SERP tracking
Rank tracking at 2M SERP checks / month. The workload that broke SERPwatch, and taught me why reliability matters more than pool size.
tests that matter: success rate, sustained throughput, geo match, block behavior · coming soonA proxy that works for SERP tracking is not the same proxy that works for Amazon price monitoring. One essay per workload, ranked from the same test data everything else on the site uses.
Each use-case page will take the residential test data and re-rank the six providers for that specific workload: which tests matter most, which providers actually deliver, recommended config per pick.
Rank tracking at 2M SERP checks / month. The workload that broke SERPwatch, and taught me why reliability matters more than pool size.
tests that matter: success rate, sustained throughput, geo match, block behavior · coming soonAmazon / Booking / Best Buy. Akamai-heavy targets where the proxy that handles Bot Manager wins the day.
tests that matter: per-site success on Akamai targets, latency at c8, sticky-session hold · coming soonCoupons, deal aggregators, cross-site scraping across 15+ sources per day. The workload that pays for the proxy bill.
tests that matter: cost per successful request, timeout rate, ASN diversity · coming soonIf you know your workload and want to skip the essay, open any provider's Residential Report tab. Every use case above will end up being an opinion + a filtered view of that same data.