I've been in touch with SB support and they've been responsive and are looking into fixing the following problem. I figured everyone in this forum might be interested to know why so many proxies are failing in SB lately and the good news that the proxies they're getting may actually work perfectly fine, that the problem is with SB.

Basically what is happening is I'm checking proxies with my own php script which tests against go*gle.com to make sure they are not blocked, and the proxies come back green (not blocked, i.e. good to use).

Then I bring them into SB to do some scraping and they don't work. So I test them with SB's tester and they all fail. Ok, so I try to manually use them through FF, Chrome, IE, etc. and they work fine! Obviously, this is an issue with Scrapebox...

Test #1 -- user agent
My php script uses a particular user agent, so I tried using that in SB yesterday and suddenly the proxies were call coming back green from SB. Yay, right? Well then today I download the SB update and suddenly I have problems again. I tried updating the user agent again, no dice.

Result: not the user agent..

Test #2 -- computer
I thought maybe it was my computer, so I logged onto a remote desktop and tried SB there, still no dice.

Result: not the computer.

Test #3 -- the url
My php script uses www.go*gle.com to test. So i removed the www to see what happens and sure enough the proxies are failing.

So I just wrote to SB again with this info, hoping they will check the url they are using and see that they need to add the www. But who knows, maybe that is not the problem. So I'm waiting to hear back. I'll let people know what happens.

Just wanted to help anyone who's struggling with this issue lately. Maybe some info here will help you find an alternative until SB gets fixed.

Happy scraping.

i am having that same problem will be watching this thread hope we can find a fix for this

Hi, I notified Scrapebox support about this as well in the past. I found the same inconsistencies in Scrapebox's Google testing compared to my own. They told me they were going to fix it but I'm sure that other users finding the same error will hasten the fix The support was very helpful and friendly and responded promptly, by the way.

Good to hear I'm not the only one as well.

I can also confirm that their support is very helpful.

Still haven't heard today, but I will check in with you guys once I do.

I was getting this too.

I heard back from SB support and they said it is still an open issue they are working on.

So I guess we will wait and see!

mmm..good to know that. i was going to use SB again from a long time. may be this is not the right time for me..

I think we should email Google, and ask THEM to fix the problem!

I'm aware of SB's issue for a long time.

That is why my own large-scale multi-proxy test engines, including SB/G00gle test engines work well.

I always advised my customers not to bother in testing proxies in SB...just use the tested SB/G00gle from Proxylist.co system, which works well for them for a long time. It is mentioned in my sales thread many times.

I'm truly glad you acknowledged the issue.

ille agree with 1 thing public scraped proxies passing the
google check have fallen to terrible levels. very bad
and ille be honest portal, if it wasnt for the fact 90% of
my public proxie google passed lists are port scanned from
ip ranges, i would be well and truly fcked
but thankfully on a bad day im still holding firm at around
1k google passed public scraped proxies and public port
scanned proxies passed scrapebox g/check

yes, this is true and confirmed at my level. I am experiencing increased number of failed proxies with SB.

trust me the only way to get larger amounts of
proxies passed scrapebox google check is to port
scan them like i do.. on very good days it can be
1-2-3k passing bad days 1k at the most.

as for public scraped proxies - meh

The latest update threw everything completely out of whack indeed.

I've been having to scrape a lot more to get the results I was getting just a week ago.

Also, it's been absurd how many of the same lists are getting passed around. 300,000 turning into 20k uniques is a good day...

Luckily I've found some good sources where the working public proxies have been passing and working for days, but just the sheer amount of failing proxies seems wrong.

another note to think of is also ive notice
public proxies are falling again had anyone
noticed that..ive used the same sources along
time and i always get 30k scraped after bleeching
leaving 5/6k to run through s/box this is public proxies
im refering to and ide get say 4-600 working
now thoes same sources are down to 24k with 3-4k
passing bleech..and around 300 or less passing scrapebox.
again without my port scanning for public proxies via ip
addresses to raise that list to 1k passing google ide be
screwed

Originally Posted by Tensegrity

Good to hear I'm not the only one as well.

