The web based proxy phase is pretty much in full effect now. Webmasters have started to realize that web based proxy sites can bring them in good traffic revenue. With little site upkeep and cost needed to run a successful proxy website it’s understandable every webmaster should run at least one. As a webmaster you can purchase a clever proxy-related domain such as “unblockwebsites” or “unlockmyspace” and download your free proxy script. PHProxy and PHPMyProxy seem to be the most common amongst the free proxy script community. However you can also purchase a proxy script such a Zelune. These scripts are usually only four or five file’s and take only seconds to setup. Once your domain is registered you will need to purchase proxy hosting to support your script. When looking for a proxy hosting provider you will need to concentrate on different requirements and aspects then if you were purchasing regular shared web hosting. Many proxy hosting packages come with little or no disk space. This is because, as I said, a proxy script is usually only a few file’s – disk space is minimal and you only need about 300Meg to 1Gig of disk space. Now on the other hand, proxy websites do use a lot of bandwidth. If you think about the aspects behind a proxy website you will understand why. Let’s pretend that I am in school and my schools IT department has blocked the domain myspace.com – preventing me from accessing the site. I could visit a proxy website and connect to myspace from there (using the web hosts IP address – not my school IP address). When visitors come to your proxy website, some will surf the net for hours, using lots of your bandwidth. With this in mind, consider using a proxy hosting plan that includes a good amount of bandwidth. The standard proxy hosting package should be between 300Meg and 1Gb of disk space, with about 50Gb of bandwidth. Also keep an eye out for hosting companies that will offer free script installation – this saves you more time and money!

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