• Fixed bugs in domain whitelisting/blacklisting.
• YouTube videos now auto start.
• Suppressed display of errors in admin.php.
• Fixed bug in cookie handling.
• Fixed ajax bug in admin.php.
• Fixed line ending bug in admin.php.
• Fixed cross-site scripting vulnerability.
• Improved content detection in browse.php
• Added new useragents to edit-browser.php
• Traffic referred by Proxy.org does not require a unique_salt.
• Error messages now displayed directly, without a redirect to index.php
• Glype is now a registered trademark.

As always, Glype licenses are available for purchase at a very low price. All commercial use, including the display of advertising, requires a license.

Download Glype v1.3 today and enjoy!

Today, Baron has announced the release of Glype v1.2.  This release addresses all known bugs and incorporates various improvements:
 

• Added YouTube plugin.
• Updated YouTube plugin to add support for thumbnails.
• Updated YouTube plugin to change from Flowplayer to JW Player.
• Facebook plugin now redirects to mobile version of facebook.
• Fixed several bugs related to URL parsing.
• Fixed bug preventing some titles from being removed when stripTitle is enabled.
• Improved robots.txt.
• Added support for images served via data URI scheme (makes images work on YouTube).
• Improved frameset HTML.
• New .htaccess file denies access to tmp directory.
• Reduced call to time().
• Reformatted whitespace in source code.
• Changed comment characters.
• Removed file caching.
• Changed some function names.
• Fixed cross-site scripting vulnerability.
• Fixed script and stylesheet parsing bug which exhausted memory.
• Moved load limiter from browse.php to process.php.
• Replaced main.js with clean copy and updated it.
• Removed censor content feature.
• Fixed bug which cause line endings in settings.php to become mangled.
• Admin password required to be set on new installs.
• Added option to use BlockScript™ to protect proxy.
• Increased efficiency for plugin system.
• Closed loophole in frames tags.
• Fixed bug in anti-hotlinking system.
• And many small changes to enhance the software.

In addition, Glype licenses are again available for purchase at a new, lower price. A license entitles you to use the software commercially and to remove the credit link from the Glype themes on licensed website.

Download: Glype v1.2

Proxify®, the leading web-based anonymous proxy service, has announced a new add-on service – Proxify® Satellites™.

Proxify Satellites is an add-on feature to Proxify’s web-based anonymous proxy service which enables access to their network of more than 100 geographically diverse “Satellite” proxy servers around the world. You can view websites exactly as they appear to users in each Proxify Satellite location. The feature is especially useful for viewing geo-specific content, testing geolocation technology, and instantly changing your location.

The cost for Proxify Satellites is the onetime fee of $20. A Proxify account is required in order to access Proxify Satellites. You need only to maintain your account subject to our usual rates once the Proxify Satellites feature has been activated for your account.

To order Proxify Satellites, please sign up and Proxify Satellites will be offered to you during the checkout process.

What is BlockScript?

BlockScript is a PHP script which enables webmasters to quickly and easily deny access to problematic users that are difficult to block using standard methods.

What types of traffic can BlockScript block?

BlockScript detects and blocks requests from all types of proxy servers and anonymity networks, hosting networks, undesirable robots and spiders, and even entire countries.  BlockScript is the only total solution to Block proxies, Tor, content scrapers, filtering companies, bad bots, and more.

Easy of use.

BlockScript is compatible with almost any PHP script. Installation and integration is fast and easy, often requiring pasting just one line of code.  An easy -to-use Control Panel allows you to customize the types of traffic to block.

BlockScript is free to try for 7 full days so you may thoroughly test the software and see just how well it works.  For more information, please see:

http://www.blockscript.com/

Baron Munchausen, the administrator of Proxy.org and other sites has just acquired Glype, the most popular web-based proxy script.  This is great news for all Glype users everywhere.

More information to follow.