You are not alone in my tests it looks bad for SB because lot of good proxies are mark as failed and like Jrim_Software & portalweb said it was already some time. It's not the smartest thing to test proxies via SB now.
You need your own script or other tool dedicated to work with proxies.

yup proxies are down really bad
hope they can fix it

Originally Posted by proxygo

another note to think of is also ive notice
public proxies are falling again had anyone
noticed that..ive used the same sources along
time and i always get 30k scraped after bleeching
leaving 5/6k to run through s/box this is public proxies
im refering to and ide get say 4-600 working
now thoes same sources are down to 24k with 3-4k
passing bleech..and around 300 or less passing scrapebox.
again without my port scanning for public proxies via ip
addresses to raise that list to 1k passing google ide be
screwed

Yep, leaving Sb aside, the number of public proxies I'm getting at surffc.com is dropping noticeably.

SB test all my proxy FAIL

Same here, noticed a big drop in success rate.

can only be 2 factors
1 - public proxies have fallen really badly
2 - theres a problem with the proxie tester

i put 40k through s/box proxie tester today
i barley got out 400. i usually average 1k minimum
everyday for 2yrs.

so somethings off

I notice the drop in working proxies too.

Based on Proxylist.co's today internal stats, I see around 2,500-3,000 working SB/G00gle proxies available at a given time (updated every 15 mins around the clock), down from around 4,000-6,000+ SB/G00gle proxies as part of Worldwide proxy package. (Note: SB/G00gle proxies are different from other Proxylist.co's multi-proxies pakcages).

I think things will come back to normal in few weeks...who knows?

Originally Posted by proxygo

can only be 2 factors
1 - public proxies have fallen really badly
2 - theres a problem with the proxie tester

I think proxygo that a little of both reasons but main is still nr 1. It seems to me also that the reasons for the falling number of public proxy, refer to the growing number of people using them.

Originally Posted by portalweb

I notice the drop in working proxies too.
(...)
I think things will come back to normal in few weeks...who knows?

The specificity of public proxy does not allow us to stay left with nothing. Public proxy will always be. Only increase the demand for good public proxy, which I think could be even better than private.

A large amount of public good proxy is better than any number of private, and mainly due to the following reasons:
- they are much cheaper
- so that there are a lot more, when one is banned by Google, you can easily replace with new
- parameters of the good public proxy are not at all worse than the private proxies, and often even better

and as public proxies are failing scrapebox test either
due to the drop in numbers or tester problem
im finding the only way to get any decent amount of
public proxies is to port scan them. down side is its time
consuming

Thanks for the information. Please keep us informed what is going on. With what can we check proxies except Scrapebox build in proxy checker ?

UPDATE

Scrapebox support got back in touch and told me that their only solution is to stop using g89gle altogether in SB.

LOL

They think this issue is happening because their was an update to how g89gle handles requests. But my php proxy checker still works fine, so if it's true then it must be how SB is sending the requests in comparison to a php script.

Originally Posted by Tensegrity

UPDATE

Scrapebox support got back in touch and told me that their only solution is to stop using g89gle altogether in SB.

LOL

They think this issue is happening because their was an update to how g89gle handles requests. But my php proxy checker still works fine, so if it's true then it must be how SB is sending the requests in comparison to a php script.

You can do a packetlog and see exactly how SB is sending the requests.

i am having that same problem

wow i tested 49k unique proxys today
30k port scanned 20k scraped
3.5k passed bleach
300 went through scrape box wtf

i just did a update now it is good but could be better

what was the date of the update
for the proxy checker.?

is this update new today
v1.15.32

I only use sb for posting and a different software for scraping, so i never have any problem

Which software do you use for scraping ?

Originally Posted by Jrim_Software

You can do a packetlog and see exactly how SB is sending the requests.

Honestly, I don't have time for investigating it. It's easier to just stop using SB for these tools and hope that they fix it, using my own php scrapers and testers instead in the meantime.

I was more concerned for my customers and the community.

I need to scrape 60k links everyday, now what?? Is SB down for good, this update didn't fix anything!!

Thanks for the information keep updating.

scrapebox isnt down let me repeat it isnt down
u can still scrape google yahoo aol
its the proxies that are down to do the job
or a problem with s/box or a google update
u can still scrape with scrapebox you just
need the proxies

Originally Posted by proxygo

scrapebox isnt down let me repeat it isnt down
u can still scrape google yahoo aol
its the proxies that are down to do the job
or a problem with s/box or a google update
u can still scrape with scrapebox you just
need the proxies

Actually no, the proxies are fine. I test them through php cURL proxy checkers, I test them through FireFox and I can connect to G00gle fine, but when I test with SB they don't work. Then other people report the same thing to me. That is clearly a scrapebox issue.

