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AWR 10.1 Proxy Setup Guide

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Introduction: This guide has been tested for Advanced Web Ranking Enterprise Edition version 10.1 or above to

allow you to add proxy servers to your Advanced Web Ranking installation.

We are able to generate an AWR proxy import file for you; we will cover this using both the

automated method and the manual method to setup your proxies.

This guide also covers how to categorise your proxies and how to assign groups of proxies to specific

projects for specific geo projects.

We cover the search friendly settings for the proxies and how to improve the performance of search

queries by tweaking the default AWR settings.

Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1

Automated import of proxies .................................................................................................................. 2

Step 1 - Setup your list of proxy servers to be available to AWR ......................................................... 2

Step 2 - Import the file into AWR ........................................................................................................ 2

Manual addition of proxies ..................................................................................................................... 6

Step 1 -Setup your list of proxy servers to be available to AWR .......................................................... 6

Categorising proxies ................................................................................................................................ 9

Adding proxies (and categories of proxies) to projects .......................................................................... 11

Search friendly settings ......................................................................................................................... 13

How to find your search query settings ............................................................................................. 13

Default search query settings ............................................................................................................ 16

Recommended search query settings ............................................................................................... 16

Improving performance when using multiple proxies .............................................................................. 17

Frequently asked questions ................................................................................................................... 20

Can I add additional proxies to categories after I purchase them? .................................................... 20

If I add new proxies to a category do I need to update the project to reflect that? ............................ 20

I need to add different regions of US proxies held in different states, how do I do this? ..................... 20



Automated import of proxies

Step 1 - Setup your list of proxy servers to be available to AWR Open a ticket via our helpdesk system asking for us to generate a AWR proxy import file for you. You

can do this by logging in to our support system and raising a ticket.

http://customers.trustedproxies.com

Step 2 - Import the file into AWR You can import this file by saving the file to your desktop and then importing the file into AWR by

selecting Settings from the left hand navigation bar in AWR and then selecting the Performance

submenu. From Performance you can select Proxy Settings from the drop down list. From this menu

select Add and then Import from the options presented. You can then navigate to your desktop and

select the import file.

First, save the file to your desktop.

http://customers.trustedproxies.com/



Select Settings from the left hand navigation bar.



Select the Performance submenu.

Select Proxy Settings from the drop down menu presented at the top of the screen.

Select Add from the menu after selecting Proxy Settings, click on Import proxy servers.



Select the file you wish to import, and then click Open.

You have successfully imported the proxies into AWR.



Manual addition of proxies

Step 1 -Setup your list of proxy servers to be available to AWR You can manually add the proxies via the Proxy Settings menu by selecting Settings from the left

hand navigation bar in AWR and then selecting the Performance submenu. From Performance you

can select Proxy Settings from the Add menu from the drop down list. From this menu select Add

proxy from the options presented.

You can find the list of proxy servers assigned to you in our welcome email we sent to you (either in

trial or full purchase).

Select Settings from the left hand navigation bar.



Select the Performance submenu.

Select Proxy Settings from the drop down menu presented at the top of the screen.

Select Add proxy from the drop down menu after selecting the “Add” button.



Enter the proxy address and port (usually 80 or 27281). If your account requires authentication

please tick the box and enter your authentication details. Please click “Test proxy” after adding each

proxy.

You have successfully added the proxy servers.



Categorising proxies When you are using multiple proxies for multiple locations it is important to categorise them into

logical units or simply geographic areas. This will help you to identify which proxies you need to add

to your projects.

To start we will assume we have US and UK proxies:

12.2.1.* US Range

34.2.1.* UK Range

We will create two categories a US and a UK. We select the “Add” button from the top of the

window and then select “Add category” from the drop down menu.

We then select the proxies we would like to that category.



Select the US servers and then click “Create category”. We then enter the name for the category and

click OK.

We are now presented with a new bold label in the list. Select the + arrow on the screen to drill

down the list of proxies.

After we have drilled down and verified the US proxies are added to the category correctly we then

do the same for the UK proxies.

We are now ready to add these to our projects.



Adding proxies (and categories of proxies) to projects As mentioned earlier the reason for using geo-location proxies is to get the search ranking and

details from that location via the search engines. A common mistake is to add proxies from another

country to return a separate country’s search results. In this example we will use the TrustedProxies

website. By default the proxies added to AWR will be available to all projects. What we need to do in

our project is remove the US proxies and uncategorised proxies in order to return the correct search

results by selecting the correct proxies to use.

Select Project from the left hand navigation bar.



Select Settings from the drop down menu on the top of the project screen.

We then select “Proxy Servers” from the submenu.

What we need to do is alter the default behaviour for the application itself. To do this click on “Use

application proxy settings” we can then select the proxies we would like to assign to this project.



We then select “Use only the selected proxy servers”.

We can now select the UK proxy servers to use in the category and two additional UK proxies. We

have now completed the guide on how to add the proxies to projects.

Search friendly settings

How to find your search query settings To use TrustedProxies services it is recommended that you have “Be nice to search engines” mode

enabled when querying search engines. To verify what settings you are using select Settings from

the left hand navigation menu. Select Performance from the top drop down menu. We then select

Browser Emulation from the submenu.



Select Settings from the left hand navigation menu.

Select Performance from the drop down menu.



We then select Browser Emulation from the submenu.

We then verify what the settings are showing (Default AWR settings).



Default search query settings For reference the default settings are: (x shows enabled, o shows disabled)

[x] Be nice to search engines

[x] Random delay between search queries is 25 to 30 seconds

[x] Sleep 3 minutes every 50 search queries

[x] Sleep 60 minutes if a search engine fails 1 times

[x] User random User Agent (use a random user agent between queries)

Recommended search query settings For dedicated proxy users the recommended proxy settings are:






For virtual proxy users the recommended proxy settings are:








Improving performance when using multiple proxies You can improve the performance of AWR by increasing the maximum number of connections

allowed by AWR. By default this number is 5 (including your direct connection). You can increase this

by going to the Settings menu on the left hand navigation bar and selecting Performance from the

top drop down menu. You then select General Performance Settings from the sub menu.

Select Settings from the left hand navigation menu.

Select Performance from the drop down menu.



Select General Performance Settings from the submenu.



Set the Maximum number of simultaneous connections to a higher value.

The recommended settings are your maximum number of proxies +1 (dependant on internet

connection speed, bandwidth and throughput):

If you have 10 proxies then set the Maximum number of simultaneous connections to 11.

If you have 20 proxies then set the Maximum number of simultaneous connections to 21.

If you have over 99 proxies then it is recommended you limit the number to or fewer than 99

(maximum number of simultaneous connections).



Frequently asked questions

Can I add additional proxies to categories after I purchase them? Yes you can add additional proxy servers to your categories by clicking on the category and selecting

the “edit” button above the list of proxies. You can either carry out an additional manual proxy

addition or ask us for a new import file for your proxies. If you ask for a new import file; the proxies

which are already categorised will remain categorised and the new proxies will be added to the

default category ready to be added to other categories.

If I add new proxies to a category do I need to update the project to reflect

that? As long as you have selected a category of proxies in the project; you do not need to update the

project. As long as the proxies show up within the correct category in the proxy manager they will be

dynamically updated for use within the project.

I need to add different regions of US proxies held in different states, how do

I do this? Similar to the US and UK categories, instead type in the name of the state instead of the country

name, you can then select the states to add to each individual project.

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