Hey! I’ve been using a web scraping proxy pool for a while now, and I’ve found that rotating IPs every 10-15 requests works best. Too often, and you risk getting flagged; too little, and you risk bans.
For handling bans, I use a combination of proxy rotation and user-agent switching. Tools like Scrapy with built-in middleware make this easier.
As for speed vs. reliability, I lean toward a larger pool. More IPs mean fewer chances of getting blocked, even if some are slower.
For handling bans, I use a combination of proxy rotation and user-agent switching. Tools like Scrapy with built-in middleware make this easier.
As for speed vs. reliability, I lean toward a larger pool. More IPs mean fewer chances of getting blocked, even if some are slower.