Hide My IP by Web Proxy
Web proxy such as My-Proxy is the easiest way to hide IP. Web proxy is a website with a address bar. Just input the URL of blocked site into that bar and click the Surf button. Web proxy will fetch the web page for you showing on its own site. It's easy to use. The cons is that it doesn't support all websites and only has 5 IP addresses.
- Advantage: It's easy to use and supports all systems such as Win, Mac and Linux.
- Shortcoming: It has only about 5 IP addresses and doesn't support all websites.
- Audience: Best for the users who don't want to install any program.
Web Proxy Comparison
| My IP Hide | Web Proxy | Elite Proxy Switcher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Enhanced Proxy  | PHP+cURL | Http Proxy |
| Access | Private Proxy | Public Proxy | Public Proxy |
| Encryption | Yes | No | No |
| Speed | Fast | Slow | Fast (unstable) |
| IP Number | Dozens | Five | Thousands |
| Stability | Stable | Stable | Unstable |
| Anonymous | Yes | Yes | Not All |
| Compatibility | All Sites | Some Sites* | Most Sites** |
| Price/Month | $8.52 | Free | $10 for 1000IP |
| Website | My IP Hide | My-Proxy | Buy Http Proxy |
* Web proxy has problems with websites which use flash and javascript heavily.
** Not every http proxy supports the https websites such as facebook and craigslist.
Web Proxy Problems
Web proxy has problems with flash and javascript. With some special code, web proxy manages to support youtube. But it can't support hulu and other video websites. If a website uses javascript heavily, web proxy can't support it usually.
For that reason, web proxy have to redirect users to the mobile/lite version of facebook, twitter, gmail, hotmail and yahoo mail. Web proxy can't support the full functions of them.
Web proxy needs to rewrite all the links of pages. It parses the html, style and script files of pages then rewrites all the links. It takes much time to do that. Http proxy doesn't modify the pages. It only fetches pages for browser so it's much faster than web proxy.