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Developing a proxy is almost as easy as using a proxy; unfortunately, nothing comes for free. Servers that allow web proxies to run on do not come cheap; by far the cheapest host that allows proxies is GoDaddy with hosting plans from $3.99 a month. Domain names also cost a little bit (from $2.99 at GoDaddy.com). When buying hosting, make sure you order plenty of bandwidth, as this is the main factor that will decide whether your proxy stays online 100% of the time, or just 10% of the time.

Selecting a Proxy Software

PHProxy – PHProxy is a wonderful web based proxy script that is easily customizable, with a huge library of themes to choose from. Unfortunately, when you alter a setting (i.e. enable client-side scripting), all anonymity will disappear.
cgi-Proxy – Again, cgi-Proxy can be customized at the flick of a switch. When you alter settings, cgi-Proxy works a lot harder to obtain anonymity.
Zelune – Zelune is a new proxy script that looks very convincing, please see the “Release of Zelune” article for more information.

Selecting a Domain Name

Most filters available on the internet will automatically block the keyword “proxy,” for this reason you shouldn’t have the word “proxy” in your domain name.
Any TLD is sufficient when purchasing a proxy domain, .info is recommended due to large sum of availability. As stated previously, GoDaddy is a very cheap source of .info domain names.

Installation

Most proxy scripts require you to upload all of the files in the archive file, and possibly CHMOD some files. Take a look at the read me in the proxy script’s archive file for more detailed installation instructions.

Profit

This is why nearly all proxies are setup, because they get high usage and with high traffic, comes revenue. Advertising companies such as Google Adsense and Adbrite are best choices to serve up your ads. These companies offer PPC (Pay Per Click) which is when you place a script on your website and using the content and keywords already on the page, adverts will be generated.

When using this method you must be careful to include some sort of proxy related content. This so that
A. The ads that are generated are to do with proxies (therefore a greater chance your visitors will click on it)
B. Google’s Terms and Conditions state that there must be proper written content on the website, otherwise they are likely to ban you.

Other problems that you may incur is click fraud. Other proxy site owners may deliberately click your ads hundreds of times. Now sure this will wheel in a bit of cash for you, but it’s automatically detected by Google and you will either receive a warning email, or a straight ban. Once banned from Adsense, there’s no getting back in.

Once your proxy has become established and is receiiving a lot of natural traffic (not paid for), then you may decide to upgrade form shared hosting (what GoDaddy offers, above) and choose a dedicated server. This will ensure your site down will suffer from little down-time.