]]> http://theproxybusiness.com/2010/05/baron-munchausen-aquires-glype/feed/ 0 http://theproxybusiness.com/2010/04/proxy-org-sets-industry-standard/ http://theproxybusiness.com/2010/04/proxy-org-sets-industry-standard/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:47:30 +0000 Baron Munchausen http://theproxybusiness.com/?p=110 Continue reading →]]> Proxy.org Email Blasts set the industry standard for reach, price, quality, ease of use, and satisfaction. How can you compare it to other competing services? I have prepared the following list as a reference for prospective customers:

• Proxy.org Email Blasts now reach over 200,000 users. This does not count so-called “bouncing” users (those whose emails are returned as undeliverable). Other services count bouncing users in their totals so you end up paying more to reach fewer real real users.
• Proxy.org does not merely discount bouncing users, they are removed from its mailing lists entirely. To date, Proxy.org has removed approximately 20,000 users from its mailing lists. Other services do not remove or disclose the number of bouncing users in their mailing lists.
• Proxy.org Email Blasts cost only $5. This is roughly 2.5¢ CPM (per thousand users). To calculate the CPM rate for another service, multiply the price by 1000 and divide by the number of users. The formula is (price*1000)/users=CPM. Though all proxy mailing services are inexpensive, when compared on the basis of CPM, other services cost many times more and are thus not nearly as cost effective as Proxy.org Email Blasts.
• Proxy.org provides a fully automated self-service online ordering system for Email Blasts and also provides personal assistance and custom quotes for bulk orders. You can choose the date for your Email Blast from a calendar or let the system schedule it for you in the first available spot. Other services have awkward order processes that require you to jump through hoops.
• Proxy.org provides customer support.
• Proxy.org reaches users in much more than Yahoo Groups and Google Groups. Proxy.org Email Blasts are also sent to Twitter, FeedBurner, the ProxyPal iPhone app, ProxyEmailer.com, and the Proxy.org Forum. The 24,000 users in the Proxy.org forum and the visitors to ProxyEmailer.com are not counted toward the total reach of Proxy.org Email Blasts.
• Proxy.org was the first website to provide advertising solutions tailored to web-based proxies and continues to be a market leader.
• During 2009, Proxy.org tripled the total reach of its Email Blasts while removing bouncing users and maintaining the incredibly low price of $5 per Email Blast.

Proxy.org’s Email Blast service provides a onetime mailing to Proxy.org’s entire member base of over 200,000 members inclusive of the following 37 mailing lists:

NewDailyProxies.com (Google Group with 25,741 members)
EverydayProxy.com (Yahoo Group with 13,599 members)
Proxy News (Yahoo Group with 6,894 members)
ProxInbox (Yahoo Group with 5,667 members)
Daily Web Proxies (Google Group with 5,303 members)
proxism (Yahoo Group with 4,595 members)
FreshUnblocker (Google Group with 4,485 members)
New FRESH Proxies (Google Group with 4,076 members)
DailyProxies.net (Yahoo Group with 3,929 members)
ProxyMailingList.com (Yahoo Group with 3,212 members)
Hostcloak Proxy Network (Google Group with 3,190 members)
Proxy Pal (iPhone App with 3,000 members)
Proxy Emailer (Google Group with 2,902 members)
myfreshproxies (Yahoo Group with 2,219 members)
brandnewproxy (Yahoo Group with 1,822 members)
ProxyRoxy (Yahoo Group with 1,720 members)
ProxInbox (Google Group with 1,511 members)
@proxies (Twitter Account with 1,311 members)
surfzone (Yahoo Group with 1,022 members)
TheProxyCommunity.net (Google Group with 994 members)
Proxy.org – New Proxies (RSS Feed with 646 members)
Proxy.org – Latest Forum Posts (RSS Feed with 633 members)
The Proxy Community (Yahoo Group with 429 members)
Proxy RSS Feed (RSS Feed with 428 members)
Proxies 123 (Yahoo Group with 266 members)
Plus 40,573 members in 12 private groups.

The service costs only $5 per proxy. This works out to 2.5¢ CPM (per thousand members). Email Blasts can be scheduled in the first available spot or choose a start date from the calendar.

Quality top lists is hard to find, basically because there’s not that many of them, and because the one’s who know about them won’t share them. What I’m about to tell you now is a website I’ve been keeping to myself, and I’m sure a lot of you have done the same thing.

MWolk is the 3rd largest Proxy listing site after proxy.org and tech-faq and gets loads of proxy related traffic. It has 1000 feed subscribers and ranks really well for various proxy related terms.

A while back, when I started iSchoogle, MWolk was it’s main provider of traffic.

The design of MWolk is very good, and user-friendly. If you ask me, this is the hottest top list around. This is how a real proxy top list should look like.

It was poseidon (DP member) who started MWolk in 2006, and it’s been growing ever since. If you haven’t submitted your proxy website already, submit it now! This is definitely a must-submit for all proxy owners.

