Product Review: Why Use a Proxy Server? Benefits, Drawbacks and Common Use Cases

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Details: Written by CNET Reviews; Category: Reviews; Published: 18 April 2026; Created: 18 April 2026; Last Updated: 18 April 2026

When proxy servers first hit the internet scene in the early 1990s, they had a relatively simple function: caching frequently accessed web pages to speed up load times. Proxy servers still serve that function for some corporations today, but their use has expanded extensively into web scraping, market research and content filtering applications.
Product Review: Why Use a Proxy Server? Benefits, Drawbacks and Common Use Cases

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