GEO IP Database?
 

Hey programmers of GFY where is a good place to get a recent geo IP db?

Thanks!

J

maxmind.com

are you trying to track conversions by region? or are you just trying to redirect traffic?

Redirect traffic based on IP

I have GeoIP installed and this is what you can do in your htaccess

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^(US|CN)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://youtube.com/watch?v=PGuoR1V2nFQ$1 [L]

The above sample code redirects American and Chinese traffic to this Youtube video



:thumbsup

so arrrgghhsome!

use my geo banners, spasibo

Alestorm do it fucking better!

I got nuffin for your right now, unless you want to buy stuff.

but they left out the fucking in "you are a fucking pirate!" :Oh crap

should I use php purely, or the GEOIP apache mod?

Unfortunally yes! that's due comercial purposes....

Thanks for putting up my banners CrazyShit.com

I use Apache mode

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Maxmind is the geoip company. We use our own faster software, but they are kind the standard. Keep in mind that it's nowhere near perfect. They claim 80% accuracy outside of the US. Real accuracy is probably even lower, so figure it'll be wrong maybe 30% of the time.

Also keep in mind geoip is NOT how you do languages. The browser sends a header specifically telling you which language they prefer and mod_negotiation displays the page which is the best match.