zbook.us does not answer. The name still resolves, but nothing responded to our request, and the archive's last working copy is from August 2013.
What it was
The Internet Archive's first working copy of zbook.us is from August 2013 and it holds 62 days of captures in total.
The page called itself "Homeproxy.me Free Proxy Online on Multi Location France, United State, Newyork, San Francisco and Amsterdam". Underneath it was Glype, the same free script the rest of the directory ran.
It was listed on workingproxysites.com, a directory of free web proxies, 13 years ago, and that listing counted 331 clicks through to it.
When it stopped
The last capture that shows the proxy itself is from 29 August 2013 and the archive kept visiting until 1 January 2026.
What the name does today
We checked zbook.us on 10 September 2026 from our own server in Germany. It answers, and the page is titled "Zota Book".
People still look for it: 10 searches a month for the name, according to Google's Keyword Planner read on 10 September 2026.
What to use instead
Use a list somebody keeps checking rather than a name that used to work. Our free proxy list is re-verified every few minutes, and an address that stops answering leaves it instead of sitting there for years. If you already have an address, the proxy checker will tell you whether it still relays anything.
The limits of free are the same everywhere, ours included: the addresses are shared, so the sites that care have seen them before, and there is no session to hold, so logins break part way through.
What this page cannot tell you
Why it stopped is not in the record. A dead name and an archive that runs out show that something ended, not the reason for it, and we will not put a reason in print that the record does not carry.
Our status check is one day from one vantage point, and a site that refuses requests from data centres would look the same as one that is switched off. We will check this page again by 1 January 2027.
Sources
- Internet Archive, capture index for zbook.us, first capture 29 August 2013, most recent capture 1 January 2026. Read 2026-09-10.
- Our own status check of zbook.us and of all 8,948 sites listed on the same directory, 10 September 2026.
- Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide monthly searches for the name. Read 10 September 2026.
