Latest articles and insights about proxies, web scraping, and internet infrastructure
We analyze how marketers check brand mentions in AI responses from different countries using proxies and anti-detect browsers—a step-by-step protocol with tables and a checklist.
QA engineers and product managers often test mobile applications only from a single office IP, missing critical bugs that are only visible to users from other cities, countries, and carriers.
On October 6, 2026, Rayobyte launched residential proxies Scale starting at $0.0095 per GB. However, the price comes with a subscription fee of $100 per month, one stream per dollar, no geo-targeting, and access only for verified businesses. Let's calculate when the rate is beneficial and when a gigabyte costs more than the usual pay-as-you-go rate.
We analyze how marketers and arbitrageurs can check the functionality of CDN and geo-DNS in different countries without expensive enterprise services.
Uptime bots operate in data centers and are unaffected by geo-blocking, provider bans, or CDN restrictions. We analyze 5 checks that address this blind spot.
Comparing the rates of Browserbase, Steel, Browserless, and Bright Data Scraping Browser in two scenarios: scraping 10,000 pages and 30 long profiles. The main cost item in the cloud is not the browser time, but the traffic of built-in proxies at $6–12 per GB. We analyze when the cloud is justified, when it's more profitable to use your own Playwright, and why a hybrid with your own proxies is almost always cheaper.
How to check if a website correctly displays language, currency, and prices for users from different countries - a step-by-step checklist of 14 points using residential proxies.
A step-by-step guide on how to check the localization of the checkout, available payment methods, and currency for 10 countries without physical presence — using residential proxies and anti-detect browsers.
We analyze the mechanics of cookie stuffing and tag substitution in affiliate marketing, providing 6 practical checks to identify conversion theft and a checklist for traffic protection.
Island revealed a phishing platform disguised as AI services for advertising: fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Meta Muse steal passwords and 2FA codes from Google Ads, Meta, and TikTok through a fake login window and a live operator. We analyze the scheme, explain why anti-detect and proxies do not help here, and provide a checklist for agencies and media buyers.