I'm looking for some kind of solution that will allow me to display
localized content to visitors from various cities/states across the
U.S. I know I can perform a city/state lookup based on the IP address
of the visitor, but I also know that this method is flawed -- for
instance, I'm in Atlanta, but since my computer is registered on a
company-wide network, and the corporate office is in New York City, a
city lookup of my IP address tells me that I am in NYC. Obviously, if I
want to display Atlanta content to my IP, I'm out of luck.
I currently have a zip code lookup engine in place on my site, but that
only works if, duh, the user enters their zip code. Otherwise, they get
generic content instead of localized content.
Any thoughts on this? Obviously, I want to keep things as simple and
user-friendly as possible. Should I attempt to guess their zip code
based on their IP, and then give them the opportunity to enter the
correct zip for local content? Don't try to guess, but have them enter
their zip before showing them local content?
What are your thoughts?
-Bob
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