I did see an update and the issue seemed to improve, but there are still lots of proxies that don't work in SB but work fine other ways. I told SB about this and they didn't respond.

and ille repeat the amount of public proxies
available passing Google has fallen this happens all the
time..proxies amounts go up and down..when public proxies
fall like they have done for a a few weeks there's less proxies
to pass Google..that's obvious

Originally Posted by proxygo

and ille repeat the amount of public proxies
available passing Google has fallen this happens all the
time..proxies amounts go up and down..when public proxies
fall like they have done for a a few weeks there's less proxies
to pass Google..that's obvious

That is not the point. Regardless of the amount of good proxies that are available, I have a ton of working proxies that I can use with other software and use manually through a browser, but they are failing with SB.

So yes, SB has a problem. The point of SB is to be able to scrape with my proxies that work, but they are not working with SB for some reason. Blaming the number of proxies available doesn't solve the problem. So now I am not using SB to scrape anymore cuz it's slowing me down too much.

then let me ask you this even with your tools
scripts how many proxies do u get passing google
against how many passed in scrape box..ille hold
of my answer till i get a reply..

Originally Posted by proxygo

then let me ask you this even with your tools
scripts how many proxies do u get passing google
against how many passed in scrape box..ille hold
of my answer till i get a reply..

I get about 250 on average, which is plenty.

But more importantly (and you keep ignoring this, for some reason) the proxies work fine in Firefox, so this really has nothing to do with my tools. Here, I'll even give you proof of the issue (see attachments). Notice the number of dead proxies in SB. Every single one of those proxies works fine in FireFox and through my scripts.

As of this post, that proxy is working fine, but not in SB (images taken 5 minutes ago, proxy tested just now.)

no no im not dis believing you, im just saying this.
for the 3 yrs ive provided proxies for scraping 1 thing
was always constant, ide always aprox 5-6k proxies
through bleach b4 i tested them in scrapebox google check
for the last 2 months no matter how hard i try only using
public scrape proxies i cant get over 3.5k through bleach
b4 testing them in scrapebox - so baring in mind ive done this
for 3 yrs, sold it as a service on bhw for 2 yrs with 550+ signups
0 refund, i have a rough idea whats out there, and public proxies
are way down, about 2k a day way down... alot down...
the only way even im just surviving is by port scanning proxies...

because from 2010 to late 2011 i averaged 2k a day through scrape
box - public scraped proxies / public port scanned proxies.
now im struggling to hit 7-800 per go.. numbers are down
public proxies are way down.. fact.. no offence its my job to
notice these things.

ITS GONE FROM THIS

AND THIS


to 7-800 the proxies are way down in passing and in numbers
available

Originally Posted by Tensegrity

I get about 250 on average, which is plenty.

But more importantly (and you keep ignoring this, for some reason) the proxies work fine in Firefox, so this really has nothing to do with my tools. Here, I'll even give you proof of the issue (see attachments). Notice the number of dead proxies in SB. Every single one of those proxies works fine in FireFox and through my scripts.

As of this post, that proxy is working fine, but not in SB (images taken 5 minutes ago, proxy tested just now.)

Exact same issue here as well.

Originally Posted by proxygo

no no im not dis believing you, im just saying this.
for the 3 yrs ive provided proxies for scraping 1 thing
was always constant, ide always aprox 5-6k proxies
through bleach b4 i tested them in scrapebox google check
for the last 2 months no matter how hard i try only using
public scrape proxies i cant get over 3.5k through bleach
b4 testing them in scrapebox - so baring in mind ive done this
for 3 yrs, sold it as a service on bhw for 2 yrs with 550+ signups
0 refund, i have a rough idea whats out there, and public proxies
are way down, about 2k a day way down... alot down...
the only way even im just surviving is by port scanning proxies...

because from 2010 to late 2011 i averaged 2k a day through scrape
box - public scraped proxies / public port scanned proxies.
now im struggling to hit 7-800 per go.. numbers are down
public proxies are way down.. fact.. no offence its my job to
notice these things.

Yea, but I'm not talking about the numbers. That is a separate issue.

I'm saying SB is not working properly, I've provided proof of it and it looks like you are too, and clearly tons of people on this thread are confirming this.

The response I got from SB support was disturbing -- suggesting to me that I stop using the goog scraper, I'm like whaaa? That wasn't even entirely the issue and they seemed to be ignoring what I'm saying, much like you are, that the proxies don't even work for Bing or Yahoo either because the SB software thinks the proxies don't work, even though they do.

The fact that I have not heard from them since my last response to them tells me that they think their last response to me was an acceptable solution and it obviously isn't.

Are the issues still going on?