Very good thing to do, especially if you are using a publisher such as YPN which prohibits non US traffic. So I started researching it today since I already have Phpadsnew on the server I figured I could take my leaderboard YPN ad on my forum that is under the navbar and replace it with a CPM network, Tribal Fusion, if the visitor was not originating from the United States.

It's quite simple actually.

This is the page that gives you info on where to get the database from: phpAdsNew | Features > Geotargeting

Here is the product you need: MaxMind - GeoIP | IP Address Location Technology You should buy the Country database only, as all we want to do is target countries and not regions or cities or area codes...
Once I purchased it I downloaded the follow directly onto the server and using ssh, and extracted its contents using
Then
then I moved it into the following folder
You may have to create the folder GeoIP, if it says it doesn't exist simply use this
and then try again.

After that you go into Phpadsnew and setup a new advertiser and under Delivery Options and select Country. Now you can select which countries the ad shows to and which ones it doesn't show too.

Hopefully this helps you get started.

I'm looking for a Geotargeted solution for my vbulletin forum. Most of my members are looking to buy specific products for the music recording niche. Unfortunately, my affiliate company only ships to America. I'd expect that I'm losing about 40-50% of my affiliate commission because I don't have geotargetted ads.

I've been meaning to try phpadsnew again. I messed with it for an hour 2 years ago and it kind of got pushed to the side.

Brandon

I posted how to do GeoIP for free recently. But that's not to say buying the DB is a bad thing.

Help Stopping Content Harvesting and Spam

The article is about stopping spam, but the same things apply to targeting ads.

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I am getting the following error while trying to access the link you have posted:

Computer Help Forum

HTTP Status: 403

Access Forbidden
[ /forums/showthread.php?t=4189 ]

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Sorry about that. We made a decision a log time ago, because of certain business aspects, to use GEO IP to block countries that have spammed us too much, do/did content harvesting, or provided open proxy access to us diluting our web authority and presence.

Unfortunaly, it appears you are from one of those countries.

Here's a link to the free version of GeoIP. MaxMind - GeoLite Country | Open Source IP Address to Country Database

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So India is making its presence felt in spamming industry as well :p, thanks for the direct link.

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I'm not going to say that as a general rule. I have done some good business there. But the good seem out numbered right now.

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I guess its fine as long as your forum isn’t actually targeting audience from that particular country. But personally I wouldn’t do it unless it goes out of control, after all a spammer can easily use a free proxy server.

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