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HTTP 402 Payment Required is becoming a practical way for websites, APIs, and datasets to charge AI agents and crawlers for machine access. On September 30, 2026, Cloudflare launched its Monetization Gateway closed beta, using HTTP 402 and the x402 protocol for paid machine access. Its separate Pay Per Crawl beta applies the same idea… Continue reading HTTP 402 Payment Required: What Pay-Per-Crawl Means for AI Agents, Web Scraping and Proxies

If you are looking for a Google Custom Search API alternative, the decision is no longer just about replacing one endpoint with another. Google says the Custom Search JSON API is closed to new customers, and existing customers have until January 1, 2027 to migrate. Microsoft has already retired its Bing Search APIs. For SEO… Continue reading Google Custom Search API Alternative: How to Future-Proof SERP Data Before 2027

If you’re trying to understand how to test a proxy provider before you buy, look beyond IP pool size, locations, and price per GB. A provider can look strong on paper and still perform very differently with real workloads. The best time to find that out is during the trial. Whether you’re collecting public data,… Continue reading How to Test a Proxy Provider Before You Buy: 8 Metrics That Matter

How many accounts per proxy is one of the most common questions businesses face when managing multiple accounts or session-based workflows. You may start with five accounts, then 10, then 50. At some point, you need to decide whether they can continue sharing the same IP or whether your proxy setup needs to change. There… Continue reading How Many Accounts Can You Run Per Proxy

A proxy server has been part of web scraping infrastructure for years. Today, companies use proxy servers to distribute requests, access localized content, monitor search results, collect product information, and support large-scale public web data workflows. That role is not disappearing. In many cases, reliable proxy infrastructure is becoming even more important as data collection… Continue reading Proxy Server Infrastructure Is Evolving Into Managed Web Access

If you are wondering why rotating proxies still get blocked, the answer is that modern anti-bot systems evaluate much more than the IP address. You may switch IPs and distribute requests across a larger pool, but the target website can still analyze browser characteristics, TLS connections, HTTP headers, cookies, session history, request volume, navigation patterns,… Continue reading Why Rotating Proxies Still Get Blocked: 8 Common Reasons

A cloud-friendly proxy architecture is becoming essential for modern AWS data engineering workflows that rely on external data collection at scale. AWS services such as AWS Glue and AWS Lambda are widely used for building scalable, serverless data pipelines. AWS Glue is designed as a fully managed ETL service for discovering, preparing, and combining data… Continue reading Cloud-Friendly Proxy Architecture: How to Use Proxies in AWS Data Engineering Workflows Without Breaking Scale

Social media scraping fails because teams treat Reddit, X, and LinkedIn as if they are the same type of target. They are not. Reddit is now a permission, API-cost, bulk-access, and data-completeness problem. X is a rate-limit, pay-per-use, geo-trend, and account-management problem. LinkedIn is one of the hardest social platforms because proxies alone are not… Continue reading Why Social Media Scraping Fails: Platform-by-Platform Proxy Strategy for Reddit, X, and LinkedIn

The best way to choose a residential proxy provider is to evaluate seven areas: IP cleanliness, proxy pool freshness, geo-targeting accuracy, sticky session control, pricing predictability, technical support, and transparent IP sourcing. Do not choose only by advertised pool size or price per GB. Test each provider against your actual workflow and measure cost per… Continue reading 7 questions to ask before choosing a residential proxy provider

Proxy costs can rise quickly when scraping teams add more target websites, increase refresh frequency, expand browser-based workflows, or rely on aggressive retries. At first, the monthly proxy bill may look manageable. But as failed requests, bandwidth waste, and block rates grow, proxies can become one of the largest costs in the data acquisition stack.… Continue reading How to Reduce Proxy Costs Without Hurting Scraping Success