Re: What Country

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56873
interpreted = N
texte = On 16 Mar 2004, at 12:05 pm, John Peacock wrote: > Stuart Tremain wrote: >> Does anyone have a foolproof way of determining the country that a >> visitor to a website is viewing it from ? > > Ask the visitor? ;~) > > Seriously, there is no foolproof way; even the global IP allocation > doesn't easily map to national boundaries. > > John > > A lot of the usage we put the IP-to-Country system to, is trying to combat fraud. Online fraudsters will very often place an order from a different country to that in which they wish to receive delivery. (Very often the order is placed in Nigeria - but they pretend to be in the UK) Using the IP-to-Country system brings these orders to our attention. Asking them which country they're in, may not always get an honest answer! :-) The IP-to-Country system's not perfect, but it's about as good as it gets for this kind of procedure. Mark. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: What Country ( Mark Derrick 2004)
  2. Re: What Country ( Christer Olsson 2004)
  3. Re: What Country ( Pat Holliday 2004)
  4. Re: What Country ( Mark Derrick 2004)
  5. Re: What Country ( John Peacock 2004)
  6. Re: What Country ( Glenn Busbin 2004)
  7. Re: What Country ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  8. What Country ( Stuart Tremain 2004)
On 16 Mar 2004, at 12:05 pm, John Peacock wrote: > Stuart Tremain wrote: >> Does anyone have a foolproof way of determining the country that a >> visitor to a website is viewing it from ? > > Ask the visitor? ;~) > > Seriously, there is no foolproof way; even the global IP allocation > doesn't easily map to national boundaries. > > John > > A lot of the usage we put the IP-to-Country system to, is trying to combat fraud. Online fraudsters will very often place an order from a different country to that in which they wish to receive delivery. (Very often the order is placed in Nigeria - but they pretend to be in the UK) Using the IP-to-Country system brings these orders to our attention. Asking them which country they're in, may not always get an honest answer! :-) The IP-to-Country system's not perfect, but it's about as good as it gets for this kind of procedure. Mark. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Mark Derrick

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