To perform certain tasks on the Internet, you must hide your real IP address. There are several options for doing this. One of the simplest solutions is to connect proxy servers.
What are proxy services and what are they for?
To hide their location, users can access the Internet through an intermediate server (called a proxy server). Services that provide services for such a connection, respectively, are called proxy services.
When using a proxy, the real IP of the user changes due to an intermediate link. Thus, people get access to resources that, for example, do not accept users from certain countries. Proxies also help to bypass restrictions on access to sites that are prohibited in the user's country of residence.
Connecting through proxy servers is often used to perform some kind of bulk tasks. For example, when maintaining several accounts on social networks at the same time during masfollowing or masliking, so as not to get banned.
Also, the services of such services are useful when collecting, for example, keywords through the Key Collector program. Frequent calls to Yandex and Google are regarded by search engines as the work of robots, and proxy by changing the IP (the request seems to come constantly from a new addressee) helps to bypass the restrictions.
In addition to the options already mentioned, the main uses for proxies include:
- mass mailing of letters;
- conducting correspondence with many addressees at the same time;
- distribution of traffic in corporate networks;
- boosting likes and subscribers;
- calls to the services of booking hotels, air and railway tickets under a different IP-address for additional discounts. Similarly, you can save money in foreign online stores;
- to remove restrictions on the number of calls to online services.