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HTTPS and SOCKS5 Are Now Available for Residential and Mobile Proxies

We've got some exciting news to share with you today. We’ve just rolled out a fantastic addition to our residential and mobile proxies. Get hyped because HTTPS and SOCKS5 protocols are here to revolutionize your online experience!

Introducing Static (ISP) Residential Proxies

This announcement is undoubtedly one of the best news we’ve shared in a while. So all proxying aficionados, please welcome the newest addition to our proxy family – Static (ISP) Residential Proxies! It’s definitely a long-awaited one, so here’s a quick recap of what’s in store: R...

Smartproxy Webinar: Web Scraping: How to Successfully Collect Public Data in 2023

Wanna scrape web data but keep running into obstacles? Collecting web data in 2023 sure requires extensive knowledge. Websites are armed with smart antibots, few suspicious moves, and an IP ban is knocking on your door. That's why Smartproxy is hosting a free webinar filled with ...

What Is a Backconnect Proxy? A Complete Guide in 2023

Whether you call yourself a seasoned proxy user or just starting to leverage the power of proxies, it's always good to learn a thing or two. And this time, we're talking about backconnect proxies. In short, backconnect proxies allow you to remain anonymous while accessing the int...

New Proxy Statistics on the Smartproxy Dashboard

If you’re using our residential or datacenter proxies, you know how important it is to keep track of your traffic usage. Understanding traffic usage patterns is vital for optimizing projects and making informed decisions. That's why we're excited to introduce a few improvements i...

What Are Rotating Proxies and Why Should You Use Them?

Rotating proxies might sound like a fancy term for someone who just started diggin' around the world of tech, but they're actually a handy tool for anyone who wants to protect their online identity or collect data from the web. In simple terms, rotating proxies are proxy servers ...

What Is a Residential Proxy? Definition and Guide (2023)

Feeling concerned about protecting your online identity and privacy? Well, you're not alone! Many internet users have turned to residential proxies to help keep their information safe. In simple terms, a residential proxy is like a middleman between your device and the internet, ...

Check The Target Match with Product Selector

As you’ve probably understood, we’re all about bringing new updates that make your proxying and scraping journey simpler. And today is no exception because we’re excited to announce the Product Selector feature, which allows you to double-check the target compatibility before pur...

How to Overcome Instagram Action Block Error?

So, you’re happily scrolling through your Instagram feed, double-tapping your friends’ photos and hilarious memes, and then suddenly… you can’t take any further action. And that’s, my buddy, how you know you’re hit with the dreaded action block error.  As much as we love the Inst...

Instagram Error: Feedback Required… What to Do?

We know the story. You’ve been running around Instagram young, wild, and free until you got slapped with the infamous feedback_required error. Yep, it’s a real pain in the rear how it stops you in your tracks and leaves you confused. But fear not – errors happen to the best of us...

Got Instagram Challenge_Required Error? Here's a Fix

Ok, so you're just stuck with a challenge_required error on Instagram, and now it's preventing you from engaging with your followers, right? Don't worry; you're not alone – we can help you. Many users have reported experiencing this issue, but the good news is that there're ways ...

Twitter Multiple Accounts Management with Proxies

Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with over 450 million active users as of 2023. Many individuals and businesses use Twitter to connect with others, promote their products or services, and share their thoughts and opinions. However, managing ...

Referral program is here: invite a friend, get free $ for both

Yup, you heard that right – now you can get some extra tokens for spreading the word about us to your friends! Easy money, right?  30% of your friend’s first transaction slips to your and your friends’ Smart wallets as tokens after your invitee makes their first purchase. Now you...

We’ve Updated Public API Authorization!

Yes, you read that right! We’ve just updated our Public API authorization to make accessing all the handy Smartproxy dash features even easier. Users can make requests straight to API faster, add a sub-user, or whitelist an IP in seconds!

It’s Finally Here! OS Filtering, We Mean

You asked, we listened. And that's how we've become the first provider in the market to release an epic feature, available with our 10M+ ethically-sourced mobile proxies. It's called... OS filtering!

Smartproxy co-founds Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative For Trustworthy and Responsible Data Gathering 

Web data aggregators (“web scraping”) gather available data from around the Internet; enabling consumer confidence, commercial innovation, and community safety. To drive further awareness of and public trust in this crucial digital ability, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (...

It’s Happening! The First Dedicated Social Media Scraping API in the Market

Folks, we have some exciting news for you today. We just released the first dedicated Social Media Scraping API in the market. Woot woot! This all-in-one solution is designed to simplify real-time and on-demand data collection at scale. Yup, no worries about managing proxies, sev...

