The webfilters that your users are trying to avoid will usually scan the domains they visit for keywords so they know whether to block it or not. Proxy or prox tends to be one of the first things they put on this list.
abdussamad, I suggets HagioHost.com, see this thread, and riley. Using words like proxy, unfilter and bypass are bad because automatic filters pick up on these words in domains and filter them.
Thats why for my proxy network I chose NeeJ, TeeJ & ZeeJ. All similar, but no autofilter will pick them up because of the domains.
Great articles! Can i ask whats the best keywords to put into the proxy html to be found? I want to start a proxy site but your saying that we shouldnt put proxy and bypass etc. as a keyword.
It's advisable not to use the word proxy, prox or similar in the domain name. As far as the HTML of the proxy page you should be creative in your text so that asdense picks up good paying keywords. For example, instead of writing a plain:
I don't think there's a solution to this. What I've noticed is that new proxies bring in good earning for a few days and then they get smart-priced. You might want to consider selling your proxies and starting new ones.
If you don't use the words "proxy" etc.. What about SEO, How are you going to get rank for thies words when people search on google at school for a proxy?
I have a suggestion. If only one proxy site in your network is smart priced then try and encourage your visitors to use your other proxies that pay higher.
[QUOTE=$1.00]If you don't use the words "proxy" etc.. What about SEO, How are you going to get rank for thies words when people search on google at school for a proxy?QUOTE]
You dont want to be on the first page of google for the keyword proxy! That is how your proxy will get blocked faster. Most of the traffic should be coming directly to your proxy (e.g. bookmarked) or through links
So does having the word Proxy even once in your page trip off filters? or does it have to be reapeated several times? Or is just for domains names and title tags??
I'm very interested in this becuase Last week I made a quite a bit of money off my proxy Topsite alone from several hundred visitors for those 5 work days, and tommoro is the start of new school and work day...(monday)
But I think there more traffic there alot of them can't get threw becuase I have "proxy" in my title tags for SEO.
I think it would helpfull if someon could put a link to a article on how school Filter systems work to better understand it.
Well, I know how 2 types of filtering software work:
1) They parse the url and if they see a word like "proxy" inside it then they block it. Many workplaces block "email" as well
2) Websense in specific works in a different way: they send bots out everyday to find proxies and proxy related websites. Once they do they enter them in a database. Once network administrators who run websense update their own local databases, these sites are blocked.
In terms of your proxy topsite, it's probably blocked by some software if it has "proxy" (or similar) in it but I think people could be using them at home to gather proxy URLs that they can use at school, college or work.
Nope my traffic comes from google during the morning at afternoon from people at school or work. Then dies off around 4pm. I'm on the first or sometime second page for "keyword + proxies" .
How about <h1> tags on the page header. Would <h1>Proxies</1> set off a filter? As you know h tags are good for SEO, googlebot likes them.
Googlebot likes those tags and so does bots from Websense and other Filtering software. You can't have everything: if you rank for google, then you will probably be picked up by websense bots and categorized as "proxy avoidance".
However, people will find ways of accessing your website, either from home (the timeslots you mention above are relative since we live in a global market) or through other proxies (to find new proxies once the one they use now is blocked).
One alternative is to install a self-signed SSL certificate to, at least, avoid Websense, from blocking your site. Proxy.org is the most famous proxy toplist site and even though it's blocked by all filtering software, they are still popular. They run https as an alternative if you are blocked.
Bottom line is: if people find what they are looking for on your website, they'll find ways to access it and keep coming back
"If you don't use the words "proxy" etc.. What about SEO, How are you going to get rank for thies words when people search on google at school for a proxy?"
I don't I was hoping someone here had article writtin by someone knowlegable about how filters work. Like maby a article from a .edu domain. (they usually have the best non-biased factual articles on subjects)
As for HTTPS, If this can bypass websense then there is good option.
Mod_SSL is installed on my server. I have to figure out how to use it though. I have no idea.
Not all filters work in the same way. As I said earlier, websense and bluecoat categorize websites and then network administrators block the desired categories. Websense has a database with 1 billion websites while bluecoat has 15million BUT can block https. Alladin works in a similar way. Check their website.
Other ones block any URL that has specific words in it e.g. gmail.com might be blocked because it contains "mail" in it.
Happy Proxy is a paid proxy script which is supposed to be able to keep filtering software away and avoid blocking them but I have yet to see this with websense.
Regarding SSL, on my H-Shpere I have an option to enable SSL but I need to change to dedicated IP first. Then I can generate a "self-signed" certificate and access my website using https.
You could try asking your host provider for support?
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