penny on it. There are a lot of freely available out there. The most widely using and a good one is phproxy. It is always resemblance and it is good on resources also. There are others also like Surrogafier, Zelune etc (i will make a detailed post about them later after exams). There are CGI proxy scripts also but it is all up to you which one you use. I recommend you phproxy. Then lets come to design. People like designed proxies. So If you are a good web designer or a photoshop expert, I will recommend you to make your own because it will give you good search engines ranking and earnings too. Those who don’t know can also visit Free Proxy Themes and choose his/her favorite design (I am also going to make some themes for you guys). Then you dont need to install phproxy with it. It will come in the zip folder. Edit the config.php file according to your site details and then upload that folder to your host via FTP or anything else (if you have any lol).
After Uploading your Proxy site is ready and working fine. If any problem you can contact me via posting comment here. Just Enjoy!!! the right of anonymity. I will discuss about the ways of promotion and getting traffic in next post.
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Guys, you might be wondering where i have lost. lol… I have entered a new world and really enjoying it (earning too). Really proxies have agreat potential and you can earn a lot! and it is gurranteed. Though there is a lot of competition in this business but proxies have a lot of demand. Many proxies are made every day and many proxies are thrown to garbage. If you don’t know programming, If you dont know designing? then it is the right place for you. Make some proxies and get a lot of hits daily and get paid from your favorite Affliate program like Adsense, Adbrite etc. Ok listen to my story.
I entered this world on 1st November. I was studying and seeing people from many days that what they do. Atlast I started with a Proxy network. Making a single proxy is always recomendable for new comers but if you have enough $$$ then don’t care. Though Proxies are Resource Eater so i still recomend you to start with one and then multiply it. So i was talking about my proxy network. I had a lot of CCC.infos registered at very very low price. So i thought of making a big network of them and thus A27 Proxy Network came into existance and after few days another Network i.e. PA4 Network borned. They all have 18 sites in them each. So 36 proxies made. I shared a VPS with my friend.
Then Started Promoting it. I red in almost all forums and get flood of traffic. I will discuss about the Methods in later posts. So Adsense Earnings Boomed!!! too. Yeah Thats right :D. So 16 days have been passed and I am quite happy, enjoying and earning. I deciede to share it with you guys. In next posts you will come to know some of my methods, secrets and tips and tricks about proxies. So Thats why I have made a new category for that 
take care guys
