Thanks, already using Adbrite on proxified pages....looking for the index page I am using adsense and trying out YPN and using widgetbucks, but been smart priced.....
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So are you trying to say all proxies are illegal? Don't quiet alot of proxy owners put advertisements using adbrite? There was also a script at the begining of this thread that stops hotlinking which also blocks the actuall websites ads. I'm pretty much doing the same thing as everyone else is but making it more efficient. So in reality, before i even thought about this mod, I was blocking the advertisements of other website and showing my own adbrite ads. Does this mean all proxy owners are immoral?
the hotlinking code is to keep people from using your bandwidth without actually using your site, an example would be pictures, video's, etc. here is an example without the hotlinking code - http://www.unknownsurfing.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3gubXlzcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL0xvZ29Eb3Rjb20uZ2lm & with the hotlinking code - http://www.briskproxy.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5teXNwYWNlLmNvbQ==
I have tryed it and got couple of ~40 cent clicks that made me total of ~$2. Then the visitors just get used to the ads and don't click them. That is my experience with them. My stats (only for the last 30 days and not only from proxies): 44,402 | 12 | $3.79 You must wait a while I think. I am still getting "Your Ad Here" on some of my ad zones (example). However 468x60 ads start showing CPM ads faster than only text ad zones. Thats my experience. AdBrite, BidVertiser, Adversal are known to be ok on proxyfied pages, but you should read the specific ad networks TOS before using it.
If the ads come from the proxy (either from a frame/form at the top or bottom of the page, or a popup originating from there), that's fair enough. That's very different to selectively targeting the copyright holder's own ads that he/she has put in place to support the cost of providing the service and replacing them with your own ads to make a profit. If you do that, you're no longer providing a service for users, you're simply exploiting other people's websites. And if it happens too much, at some point (if not already), people will notice what's going on and either make it very difficult or impossible for proxy scripts to access properly or just block your server's IP. Or maybe sue you. But hey, you can do what you want. You asked for opinions and that's mine. Good luck with it.
Proxy owners do use adbrite and other advertisers on the proxified page - but they are always separate. For example, adbrite displays in the top bar, rather than on the publishers page. Adversal launches a popup. None of these services effect the way that ads are displayed on the original webmasters website. Hotlinking has absolutely nothing to do with this. Hotlinking is when someone can access a proxified page (or file etc) without going through the homepage. This is a problem for proxy owners as they make no money from this traffic and it is often abusive (using loads of bandwidth). When the hotlinking script is enabled, and a user follows a 'hotlink', they are simply directed to the homepage so they can manually input the site address in and browse. Again this makes no difference to the page that will eventually be displayed ,or the ads on it. Your mod is completely different to what other people do. You are removing the owner's adverts and replacing them. How would you feel if someone uses a proxy to use your proxy, and none of your ads are ever displayed. It'll still use your bandwidth, but you'll never earn a cent. JB
I have a FEW questions that i could really do with being answered. Firstly: This is my site, www.hidebook.info (please go on there in order to answer my questions fully, it will really help) 1.Whats a good proxy template to use? (i was using phpscripts however due to myspace not working through them, i am hoping to change to either zelune or surrografier, which leads me on to my second question) 2.How in gods name, do i install surrografier, i am sorry its probably really simple, however i am still a newb and dont understand at all how i install it. 3.How do i install Zelune, as you will see by going on my site, its already uploaded on to my site, however it doesnt work properly and its slow. It doesnt work properly because logging into myspace doesnt work, please try yourself. 4. Well, is there anything else wrong with my site, or am i looking at this proxy site thing, the whole wrong way, should i be doing something else, is there simple php proxy which is easy to install (obviously zelune, i am just a bit newb to it all) that i can use, which will get me onto all the sites like myspace and everything else. Well thats all really, please can people reply to this with some actually advice and stuff, because i ve not got no replies and no help up to now. I am sorry for my newb questions and what not, but we all have to start somewhere. Thanks, i appreciate it, that people may take the courtesy to read these and hopefully reply. Will.
Will, Your Zelune site works just fine. I would recommend using PHProxy 0.5b2, as it is faster than zelune and very customizable. Plus installation involves uploading it to the site. Installing a template for PHProxy is pretty much uploading the files and overwriting.
willyboy104: 1. Some nice proxy templates can be found here: http://www.freeproxytemplates.com 2. I think surrografier is just 1 index.php file, and you just upload it and your done. 3. Im pretty sure the Zelune doesnt work with myspace, but CGI Proxy does, but that uses a lot of resorces. 4. On your site, you should have picked a better template. Try to get a template with 2 x 250x250 ad boxes and a banner under the address box. Also get a template that has a paragraph or so of text explaining what your proxy does. Include a lot of keywords like "proxy, bebo, myspace, anonymouse, ect".. that was your Google ads will perform better. In mt experiance, PHProxy is the best. Its very low on resorces and I think theres a plugin for it that will let you use it for myspace and things like that. Hope this helps
change your server's IP address, buy a new domain, or make your proxy in a subdomain ex: aimgods.com/xunb. then then just the directory will most likely be blocked, and that is easily changed. Or sometimes using SSL will unblock it. If your domain is already blocked, you don't have much hope.
Wow thanks for the reply, i am really glad you replied, i have been waiting all day after posting on different forums for replies, and got none, then found this thread awesome thread. Is there any chance you could give me a link to some decent templates that you would advise to be good, going of what you just said. Thanks again Will.
Thanks a lot for your reply, some really good advice there thanks thanks thanks Is there anychance you could quickly point out a few templates that you perhaps have tried and tested and think are good, also do you know where i can get this plugin to enable myspace link to work, and how to install it. Thanks Will.
http://www.phproxydesigns.com/free-proxy-templates.php seems to be a good template site for proxies plus the site the person above has posted. I usually make my own templates, so I wouldn't know which are the best. You will find DP to be a very active forum and you should get a lot of help .