GeoIP
GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy Database Updates
- How often are the GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases updated?
- How often should I update my GeoIP2, GeoIP Legacy, or GeoLite2 database files?
- Is there a limit to how often I can download a database from my MaxMind account?
- How are GeoIP database updates provided? Can I automate updates?
- How can I check the latest release date for a GeoIP database?
- How can I troubleshoot errors received when running geoipupdate?
- Are GeoIP database updates provided as complete databases or as deltas?
- Can I purchase database updates annually online? I don’t want a subscription.
GeoIP2 Precision Services
- What is GeoIP2 Precision data?
- What is GeoIP Legacy and how does it differ from GeoIP2?
- Should I choose the GeoIP2 Precision service or GeoIP2 database?
- How can I test the GeoIP2 Precision service without integrating with an API?
- How can I prevent my service credit from being used up at a faster than expected rate?
- Do you cache or log my GeoIP2 Precision service query response data?
- Does 1 query = 1 visitor to my site?
- Will I get a warning if I am running out of queries?
- Are funds consumed for GeoIP2 Precision queries that return an error?
GeoIP2 Implementation
- How can I identify proxies and other anonymous IP addresses?
- What are Cellular and Wi-Fi connections, and how do I identify them?
- How can I map GeoIP Legacy’s FIPS 10-4 region codes to GeoIP2’s ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes?
- Why can’t I find a particular IP address in your GeoIP2 CSV database?
- What is the difference between the ISP and Organization outputs?
- I have registered the appropriate domain, but the GeoIP2 JavaScript API still isn’t working on my site. What could be causing the request to fail?
- Why should I use GeoIP2 instead of GeoIP Legacy?
- I’m a new customer, but I still need the old GeoIP Legacy .dat format for my integration method. What can I do?
- Why am I seeing different geolocation data from another provider?
- What languages does GeoIP2 support?
- How do I display the city name returned by the GeoIP database in the user’s native language?
- How can I determine the timezone of a website visitor?
- How can I redirect my website traffic to location-specific pages? How will this influence search engine rankings?
- How can I determine the preferred language of the website visitor?
- How do I determine the IP address of a visitor who is behind a proxy?
GeoIP2 License
- Can I set up a website where my clients can enter an IP address and get GeoIP2 information back?
- I would like to use a GeoIP2 or GeoIP Legacy database on xyz.com, xyz.ca, and xyz.biz. Do I need more than one site license?
- We are a hosting provider and have a license to one of your GeoIP2 or GeoIP Legacy databases. Can we install it on the different servers that we provide to our hosting clients?
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