> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.proxidize.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.proxidize.com/proxidize-proxies/why-we-block-ip-reputation-checking-sites.md). # Why We Block IP Reputation Checking Sites If you've tried to visit an IP reputation or proxy-checking site through your Proxidize proxy and found it blocked, this is intentional, and it's there to protect you. ### **These sites work against you** IP reputation sites are commonly used to check whether an IP is flagged as a proxy, VPN, or suspicious. What most users don't know is that these sites function as **honeypots**: every time an IP is queried on their platform, that visit is logged and used as a signal to classify the IP as proxy-related traffic. In other words, the act of checking your IP on these sites is itself enough to get it flagged, even if it was completely clean before.\ The more users check an IP, the more suspicious it looks to the site's algorithm. It's a self-fulfilling cycle that produces bad data and works against the very users trying to verify their IPs. *** ### **Why their scores don't reflect reality** The scores these sites produce are based on historical database entries and pattern-matching heuristics, not on how real platforms like social media sites or search engines actually treat an IP.\ An IP can score poorly on a reputation site and still perform perfectly on every platform that matters for your use case. These tools were never designed with mobile or residential proxy traffic in mind, and their results for these proxy types are especially unreliable. *** ### **What we do instead** Proxidize directly manages its own infrastructure and runs regular IP cleaning cycles to keep the proxy pool healthy. If you're experiencing actual issues on a specific platform, that's what our support team is here for, and it's a much more reliable signal than any third-party reputation score. ![](https://proxidize.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/proxidize-official-logo-black.png.webp) *** ### Need Help? If you have any questions, concerns, or need further clarification, feel free to reach out to us via live chat or email us directly at ****. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.proxidize.com/proxidize-proxies/why-we-block-ip-reputation-checking-sites.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.