Recently, I received a question from a friend: "What is the difference between static and dynamic IP? I am doing an overseas survey, how should I choose?"
I believe this problem bothers most entrepreneurs who are new to overseas survey projects or have not been doing it for a long time. In order to enable everyone to carry out the project more smoothly, this issue will explain in detail the advantages and disadvantages of static and dynamic housing and how to obtain and use them.
What is a foreign proxy IP?
Proxy IP is a network service that serves as a transit station for network information. The difference between foreign proxy IPs is that its servers are located overseas. By connecting to remote servers, Internet requests are routed to IP addresses in other countries or regions to achieve the purpose of accessing the global Internet, protecting personal privacy, and increasing the speed of accessing websites. This technology is often used in TikTok live broadcasts, short video matrix operations, overseas questionnaires, Google SEO, and advertising.
Foreign dynamic residential proxy IP
Refers to the IP address that is exclusive to real users. For example, the IP address we use to access the Internet on a daily basis is a dynamic residential IP. Every time a user connects to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a new IP address may be assigned to them. A dynamic residential proxy IP is when we use the idle IP resources of real users. Therefore, a dynamic residential IP address is not fixed and will change over a period of time.
Advantages
1. Geographical distribution: Based on the characteristics of changing IP addresses over a period of time, the use of dynamic residences can more flexibly adapt to different network environments and carry out questionnaire survey projects in multiple locations.
2. There are many IPs. The dynamic residential services currently available on the market are based on traffic and IP quantity. The number of IPs in an IP pool usually ranges from tens of thousands to tens of millions. For example, Kookeey's dynamic IP pool has tens of millions of residential IPs. Using dynamic residential can avoid multiple questionnaires from the same IP causing questionnaire submission failures.
3. High anonymity. The higher the purity of the IP, the better the anonymity. The method of detecting IP quality has been written in previous articles. Friends who need it can check it out by themselves.
4. Cost-effectiveness. Compared with static IP, dynamic IP has lower cost in acquisition and use, and is more cost-effective for short-term or small-scale questionnaire survey projects.
Disadvantages
Dynamic residential IP is slightly inferior to static residential IP in terms of stability. Since IP addresses change regularly, it will cause some interference to questionnaires that require a stable link.
Foreign static residential proxy IP
Refers to an IP address that is permanently assigned to a specific residential Internet connection. Unlike a dynamic IP address, a static IP address is assigned when the Internet connection is established and remains unchanged.
Advantages
1. Strong stability, static IP is fixed and can provide a more persistent connection, so it is more stable during the questionnaire survey.
2. Reduce the risk of blocking. Some websites may restrict or lock dynamic IPs, while static residences are relatively less subject to such restrictions.
3. Can be used for identity authentication. Static IP can be used for identity authentication and authorization, especially for surveys that need to determine the identity of specific participants.
Disadvantages
The cost is much higher than that of a dynamic IP, and for overseas questionnaire survey projects, the cost-effectiveness is very low.
How to choose a proxy IP?
In summary, considering the dimensions of cost-benefit, IP quality, and usage requirements, dynamic residence is more suitable. After finalizing the type of IP to be used, you need to choose a service provider. When choosing an agent IP service provider, you need to look at the size of the IP pool, the IP purity, and the IP price. If the pool is shallow and the IP purity is low, it is easy to be identified by the website, resulting in submission failure, and the answer sheet is wasted.
The best way to find a service provider with high IP quality is to test it. Use the tested IP resources to run the project and see if it matches the business. Next, I will tell you how to use the free testing resources of the service provider.
Acquisition and use of foreign proxy IP
1. Make new friends
Choose a service provider that welcomes new friends to test. They are usually very confident in the quality of their proxy IPs, otherwise they will not allow anyone to test.
2. Extracting Network Resources
3. Configure network resources
Generally, when doing questionnaire surveys, fingerprint browsers are used together. The following is a configuration tutorial for fingerprint browsers, and configuration tutorials for other browsers will be updated from time to time.
4. Check whether the configuration is successful
Use the configured fingerprint browser to open the detection tool.
Taking the ipinfo detection tool as an example, if the addresses are the same, the configuration is successful.
Summarize
Taking all factors into consideration, when choosing to use a dynamic IP or a static IP, you need to weigh the proxies based on your business needs and scenarios and choose a proxy IP that meets your needs. If you are still not sure how to choose a proxy IP, you can look at relevant cases to help you make a decision.
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