What is Proxy Rotation?

When creating web crawlers and browser automations, proxy rotation helps preserve anonymity and avoid anti-bot measures by spreading your traffic across multiple, unique IP addresses. This is essential to ensuring the stability and reliability of projects based on these practices.

In more technical terms, proxy rotation manages a pool of proxies, picking between them on an optimized schedule. For instance, a developer could set up rotation every minute, after every request, or upon receiving a server error code. By distributing requests across multiple IP addresses, users can reduce the risk of being flagged, banned, or rate-limited by the target server.

This method is useful when you need to gather large amounts of data from a single source without being blocked by the target’s security. It’s also useful in SEO rank tracking, when you want to simulate searches from different regions. Proxy rotation may also come in handy for content localization checks or bypassing regional content restrictions.

How can BrowserCat help with proxy rotation?

BrowserCat simplifies managing proxy rotation considerably. For simple cases, you can draw from our pool of global browsers, picking between regions on the schedule that’s right for your project. You can also bring your own third-party proxy, easily integrating it into your BrowserCat projects. This added flexibility allows you to pick the right tool for the job.

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