seo and serp tracking proxies
search results are localised and personalised. tracking rankings from one location tells you how you rank there, which is rarely the question you were asking.
why this needs proxies
search engines localise results by country and city and rate-limit automated querying aggressively. accurate rank tracking means querying from inside each market, at a request rate spread across enough addresses not to be throttled.
which proxies to use
datacenter from $0.35
the cheapest way to run high query volume, where the target does not demand residential trust.
residential from $1.30
for localised tracking that needs city-level results, or when queries from datacenter ranges get throttled.
residential lite from $0.20
a middle option for large keyword sets where per-gb cost dominates.
what it costs
estimate: about 0.4 mb per check for a results page fetched as html. rendering the page in a browser costs several times more.
| serp checks | bandwidth | datacenter | residential | residential lite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 | 8 gb | $4.80 | $15.60 | $2.40 |
| 200,000 | 78 gb | $46.80 | $152.10 | $23.40 |
| 1,000,000 | 391 gb | $175.95 | $625.60 | $97.75 |
volume rates are applied automatically, so the larger rows already reflect the cheaper tier.
how to set it up
sessionrotating, with country or city targeting per keyword set
accountone random 16-digit number. no email, no name, no kyc.
paymentcrypto only: monero, bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum.
faq
- why do i need proxies to track rankings?
- search results differ by location and are rate-limited per address. querying from one ip gives you the rankings for that one place, and gets throttled once the volume looks automated.
- can i track city-level rankings?
- yes, with residential: it supports country, state and city targeting, which is what local rank tracking needs. datacenter is country-level at best.
- how many proxies for a large keyword set?
- it is governed by request rate rather than keyword count. spread queries across enough addresses that no single one is querying faster than a person plausibly would, and rotate.