Meet Mobile Proxies – The Latest Addition to Our Proxy Family

OK, let us take you on a journey back in time. A long, long time ago, we published a blog post about mobile proxies. There, we shared a lil’ secret about Smartproxy’s plan to launch our own mobile IP pool in 2023. Fast forward to this day, and we’re happy to announce that not onl...

Introducing Webhooks – Stay Updated with Real-Time Notifications

If you’ve ever tried our solutions, you know we love our users to infinity and beyond. And what could be a better way to show our love than introduce new features, making your proxying and scraping journey even easier? So meet webhooks, convenient notifications that help you stay...

How to Scrape Google Without Getting Blocked

Nowadays, web scraping is essential for any business interested in gaining a competitive edge. It allows quick and efficient data extraction from a variety of sources and acts as an integral step toward advanced business and marketing strategies. If done responsibly, web scraping...

How to Use Google Trends for SEO

For many SEO masters out there, it’s no surprise that using Google Trends for keyword research is a common practice. But, as it turns out, it goes way beyond just keyword research – there’re quite a few ways you can hire it to boost your SEO efforts. So, let’s take a closer look ...

What Is SERP Analysis And How To Do It?

Every day, millions of people turn to search engines to find solutions to their problems and answer their questions. From “How to bake cookies” to “beautiful prom dresses,” this beast tamed inside the name of Google has answers to all of the queries you could enter. With Google b...

SEO Automation: Best Practices in 2023

Back in the day, SEO was about producing content and stuffing it with keywords. In today’s world, SEO specialists require a whole range of interdisciplinary skills and tools to earn that sweet spot in the rankings. Many of their responsibilities include manual, repetitive work, w...

How to Scrape Google Search Data

It’s hard to imagine a successful business that doesn’t gather or use any form of data in 2023. And, when it comes to data sources, Google search engine result pages are a goldmine. But gathering Google search results isn’t that simple – you’ll encounter technical challenges and ...

Instagram IP Ban? Don’t Worry, Read This

You might face the IP ban hammer or get your actions restricted when crossing the gray area of Instagram. Although you can reach the customer support team, they are not always willing to lift the ban. Luckily, there’s a solution. Use residential proxies to change your IP address,...

Gathering Amazon Data | Best Tools and Practices [VIDEO] 

At Smartproxy, we’re always cookin’ up new ways to make scraping a breeze. Starting from eCommerce Scraping API to our most recent creation — No-Code Scraper. And don’t let anyone tell you that proxies and scraping are as complicated as rocket science. It could actually be a rath...

Smartproxy has been acquired by Dataquake B.V.

We are happy to announce that Smartproxy has finalized an agreement with Dataquake B.V., a Netherlands-based company, which has led to a full acquisition.  Dataquake B.V. specializes in managing data acquisition and web intelligence solution businesses with vast experience in sca...

Unbeatable Instagram Profile Scraper: Social Media Scraping API

An Instagram profile scraper allows you to gather public Instagram profile data. Instead of building a scraper yourself, use our Social Media Scraping API. In this blog post, you’ll get Python code samples for real-time and on-demand data collection at a 100% success rate. Avoid ...

Opening The Off-Limits Codeless Scraping World: How Did We Develop a No-Code Scraper

No-code scraping can be complex. I tested quite a few software for codeless scraping and noticed that the existing solutions could still be a struggle for non-coders. So, naturally, I felt encouraged to develop something different: Smartproxy No-Code Scraper. Yes, my idea wasn't ...

Empower Your Research with YouTube Comment Scraper

A YouTube comment scraper is a tool that extracts comments from a selected YouTube video. Comments are an awesome resource for researching your own or your competitor’s brand, which can be used to your advantage. While YouTube offers a free Data API, it’s limited in its capabilit...

Meet New Shared Datacenter Proxy Pricing – Pay per IP

Another day, another big announcement. This time, it’s us releasing a new shared datacenter proxy pricing option that gives a three times cheaper entry point. Yep, we’re not kiddin’ – the pricing starts from $10 a month with an option to customize your subscription plan. Sounds b...

How Hundreds of Failed Tests Led Us to Create a Functional Extension Everyone Can Use

Is it possible to have the powers of a developer without being one? Can a person without any coding knowledge scrape something? These were the questions that I kept asking myself while chasing new side-hustle ideas. One day, I decided to find an answer myself and build a tool tha...

SERPMaster Becomes a Part of Smartproxy

Smartproxy, one of the biggest proxy service providers in the market, acquired SERPMaster, a company that engineers an all-in-one Google SERP scraping solution.  "Smartproxy has always been customer-obsessed. We see a clear trend that proxies are no longer enough – businesses nee...

