Proxy for Screaming Frog

### **Proxies for Screaming Frog: A Complete Guide to Configuration for Professional SEO Analysis**

**Screaming Frog SEO Spider** is, without exaggeration, the primary tool for technical SEO audits. This powerful program can scan thousands of URLs, collecting critical data about site structure, meta tags, response codes, and much more. However, when working with large projects or analyzing competitors, every specialist faces fundamental limitations:

* **IP blocking and rate limiting:** Large websites and CDNs (content delivery networks) use WAF (Web Application Firewall) to protect against high traffic. Aggressive scanning from a single IP address is quickly recognized as bot activity, resulting in temporary or permanent blocking of your IP.
* **Geo-dependent content:** A website may display different content, prices, or even language versions depending on the user's geolocation. By scanning a website from your country, you risk not seeing what your target audience sees, for example, in the US or Germany.
* **Cloaking check:** Some unscrupulous websites show search robots (such as Googlebot) one version of content and real users another. To detect this, you need to simulate a visit from an IP address associated with search bots.

The solution to all these problems is to properly configure **proxy servers** directly in Screaming Frog. This turns a standard scanner into a powerful tool for global and anonymous SEO analysis.

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### **Part 1: Step-by-step proxy configuration in Screaming Frog**

The setup process is intuitive and takes only a few minutes. You will need your proxy details: IP address, port, and authorization details (login/password).

#### **Step 1: Collect proxy credentials**

The first and most important step is to make sure you have the complete set of authorization data. These “keys” will allow your application or browser to connect to the proxy server and route traffic through it.

Be sure to have the following data ready:

* **IP address** (host server)
* **Port** for connection
* **Login** and **password** for authorization
* **Protocol type** (HTTP/HTTPS or SOCKS5)

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*Fig. 1. This screenshot shows where all the necessary fields for connecting to a proxy server are located in your **CyberYozh App** personal account.*

#### **Step 2: Go to proxy settings**

* Launch Screaming Frog SEO Spider.
* In the top menu, go to **“File” -> “Settings...” -> “Proxy”**.

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*Fig. 2. This screenshot shows the drop-down menu “File” -> “Settings...”, where you need to select “Proxy” to go to the settings.*

#### **Step 3: Activation and data entry**

* In the “Settings” window that opens, go to the **“Proxy”** tab.
* Check the box next to **“Use Proxy Server”** to activate the function.

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*Fig. 3. This screenshot shows the Settings window, where you need to check the box next to Use Proxy Server to activate the feature.*

* In the Address field, enter the IP address of your proxy, and in the Port field, enter its port.
* If your proxy requires authorization (which is standard for high-quality proxies), enable the **“Use Proxy Credentials”** option.

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*Fig. 4. This screenshot shows the process of activating the **“Use Proxy Credentials”** option.*

* Fill in the **“Username”** and **“Password”** fields.
* After entering all the data, click the **“OK and Restart”** button. The program will automatically restart to apply the new network settings.

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*Fig. 5. This screenshot shows the final stage of saving the settings: after entering all the data, including your login and password, you need to click the “OK and Restart” button.*

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### **Part 2: Checking and verifying the proxy**

The setup is complete, but how can you make sure that the scanner is actually working through the proxy? Let's run a simple test crawl.

#### **Step 4: Test scan**

* We will use a specialized IP verification service as the target URL — **https://browserleaks.com/ip**. This will allow us to see exactly which IP address the request from Screaming Frog is coming from.
* Paste this URL into the main field and click **“Start”**.

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*Fig. 6. This screenshot shows the preparation for the test scan: the URL of the website https://browserleaks.com/ip has been entered into the main field of the program for verification.*

#### **Step 5: Analyze the results**

* Wait for the scan to complete. In the main window, you will see a list of scanned URLs.

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*Fig. 7. This screenshot shows the scan results. The main window displays a list of scanned URLs, and the chart on the right shows the distribution of content types.*

* To see which resources the scanner requested, you can use visualization. Right-click on the main URL (`https://browserleaks.com/ip`), select **“Visualizations” -> “Crawl Tree Graph”**.

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*Fig. 8. This screenshot shows how to visualize the results: select **“Visualizations” -> “Crawl Tree Graph”** from the context menu for the main URL.*

#### **Step 6: Visual verification**

* A graph of connections will open. On it, you will see that `browserleaks.com` requested data from an external IP address (in our example, `87.192.224.71`). This is the IP address that the target site “sees”, i.e. your proxy's IP.

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*Fig. 9. This screenshot shows the Crawl Tree Graph, which clearly demonstrates that requests from the scanner go to an external IP address belonging to the proxy server.*

* To be 100% sure, you can open `browserleaks.com/ip` in a regular browser configured to use the same proxy. You will see the same information, confirming that Screaming Frog is successfully working through the proxy server you specified.

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*Fig. 10. This screenshot shows an example of checking the external IP address `87.192.224.71` through the browserleaks.com service, which allows you to see which IP the end server sees.*

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### **Conclusion**

Great! You have successfully configured Screaming Frog to work through a proxy. Now you can conduct in-depth and unhindered SEO audits of any scale without fear of being blocked and access data exactly as it is seen by users from anywhere in the world. This skill is an integral part of the arsenal of a modern professional SEO specialist.

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