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On July 20, 2026, a federal court in California dismissed Google's lawsuit against SerpApi: the anti-bot system SearchGuard does not protect copyrights when it is based on ordinary search results — URLs, snippets, and indexed facts. Let's analyze the details of the decision, what was left out of its scope, and how it affects the practice of collecting SERP data.

📅 July 24, 2026
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After the dismantling of the NetNut and IPIDEA botnets, the origin of the IP has become the main criterion for choosing a proxy. Let's break it down step by step: how to choose the type of proxy for the task, how the price tiers of the 2026 market (enterprise/mid/budget) differ, and how to check the provider to avoid buying a resold or infected pool instead of clean addresses.

📅 July 23, 2026
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The FBI and Google have neutralized NetNut — a residential proxy network built on a botnet of 2 million infected Smart TVs and set-top boxes. We analyze how the scheme works, why clients are at risk, and provide a checklist on how to distinguish a legal IP pool from stolen ones in 2026.

📅 July 22, 2026
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