How to Scrape Twitter Data Using a Residential Proxy Network

Out of a dozen established social networking platforms, Twitter is one of the leaders. Politicians, comedians, musicians, athletes, and even big corporations commonly use it to network, share news, daily updates, promote a product or event, and so on. With so many participants in...

How a Residential Proxy Network Helps to Scrape Amazon

The American company Amazon and its founder (the second richest and possibly the first most disliked person in the world) don’t need long introductions. Today Amazon is a giant in e-commerce, cloud storage, digital streaming, artificial intelligence, logistics, etc. We’ll focus o...

Open up New Horizons with Vimeo Proxies

Everybody likes watching videos. But not everybody knows how to unlock hidden content or how to use videos as a great alternative data source for research purposes. Luckily, a single dope platform is enough if you use the right tools. If you’re into videos, you probably know what...

Python Tutorial: Scraping Telegram with Datacenter Proxies

Social media scraping can look like a tough nut to crack due to strong anti-bot systems. Gladly, it’s not a rule, at least in Telegram’s case. This platform supports various Telegram bot automation, making the scraping process easier.  There’re a lot of ready-built solutions for ...

How to Scrape YouTube Search Results With Web Scraping API

OK, OK. You prolly know it already, but let us remind ya. YouTube is a site that allows users to upload, watch, and interact with videos. Since 2005, it has become the MVP platform for various things – starting from storing fav clips or songs and ending with marketing for compani...

Pay As You Go – Enjoy Residential Proxies With No Commitment

Hey, ho! We’ve just launched Pay As You Go. This new payment system allows you to enjoy residential proxies without committing to a subscription plan. Say what? Yeah, we’re not jokin’ – you simply pay for the traffic as you go without worrying about pillin’ up unused GBs.

Scraping Public Instagram Follower Data to Network with Businesses and Customers

Today Instagram isn’t the newest or the hippest, but still remains one of the top social networking services as around 500 million people are actively using it daily. However, it’s arguably not as fast-paced as TikTok while being more captivating than Facebook. Such a balance mea...

How Stealth Accounts Can Save Your Business on eBay

When we think of online shopping, eBay is clearly the leader in e-commerce. If you own a business, chances are you’re already familiar with how profitable the eBay platform is for retail. As with any sales endeavor, however, there are certain risks on eBay. Aside from issues such...

Why Do Music Royalties Data Matter? Listen Up

Have you ever wondered how much Mozart could earn if he had lived in our times? If he were alive now, he could collect a stack of money from music royalties alone.  Creating music doesn't end up with finishing a song, finding a way to spread it to the world, and then sitting peac...

Manage Your Business Reputation with SERP Scraping API

A widely available internet leaves the door open for people to find information about everything. For example, everyone can check a business's online presence before trusting it. So, everything that could be found online about your brand helps your potential audience evaluate if ...

Structured and Unstructured Data: The Main Differences

Information keeps the world spinning as more people continue to spend their time online. By buzzing in the digital world, we keep generating more useful information, which can be collected and analyzed.  Different informational units and formats are spawned every second, so the d...

Smartproxy Won the Best Value Provider Award for the Second Year in a Row

Time to pop the champagne – once again, we’ve been recognized as the best value provider at the one and only Proxy Service Awards! Proxyway’s research showed that Smartproxy provides the best overall user experience.

Scrape Like a Pro with Smartproxy Scraping Tools

Public data scraping is becoming a hot topic, and our talented devs cannot just sit back and relax. So, they took on a challenge and presented FOUR(!) powerful tools designed to harvest all sorts of web data.  How does getting real-time data from any corner of the world at a 100%...

How Do Concurrency and Parallelism Differ?

If you are a software engineer, you’ve probably heard those two words many times. If not, don’t worry, we will explain the logic behind them as applying concurrency and parallelism may level up your programming journey. Concurrency and parallelism are closely related to multitask...

What’s DaaS and How Can It Benefit Businesses?

More companies are full of zeal and zest about automated and cloud-based solutions than ever before. The enthusiasm especially revolves around topics related to data management strategy. As a result, Data as a Service has become a popular choice among startups and other businesse...

Hop on a Datacenter Proxy Ride All Around the US and Europe!

Traveling is great. Discovering new things, exploring unfamiliar places, getting into adventures… What if we told ya that now it’s easier than ever? Well, listen up, buddy, because, with our shared datacenter proxies, you can travel all around the United States and Europe! Yeah, ...

Why Does Customer Sentiment Data Matter?

No matter what industry you may belong to, your customers are an inseparable part of your business. Feedback from them can be an extremely valuable resource that, if dealt with right, can bring both benefit and efficiency. But how do we sift through, measure, analyze, and draw co...