There is one thing about MWolk that I haven’t seen anywhere else, yet. They have a unique list of different niche-proxies. Unlike other top sites, where you have to try a few proxy website before you find one that supports MySpace or YouTube, MWolk has it’s own list of niche-supporting proxies.

Example:  They have one YouTube supported proxy list, and one Friendster supported proxy list.

If you are new to proxies, they have a good explanation of what a Free Anonymous Proxy is.

Check out MWolk’s proxy list at http://www.MWolk.com

Today I started the first interviews of the upcomming “The People Behind The Proxies”.

It’s going to be a series of interviews with veteran proxy owners, and it’s going to be awesome! I’m thinking of publishing one interview per week. You wanted unique insight in the proxy business.. You got it!

Anyway, in the mean time.. I made a thread called The Proxy Top Lists Thread at digitalpoint yesterday, where the goal is to make a list of working proxy top lists in 2009. If you have a Proxy Top List or have a collection of them saved in your bookmarks, we’d all appriciate if you share them.

We have a bunch of top lists submitted already, share your proxy top list bookmarks!

Today I wanted to sum up an important part of being a proxy webmaster; the places to be. I know it’s hard for many new proxy owners to know where to ask questions and connect with other proxy webmasters. So I decided to make this a little social guide for proxy owners.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com

Many of you have either heard of, or is a member of Digital Point. This is one of, if not the, largest webmaster forum online. So if you are not a member there, register right away.

As a member of DP (I will refer to DigitalPoint as DP from now on), you not only get access to tons of information, you get access to the largest marketplace for webmasters.
The Marketplace

One of my favourite places to hang out at DP. Each day there are members looking to buy proxy websites, selling proxy websites, offering cheap proxy hosting, new proxy top lists, cheap proxy promotion.. Just about anything. If you pay attention to the threads, you’ll discover bargains.

Be sure to read the rules, and be careful with how small posts you make. I’ve been banned a few times for posting “Send me a PM or PM sent”. They are very strict about these things, and being banned from DP = no business.
The Proxy Discussion Thread

If you haven’t already subscribed in The Proxy Thread, do it now. The Proxy Thread was started July 14th, 2007 by antman in order to share information and tips on how to run a successful proxy business.

Tips: If you are new to the proxy business, start out by reading a lot in this thread. You will learn more from this thread than any other place.

With no less than has 676 pages (when writing this post), The Proxy Thread is probably the most active thread on DP, and every proxy owner at DP is following. It’s a unique and very friendly tone in this thread, and when you have a proxy related question – ask there. You will most certainly get some good answers.

It’s also a good place to promote a new Proxy Top List, Proxy tools, or a proxy blog like this one.
ProxyOwnersForum.com

Another quality hangout for proxy owners is Proxy Owners Forum. This is a whole forum packed with proxy owners, and I predict this to be an important place for proxy owners in 2009. The forum is still small, and due to some inactivity it takes some time to get a reply, but forums takes time to grow. I honestly haven’t been much active here myself, but I intend to.
http://forums.WebProxyTalk.com

The most active forum for proxy webmasters is WebProxyTalk. With 285 active users in the past 24 hours, this is another great place to talk about the proxy business. As I searched the forums, I found a lot of good proxy promotion offers. They also have their own “proxy marketplace”, like on DP, only this is dedicated to proxy business.

For new proxy webmasters, you could check out the “Proxy Website Reviews” thread. Here you can get feedback and tips for your new proxy website. A very good place to start out if you are just launching a proxy website.

By the way, you can also find some free templates at WebProxyTalk.
TheProxyBusiness.com

Last, but not least, The Proxy Business. I hope you enjoy my posts, and subscribe if you do. Even though I just started this blog, I hope to become a valuable source for both new and experienced proxy webmasters with time.

This blog was created to bring more focus to the proxy webmasters. Innovation, my friend, is the key to success. I want to see more unique quality websites. There are too many proxy owners running all their proxies on free templates, and just letting them sit there. So those of you who are actually putting an effort into being different – this blog is for you.

Anyway, I will continiue to blog Proxy Website Reviews, insight and How To’s. If you have something you want me to blog about, or have any unique proxy tips – let me know. I’ll be glad to write about it.

Don’t hesitate to e-mail me at thomas@theproxybusiness.com. I’ll be happy to answer any questions

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