Internet Marketing Tycoon

**keithkiss** · 07-16-2008, 07:56 PM

how do I tell which country people are surfing from?
Id like to have an advertising banner that promotes certain ads based on country of the users origin.

Thanks for any tips.

**nasaboy007** · 07-16-2008, 09:35 PM

you'd have to do a geoIP lookup. grab their IP using php's predefined variables and then run it through a geoIP script (which basically compares IP ranges to countries) and use it from that.

but thats only if you're dynamically generating different ads based on the country. if you just want to see what country people are from and accordingly MANUALLY adjust the ads AFTER you know what country your majority of viewers are from, i strongly suggest google analytics.

**francis84** · 07-18-2008, 12:04 PM

Use Google Analytics, it show comprehensive report on where your traffic came from.

**willcode4beer** · 07-18-2008, 02:14 PM

Give this a read:
http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/07/getti...ss-in-php.html

**juliensimon** · 07-18-2008, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willcode4beer

Give this a read:
http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/07/getti...ss-in-php.html

great post. Thanks a lot. I owe you a beer

**logic** · 07-19-2008, 11:14 AM

We are in the USA, we use surfstats because the breakou is by state and country then region then continent and feel it does a great job for us.

Logic

**jamestl2** · 07-21-2008, 04:26 AM

Look in your site logs. They're there for me at least.

**northbeach23** · 07-24-2008, 05:17 AM

Look on visitors location on your analytics

**eautocad** · 07-25-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by francis84

Use Google Analytics, it show comprehensive report on where your traffic came from.

how will analytics pick out adverts in real-time?

**-Root-** · 07-27-2008, 11:07 PM

u can check ur cpanel ..if ur host supprts AWSTATS

u will get clear cut picture

**CodrutTurcanu** · 07-31-2008, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithkiss

how do I tell which country people are surfing from?
Id like to have an advertising banner that promotes certain ads based on country of the users origin.

Thanks for any tips.

I'd also recommend Google analytics as it shows detailed statistics about the visitors to a website.

One of the most interesting thing I've ever seen about Google analytics is it’s easy to improve your results online.

**umurali2000** · 08-11-2008, 04:47 PM

google analytics and your website cpanel awstats would give

**Local SEO** · 08-17-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by francis84

Use Google Analytics, it show comprehensive report on where your traffic came from.

This is the best answer if you are a website owner and not a designer. It is very easy to use and include a world map.

**The-Pixel** · 08-17-2008, 07:47 PM

Hello,
I use a counter ( http://www.countertracker.com/ ) that tells what country they are from, the reference link they, what they they visited your website, what pages they went to and how long they stayed. Best of luck.

**eautocad** · 08-18-2008, 04:31 AM

I love google analytics and I fully recommend it. You will love it too! I can't wait for some new map updates.

**Wanted** · 12-04-2008, 06:13 AM

simple answer would be Google Analytics

Good luck

**matthemattrix** · 12-08-2008, 04:57 AM

Stat Counter is another really good free counter that gives you heaps of indormation, including where your visitors are coming from.