What Is a Proxy Server and How Does It Work?

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What is a proxy server, and how does it work? A proxy acts as an intermediary between you and the internet. When you’re using a proxy server, your request runs through the proxy server (which changes your IP address) first, and only then connects to the website. This is the general way to describe what a proxy server is.

Can you hide your IP address with proxies? The answer is yes. So if you want to increase your privacy online, proxies are your go-to solution. However, use cases of proxies are not limited to this one.

Can a business use proxies? Proxy servers may significantly assist in business-critical tasks such as web scraping, bypassing geo-blocks, and others. There are plenty of proxy business use cases. Due to the high security levels and the geo-targeting feature, proxies are perfect for ad verification, price and MAP monitoring, and other cases.

In other words, if you intend to gather large amounts of public data from a variety of sources, which requires sending many requests to the targeted server, you definitely need a well-developed proxy infrastructure.

As a leading proxy service provider, Oxylabs ensures reliable enterprise proxy services by monitoring systems 24/7 and offering a 102M+ IPs proxy pool in 195 locations. From the global coverage of the largest datacenter and residential proxy pools to custom-built web scraping solutions, the company helps to give every business - big or small - the right to access the big data.

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In this video, we discuss:
0:00 Intro
0:16 What is a proxy?
0:52 How proxy servers work
1:17 Do proxies hide your IP address?
1:41 How are proxies used for personal and business purposes?
2:48 How to choose the right proxy type for your use case?

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