Change Content to Match Visitors IP Geo Location

MVI solutions has long been a leader is utilizing Internet,  geo location which identifies  the internet visitor by their IP address, then determine what location  down to the city and  ZIP code level. IP provide a tractable IP geo location in JavaScript. This geo script tracks the real-time online visitors to your website by IP address. With this knowledge you can decide to display different content or different item that matches the geo location. This system automatically detects the visitors IP looks up where the IP is located and adjust content seamlessly on the web page. Which, allows you to customize your site to that visitor's geo location by changing the language, image or content provided? Real-Time Visitor IP Location can be used for a number of enhancements to improve marketing and readability. Geo location technology is not new and has been used since 1999, and the first patents were granted in 2004. The technology is widely used including retail, banking, media, education, travel, hospitality, entertainment, health care, gaming and law enforcement. To prevent online fraud, complying with regulations and serving targeted marketing content and pricing. Additionally, geo location software is also used to support 911 location determinations.

Geo marketing

Since geo location software can provide the information of user location- websites using geo marketing may provide web content or products that are better suited in that location. Advertisements and content on a website may be tailored to provide the information that a certain user wants.

Target content

Geo targeting can show different web content based on a user's geo location or other information. For example, going to google.com may redirect you to your local Google site. In various European countries, Google display search results which matches that country and language. In marketing applications, web sites with geo location software can display different content based on a user's location, such as different advertisements, merchandise, prices in local currency and local news. Universities use geo location software  display  courses offered at specific locations. Chain stores and restaurants, exhibit items, menus, and local promotional offers unique to a certain area. Financial institutions can show customers the nearest facilities based on their IP geographic location. Chinese website Hulu uses IP filtering that prevents anyone outside of U.S. IP ranges to use its service.

Geo IP Fighting Spam

Some Internet Service Providers use geo location software to help with the prevention of email and website spam. Many countries are known to have loose spam laws, and the use of geo location software allows ISP's to identify or flag messages from these countries.

Criminal investigations

USA banks, are now subject to strict new "Know your customer" laws imposed by the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and other regulatory bodies. These laws are designed to prevent money laundering, trafficking with terrorist organizations and trading with banned nations. By identifying where online visitors really are, geo location can protect banks from participating in the transfer of funds for illicit purposes.

Fraud Detection

Online retailers and payment processors use geo location to detect possible credit card fraud by comparing the user's location to the billing address on the account or the shipping address provided. A mismatch - an order placed from USA on an account number from India, for example - is a strong indicator of potential fraud. IP address geo location can be also used in fraud detection to match billing address postal code or area code. Banks can prevent "phishing" attacks, money laundering and other security breaches by determining the user's location as part of the authentication process. Government, law enforcement and security teams use geo location as an investigative tool, tracking the Internet routes of online attackers to find the perpetrators and prevent future attacks from the same location.

Censorship

Some have suggested that legislation should mandate the use of geo location software, for companies distributing pornography considered obscene in some jurisdictions or to enforce international trade agreements.

Mobile Marketing

Mobile marketing and channel strategy professionals must leverage context to deliver the right messaging at the right time to the right place to increase conversions. Marketers are using IP location tools to determine what content to post. Mobile marketing attempt to maximize opportunities by matching IP and location advertising.

Personalization Predicated On Knowledge Gained

Web pages as noted above are personalized based on the IP Geo Location. Other personalization changes are based on implicit data, such as items purchased or pages viewed. On an intranet or personalization is often based on user attributes. The term customization in this context refers to the ability of users to modify the page layout or specify what content should be displayed. There are three categories of personalization:

Geo Location based Behavior based Collaboration based

Web personalization models include rules-based filtering, based on "if this, then that" rules processing, and collaborative filtering, which serves relevant material to customers by combining their own personal preferences with the preferences of like-minded others. Collaborative filtering works well for some items however, it does not work well for a number of categories. Recently, another method, "Prediction Based on Benefit", has been proposed for products with complex attributes such as apparel.

We all know that personalized content works better than generic content on the internet. But few companies know how to harness the power of personalization to avoiding the pitfalls.

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