The Proxy Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'General Business' started by antman, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. Noc

    Noc Active Member

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    Any tutorials for making proxy templates out there. I am good with html and css but don't know where to start any tips anyone?
     
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    #14122
    If you are good with html and css then just make a layout/template/design?
    Then look at how the script you want to make it for does templates just by viewing the sources of some example ones. Not much too it assuming you can do html, no need for a tutirual to be honest.
     
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  3. Noc

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    #14123
    I am new to it all so I shouldn't say I am good but I could make the basic page. But then don't know how to put it all together.
     
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    #14124
    Last i looked most scripts which use templates use "markers" which then insert whatever part of the script as such

    for example, you make your basic page, and then include [proxy_form] (Example) and then it inserts the proxy form where ever you place that, it will be something like this. So are you asking how do i design a nice looking page or how do i convert your nice looking page to work with X proxy script?
     
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  5. Noc

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    #14125
    How to convert it to an x proxy template.
     
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    #14126
    Well which :rolleyes:
     
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    #14127
    my nice looking page
     
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    ObliviousOne Banned

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    #14128
    I have a lot of unique proxy template PSD's, uncoded, if anyone interested they ar eonly for $15 to $30 each!
     
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    #14129
    Ban the traffic coz it will not bring you income and what more important it only waste your resources.
     
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    #14130
    grr.. will repost this later. dodgy formula...
     
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    xrvel Notable Member

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    #14132
    Fast proxy indeed. You are on 3rd position on my proxy list :D.

    What proxy do you use? If you use Glype, that's good because the template file is separated from the engine.
    Just search free html templates and pick them for your proxy good luck.
     
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  13. almecho

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    The correct answer here is actually "well that depends" as an opinion without facts is just that, an opinion. You question is "should I keep it?" and in order to answer it means you need to work out the correct answer for you...

    Doing this requires some time, patience and a little bit of effort to put together (something many proxy owners lack). Here's some interesting figures from my own traffic for those that think this is a waste of time...

    Country - US
    Traffic % of total - 36.31%
    Revenue % of total - 54.23%
    Profit % of total - 29.61%
    Profit margin - 220.26%

    Country - UK
    Traffic % of total - 5.24%
    Revenue % of total - 13.76%
    Profit % of total - 10.21%
    Profit margin - 387.01%

    Country - Germany
    Traffic % of total - 2.76%
    Revenue % of total - 4.54%
    Profit % of total - 2.67%
    Profit margin - 242.80%

    Country - Iran
    Traffic % of total - 15.82%
    Revenue % of total - 3.18%
    Profit % of total - -7.54%
    Profit margin - -336.87%

    Country - China
    Traffic % of total - 3.80%
    Revenue % of total - 0.34%
    Profit % of total - -2.24%
    Profit margin - -753.11%

    What does this tell us about my traffic specifically? (this sample was for the month of January)

    - China and Iran account for nearly 20% of overall traffic, and contributed what appears at first glance to be a net loss of almost 10% of my total profits. Take this with a grain of salt and keep reading as you'll see why this is important. Remember, there is still a contribution to revenue happening here.
    - Germany and the UK account for 8% of total traffic, with solid margins from both and a good contribution to overall revenue.
    - US accounts for over 36% of total traffic, nearly 30% of overall revenue and again a solid margin returned.

    So, lets put this in it's proper context now. Is the China/Iran traffic profitable in a traditional sense of revenue - expense = profit? no.

    But, consider this... If I ban the traffic then in my case I would lose that revenue and my overall profits will go down because I still won't be able to lower my expenses. I need 3 servers to handle the rest of my traffic regardless and the additional effectively spare capacity will then earn me nothing. Even if I'm eventually forced to add another server when I run out of overall capacity, even if I dropped it at that point it wouldn't be for very long, I'd be back in the position of adding the 4th server soon after anyway and then I'd once again have all that spare capacity again not earning me money.

    If on the other hand I was running a much smaller operation, was having trouble getting my sites to turn a profit or even cover their expenses and I had a high proportion of unprofitable traffic like this, then yes I probably would ban or otherwise limit it as it really would be costing me money and holding back growth, but sooner or later you reach a point where your available resources far exceeds the amount you are consuming and that's when you are just throwing away revenue by letting that capacity go to waste.

    To each their own but I think this highlights that you need to make the decision that is right for you and you alone, and that my friends is how you make informed decisions. By doing the work...
     
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  14. thedrooling

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    #14134
    Thanks for all the info and support guys.
    Second day of it being up and already 137 uniques today :D
     
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    Thank you for the info :)

    I'm still pretty far from using up my resources, so I guess I see no harm in keeping them for now.
     
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    #14137
    IMO,its no use if you have better design coz it will not help you.
    What more important is having the template optimize for ads exposure to get more click thus increase the earning.
     
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    #14138
    I saw people advise to use yahoo answers and answers.com to promote proxy. So i searched for questions asking for proxies but all of them were answered and that too with MANY proxy websites were listed on it. Do you think I should post my proxy there too?? Or is it better to stay alert and answer the question first. Also, won't yahoo ban us for spamming??
     
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    #14139
    Yahoo answers is good for traffic but still after you answers several questions, your account might be banned from yahoo. I have an account with high rank in yahoo answers, I asnwers all related questions to making money, proxies, techie stuff etc but then it got banned. reason, too much spamming in terms of proxies. lol..but still, it is a good source of traffic.
     
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    ^^ thanks for the reply. But there is huge rush in prmotion of proxies through Q & A forums. and most of the time i see that within few hours of a question being asked, there are many answers having a multitude of proxy websites.

    Do you think I should post mine with them? or its a useless thing to do??
     
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