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Poll: Let these sites guess your location based on IP

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Mixmind is off by 23.5 miles (based on lat/long),
ip2location is off by 1.8 miles (based on lat/long).

Both need more significant figures to get the location correct.

My vote is for ip2location.
 
Originally posted by: intogamer
The first one looks more to the data center servers than the client

true. Our datacenter is registered in the correct location from 1st look-up (Clayton).

the second lookup was not correct at either the datacenter or my client location (Durham)

Of course, pr0n sites use this to tailor content to your location.


Or so I have been told...
:roll:
 
ip2location guessed my city as one almost 45 minutes away (Niagra Falls vs. Hamilton)

Maxmind guessed my city as the next one over, technically attached to this one (Dundas vs. Hamilton)
 
First one says I'm in San Jose, CA, the second says Walnut Creek, CA. I'm in Oakland, CA. The second is actually accurate however, since our datacenter is in walnut creek and all internet traffic routes through there.
 
1st one had the correct city, but the Lat/Long was off by about 3 miles.
2nd one had the next city over, still in the same metro area, Lat/Long off by about 10 miles.

IP, ISP, etc. were all correct with both.
 
The first one picked Plano, the seccond one picked Dallas, and I am in North Ft Worth. :confuzed;

They both picked the right company, though.
 
first one is way off
You're located in
(US) UNITED STATES,
IOWA,
FT. DODGE

second one is way off too
United States
Region AZ (Arizona)
US Area Codes 480
US Metro Codes 753
Global Cities Phoenix
Zipcode 85044


 
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