Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
When City Level Proxy Targeting Matters
City level proxy targeting improves data accuracy for localized scraping, ads, SEO, and QA by matching requests to real user geography.
James Meadow · May 26, 2026 How Proxy Networks Work in Practice
Learn how proxy networks work, how requests route through residential and ISP IPs, and what matters for scale, targeting, sessions, and uptime.
Chris Collins · May 25, 2026 Best Proxy Provider for SEO Tools
Find the best proxy provider for SEO tools by comparing speed, geo-targeting, rotation, pricing, and reliability for large-scale rank tracking.
Matt Brown · May 24, 2026 Best Proxies for Ad Verification in 2026
Find the best proxies for ad verification with the right IP type, geo-targeting, session control, and scale for accurate campaign monitoring.
James Meadow · May 23, 2026 How Does a Web Scraping API Work?
How does a web scraping API work? Learn how requests, proxy rotation, rendering, parsing, and anti-bot handling power reliable data collection.
Chris Collins · May 22, 2026 Best ISP Proxies for Scraping in 2026
Find the best ISP proxies for scraping with practical criteria on speed, uptime, sticky sessions, geo-targeting, and cost at scale.
Chris Collins · May 21, 2026 What Are Residential Proxies?
What are residential proxies? Learn how they work, why teams use them for web data collection, and where they fit in large-scale proxy infrastructure.
James Meadow · May 20, 2026 Introducing the New Shifter Residential Proxies
A new gateway model with improved speed, 205M+ residential IPs, bandwidth-based pricing, and precision targeting by country, region, city, and ASN.
James Meadow · May 18, 2026