IP Geolocation Blogs

A Practical Guide to IPGeolocation.io’s Astronomy API

Explanation of IPGeolocation.io's Astronomy API, presenting its use cases and fields' practical interpretation.

Top 10 IP Geolocation Use Cases in 2025 for Businesses and Developers

Discover the most impactful IP geolocation use cases in 2025 – from personalized content and fraud detection to compliance and threat intelligence.

Protecting Your Business from VPN & Proxy Fraud: A Comprehensive Guide

Prevent online payment fraud, account takeovers, bot attacks, and other malicious activities. Detect and block VPNs to secure customers.

5 Companies Employing IP Geolocation for Success (What We Can Learn)

Learn how top brands like Netflix, Amazon, and others succeed with IP geolocation to localize content, improve ads, and secure users, and how you can, too.

How IP Geolocation Powers Everyday Apps: 5 Surprising Ways It Improves Your Online Experience

Learn how businesses use IP Geolocation to personalize content, enhance security, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize performance in modern web applications

Bogon IP Addresses

Bogon IP Addresses are the set of IP Addresses not assigned to any entity by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and RIR (Regional Internet Resgistry).

Find Your IP Address (3 Ways)

How to find someone's IP address using "IP lookup tools", "examining email headers", and "the command prompt". Or, you can simply ask Google for your IP address.

What is an IP Address? | All You Need to Know in 2024

An IP address, or Internet Protocol address, is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. It serves two main purposes: identifying the host or network interface and providing the location of the device in the network.

Geo-Redirect Visitors to a Localized Website

For businesses operating across multiple regions, effective geotargeting is essential for providing personalized experiences to website visitors worldwide. This includes tailoring content, pricing, and dedicated pages based on the visitor's location to enhance engagement and conversion rates.

Geo-Block the Visitors to Your Online Applications

Online applications are most susceptible to attacks today. Securing them is a need for their robustness. Here is how you can restrict the access to your online applications to the visitors from a specific region using IP Location services.

GDPR and Data Privacy in IPGeolocation Service

GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation. IPGeolocation API is GDPR compliant and we are committed to protecting your data privacy.

IP Geofeed and How to Setup One?

"IP Geofeed" or "Geofeed", is a standard format to publish the IP blocks and associated geolocation information. Geofeed is a CSV formatted file, typically distributed over an http(s) link.

What is IP Geolocation? A brief introduction

A break-down of what is an IP Geolocation API and how online businesses can use it for optimal conversions.

7 Online Retailers that use IP Geolocation for greater conversions

A case study of how some famous online sellers are using IP Geolocation and how they have become huge names in the industry

IP Geolocation Backstory

Read about our backstory. How our own need compelled us to build an IP Geolocation Database from scratch and offer it as REST API for everyone.