Private Proxy FAQ

Frequently asked questions
	What is a proxy server? In general a proxy is a gateway between you and your destination (for example a website). Instead of directly communicating with a website your computer is talking to it through the proxy server. Proxies can be used to reach secure places behind firewalls, to filter/censor content or to hide your true IP address from the destination webserver. We offer IP solutions to military, Internet Marketing companies, scraping businesses and normal people to enhance their privacy.
	What sort of proxies do you offer? We offer dedicated high anonymous HTTP and SOCKS proxies on highspeed connections (100 Megabit). This is highly different to botnet or \"public\" proxies (illegal, slow, unreliable), our proxies are stable and very fast! There is no login or password required to use them, by starting the proxies from our tool or through an API call, they are automatically set up for your IP address. That means no one else can steal or use your proxies! They are not shared among other customers as you might know from our competition !
	What does exclusive high anonymous HTTP/SOCKS Proxy mean exactly ? Our proxies are "exclusive", this means no one except the customer who owns the Proxy can use it. Our proxies are "high anonymous", often also called "Elite". This means your IP address is not sent in the HTTP headers. The desination webserver can not detect you use a proxy. Our proxies are HTTP AND SOCKS proxies! HTTP proxies are most common and specialized for websites access while SOCKS is a universal protocol. Highlight: You can choose between both types in your profile and switch between them immediately without any additional fees!
	What country are your proxies from ? Our proxies are mostly from US, new customers currently receive 100% US IPs. You can contact us if you require a custom solution. You can see the country, area and city of the Proxies in our webtool.
	What does API mean, and what is a "Webtool" ? API means "Application Programming Interface". Our API is based on the HTTP protocol so you can take or rotate your proxy IP through a bookmark or automated in your macros or custom applications! To learn more about our API please read through our API section. Our Webtool is your control center. You can rotate your proxy IP, change proxies or take new proxies from there. Everything you can do through the webtool can also be automated or integrated into your scripts through the API!
	Does your API work with this special application ? When you require an existing application to support our API (for automated proxy rotation) please just contact customer support! Support for CLAD Genius: You can use proxy rotation with CLAD Genius, please read more details at our API page
	What sort of free source code do you offer ? At the moment we offer two PHP functions that can be used as base for larger scripts. As demonstration project you can download a full featured scraper, checkout our API page for details. You will also find a javascript with iMacros code embedded that can create multiple myspace accounts (requires the free iMacros Firefox addon).
	What does the "Configure Browser" and "Use Real IP" button do in the webtool ? These buttons take away any configuration work from you! Just click on "Configure browser" and your browser is configured to access the internet through the selected proxy! On the upper left side you can see the small IP information window change and show your external IP. Click on "Use Real IP" and your browser switched back to normal operation without proxy, the IP window on the upper left updates again. Sadly this feature is currently only available for Firefox (Mozilla browsers).
	How to use the proxy for IE, Opera or other applications? In the case you can not use the automated browser configuration (that only works for Firefox right now) you need to setup the proxy configuration by hand. First you need to start the proxy over webtool, same procedure as normal. (Do not use a proxy to connect to the webtool!) Now you go to the proxy configuration of your browser (advanced network configuration) and configure it: * Remove all proxies configured there * Now enter proxy.squabbel.com as HTTP (default protocol) proxy or into the SOCKS field when you selected SOCKS proxies * Enter your proxy port (you see the port number when you click on "Info" in the webtool, or on the API web-page) * Enter seo-proxies.com into the field for proxy exceptions add it comma separated with and without "www."
	What am I allowed to do through your proxies ? You must not use our proxies for fraud, scam or spam. This includes xrumer, scrapebox and referrer spam. (If you need a solution you can still contact us) Our IPs can be used for video uploading, scraping search engines, social media, cl and similar sites, data entry and much more! Bandwidth is "fair use", this means you should not abuse our IPs for massive upload or download. If you have very high bandwidth requirements just contact us. In the end we reserve the right to end any license at any time, if you caused us major trouble you will not be refunded otherwise you receive a refund for your remaining time. This also means that you shall not heavily abuse any online services through a single proxy, if a service only allows 1 "entry" per day you shall not use a single proxy for a multiply of that to avoid getting our IPs and sub-networks banned.
	Can I post on Craigslist(tm) and co ? Usually yes but you often require a PVA to post. When ordering, make sure to write Craigslist into the "usage" field in your profile so you receive the right subnets. It should be added that Craigslist(tm) does not allow more than one ad per person per 48 hours.
	Do I receive a "proxy list" ? No. By ordering a license you receive access to our webtool. In this webtool you can take IPs from the IP pool and manage your allocated proxies. By default a license only allows you to run one proxy at one time, you can use API calls or the "rotate" button to change the IP of this proxy. Our webtool can even automatically configure your browser to use the proxy or to use your real IP (only for Firefox). These are all advantages compared to competition, the only disadvantage is that you currently can not import a "proxy-list" into some tools, in future this will be available as well. For now tools either have to use our API or the proxy is changed by hand by yourself (rotate button).
	I noticed your proxies have two IPs: one internal and one external. What's that about ? Our proxies are dynamically controlled from a few servers, these servers open tunnels to the external IPs. This is all not important for you, it just means that the proxy IP you connect to is not the external IP. The advantage: When you rotate a proxy then the configured IP and PORT do not change, but the external IP changes ! It simply means less (or no) configuration work for you. By default you only have one proxy active and change it's external IP through API or the "rotate" button, if you need more than one proxy started at the same time just contact us for a custom license.
	I'm unsure, can I test your service ? Sure! Register for an account, enter request a trial IP through the licenses page. Usually we offer a short trial license free of charge within 24 hours!
	I can only use an IP one time per [day, week, month], how to do that ? You can enter a specific amount of hours a proxy has to be "idle" until it can be used again! This is done through an option in your profile (proxy time restriction).
	According to the frontpage you have been in business since 2008, why didn't I hear about you yet? We have launched as private dedicated proxy solution during 2008 for a few large customers. Since this time we further developed our tools, ironed out bugs and gathered experience. During this time our proxies have been used to access millions of websites and proofed an excellent reliability and performance.
	Are you affiliated with "seoproxies.com" ? seoproxies.com seems to be a scam, please do not mistake them with seo-proxies.com ! There is no relation at all except the domain name. Our proxies are highly reliable, not shared and have the best possible quality.
	I ordered a license of 50 Proxies, do I receive 50 new IPs monthly ? No, by default you do not receive new IPs. If you have such requirements please contact us for a custom license.
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Frequently asked questions

What is a proxy server?

What sort of proxies do you offer?

What does exclusive high anonymous HTTP/SOCKS Proxy mean exactly ?

What country are your proxies from ?

What does API mean, and what is a "Webtool" ?

Does your API work with this special application ?

What sort of free source code do you offer ?

What does the "Configure Browser" and "Use Real IP" button do in the webtool ?

How to use the proxy for IE, Opera or other applications?

What am I allowed to do through your proxies ?

Can I post on Craigslist(tm) and co ?

Do I receive a "proxy list" ?

I noticed your proxies have two IPs: one internal and one external. What's that about ?

I'm unsure, can I test your service ?

I can only use an IP one time per [day, week, month], how to do that ?

According to the frontpage you have been in business since 2008, why didn't I hear about you yet?

Are you affiliated with "seoproxies.com" ?

I ordered a license of 50 Proxies, do I receive 50 new IPs monthly ?

My question is unanswered!