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look, i set up a whole geo-targeted campaign using a vpn extension to check localized landing pages. cost me a weekend. the extension worked for like 10 checks then just stopped routing traffic, said it was connected but my server logs showed my real ip clear as day. wasted two days of tracking...

look, i need to ask this straight up. does anyone actually believe a company is running servers and paying devs just to be nice? i'm not talking about the premium trials here, i mean the ones that are permanently free. i've been tracking data resale networks for a client project, and the...

right, sooo i've been thinking about self-hosted wireguard setups for a client's stealth research. everyone says 'oh it's the most private, you control everything'. cool story, bro. but let's talk audit risk. you're renting a vps from some company that definitely logs server access. your payment...

right, so everyone's freaking out about the mullvad police incident where they got a server and found nothing. using it as proof that multi-hop is pointless. lmao, that's some wild logic. they got one server, from one provider, in one country. they found nothing because mullvad doesn't log...

okay, so i keep seeing these posts about jurisdiction being the holy grail for picking a vpn, especially for streaming. everyone's like 'avoid five eyes countries!!!' and then recommends some service based in panama or wherever. lmao. i just ran a three-month test with 8 different providers...

look, i tried this thing six weeks ago where i just picked the first network with a decent payout. figured i'd throw some display traffic at it and see what stuck. cool story, bro, because my conversion rate is currently hovering around zero point five percent which feels like a joke. so now im...

look, everyone says push notification traffic is garbage and you should only use smartlinks. well, i just spent a month running a gambling offer on both setups. started with a popular cpa network's smartlink because they pushed it so hard. after a $2k spend, my epc was $0.12 and the conversions...

so, been running sportsbook offers for like six months. finally hit their second tier commission structure last week. got the payment report and the numbers make no sense. the net revenue they're reporting is like 30% lower than my own tracker's calculation, even after accounting for deductions...

look, everyone's saying it's dying. i ran a test. built a proper niche site, good content, decent backlinks from my network. spent about two grand on the content and links over three months. for what? a grand total of $87 in commissions after the 3-month sandbox. that's a 4% return on spend...

right, so i've been quietly running a wireguard setup on a cheap vps for my own projects for like six months. everything's encrypted, keys managed manually, no dynamic dns nonsense. the server itself is outside my main networks. but this whole privacy promise feels hollow now because of one...

look, i just watched a solid local service offer bleed cash for two weeks because my geo-proxied scrapes were off. targeting three cities, using a residential proxy service that promised 'precise location'. built the content, ran the ads, ctr was garbage. finally checked the actual ip locations...

so, back in like 2020 i decided to run a proper comparison on these three, think i made a thread about planning it. my tolerance for marketing speak was higher then, lmao. here's the update, with actual numbers from campaigns i ran in house for a finance vertical. i ran 5k in paid traffic to the...

right, has anyone else noticed a weird loophole with the new social review platforms? specifically those tiktok shop review pages. so my agency's been testing for a client, we built like five cloaked review sites all targeting the same viral hair tool. setup is simple - domain looks legit...

right, so i posted a while back asking how anyone makes haro outreach work. decided to actually test it with data, hired a cheap freelancer to handle the queries and replies for three months. show me the numbers? exactly $2,500 spent on labor, zero placements secured. not even one link. lmao...

look, my home internet plan just gives me an ipv6 block no questions asked. same with most vps providers. but when i go shopping for actual proxy providers to use for pbn management or link checking, the options feel like a cruel joke. some sell "ipv6 support" at triple the cost of ipv4...

look, i've been staring at haro queries for like two hours straight and my brain is just scrambled eggs. i got the alerts set up, fine, but every single request is either some medical journal needing a phd or a local news blog asking for tips on organizing your garage. where are the actual...

okay, so i just wrapped month three with a new cpa network. month one, my am is texting me memes, sending pre-approved landers, it's great. i hit a decent volume, got my payout. month two, radio silence. i send a question about a geo restriction, nothing. week three i ping again, nothing. now...

right, so i finally caved. client on my back for a site in a space i had zero connections, convinced me to try one of those 'premium link building agencies'. paid for their platinum package, lmao. they sent a fancy spreadsheet with 30 placements promised, all on 'real editorially reviewed...

i'm trying to nail down a reliable testing methodology for vpn performance and honestly my numbers are all over the place. client needs solid justification for switching their remote team away from a corporate client that logs everything, and my speed tests are inconsistent trash. used speedtest...

right, so i did this huge vpn shootout like three years ago. nordvpn crushed the speed tests, expressvpn was the privacy darling, surfshark was the cheap upstart. nostalgia is a hell of a drug, lmao. i just re-ran the tests for a client needing geo-unblocking and torrenting. the landscape is...