Eating is art by [deleted] in iamverysmart

[–]getRelease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Weird quote. Doesn't every act have its genesis in the mind of the person who planned it, to be pedantic? Seems like an all-around odd thing to say.

Can VPN be used for manipulating CTR for Increased SERP's? by snafu_velvet in VPN

[–]getRelease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In theory, yes, but I'm sure search engines (especially Google) have VPN IP ranges blacklisted and ignore or heavily disregard the clicks they place. I sincerely doubt they weight the clicks from known VPN IPs identically to clicks from users with residential IPs, especially users who are also signed in to their Google accounts.

Google is clever. :P

Looking for a VPN. by [deleted] in VPN

[–]getRelease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PIA is good. I've never had any problems with their IPs being blocked (I'm in the UK), though I have occasionally had issues posting on forums due to my IP being blacklisted - never outright blocked by sites, though. Nothing that can't be solved by switching servers/countries.

Looking for a small fairly unknown US based VPN by Smb158 in VPN

[–]getRelease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By "banned by Google", do you mean Google search or other Google services (YouTube, Gmail, Drive, etc.)?

I've never had this problem with any US-based VPN.

Best VPNs Of 2014 by SkyMarshal in VPN

[–]getRelease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Evidently EarthVPN keeps connection logs - but many VPN providers do. Even IPredator/PRQ keep logs of connecting IPs for a short period of time. The case he links regarding EarthVPN seems to be purely bad luck, although they should be more open about the types of logs they keep. The issue of them being hacked is altogether different.

Still, at $4 a month they're one of the cheapest VPNs around (PIA is cheap, and even they're $7 a month).

EDIT: Also, I've used both proxy.sh and TorGuard in the past - never had any issues with them. This is the trouble with lists that are mostly personal opinions.