What is Bright Data proxy used for?

Bright Data (formerly known as Luminati) proxy is utilized by businesses and individuals for a range of purposes that require the use of residential, mobile, or data center IP addresses to access web data. These uses include but are not limited to web scraping or crawling, where automated bots gather data from various websites; ad verification to ensure ads appear correctly across different locations; brand protection activities, which typically involve monitoring the web for counterfeit goods or intellectual property infringements; SEO monitoring purposes, such as tracking search engine results and performance; competitive analysis to compare prices and products offered by rivals; and bypassing geo-restrictions to access content from different regions. By providing users with the ability to route their requests through millions of devices in numerous countries, Bright Data's proxy services help maintain anonymity and minimize the risk of detection and blocking by target website servers.