You can reduce proxy block rates by making your traffic look more like normal user activity. Send requests at a reasonable pace, avoid unnecessary IP rotation, reuse sessions when appropriate, and use realistic headers, cookies, and browser fingerprints.
Choose the right proxy type for your use case. Residential and ISP proxies are generally less likely to be blocked than datacenter proxies on websites with strict anti-bot systems.
Providers like Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo (formerly Smartproxy), and SOAX offer high-quality proxy networks with geo-targeting and session control, which can help improve success rates.
Even the best proxy can’t prevent every block. Your request patterns, browser configuration, and overall automation strategy have just as much impact as the proxy’s quality.