So AFF geoIP thinks I'm in Greenwich... - GoFuckYourself.com

rowan · 05-10-2009, 03:58 PM

Is that like a default location when they can't figure it out? Greenwich UK is a 24 hour flight from here.

pussyluver · 05-10-2009, 06:42 PM

Has me in Charleston, South Carolina. Oh, bout 800 miles off or so. It has been constant that way for awhile. Let' see, could it be the server? Nope, they're in NJ. Got me, they'll correct it sometime or maybe it is right for most others???

rowan · 05-10-2009, 08:59 PM

GeoIP will never be perfect, since it's based on the administrative mailing addresses for a block of IPs, but this one is WAY out.

Might be because Greenwich is at longitude zero.

batts · 05-10-2009, 10:22 PM

So who gives a fuck.

rowan · 05-10-2009, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batts

So who gives a fuck.

AFF should, for one.

Paid off all your debts yet?

batts · 05-10-2009, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

AFF should, for one.

Paid off all your debts yet?

Sucked any cock yet ?

borked · 05-10-2009, 10:51 PM

Take it all with a grain of salt - AFF rarely update their geo database

rowan · 05-10-2009, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batts

Sucked any cock yet ?

That's a mere fantasy for you, like Gecko in your sig, and being debt free. Keep digging.

Raf1 · 05-10-2009, 11:51 PM

it's way off for me also.

voa · 05-11-2009, 12:18 AM

Ok its not so big mistake :D

Sarah_Jayne · 05-11-2009, 06:56 AM

I actually lived very close to Greenwich, UK and it usually places me in somewhere in the UK far away from me.

pussyluver · 05-11-2009, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batts

So who gives a fuck.

I do when selecting a dating sponsor to promote. If it is off for me, shit happens. If it is off for many others, then there is a problem that would affect conversions. Of course AFF is so huge they don't need to give a fuck. I need the bucks and dating conversions ratios are going to shit.

Monkeygunnagetchu · 05-11-2009, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Is that like a default location when they can't figure it out? Greenwich UK is a 24 hour flight from here.

Hey there Rowan,
Can you ping me with your IP addy? I'll have the programmers talk with the GEO database company about manually editing your IP block.

Thanks!

pussyluver · 05-11-2009, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkeygunnagetchu

Hey there Rowan,
Can you ping me with your IP addy? I'll have the programmers talk with the GEO database company about manually editing your IP block.

Thanks!

No offense, but fixing one block isn't the answer. It's the whole system or a good portion of it. I checked from multiple locations in zip area 631 and 630. Two others have been defined in this thread

pussyluver · 05-11-2009, 10:11 AM

I THINK the problem is localized to geo thumb ads. I think once inside a tour, the problem does not exist.

markethustler · 05-11-2009, 11:03 AM

Join LoadedCash from my signature below and all your problems will go away ;O)

borked · 05-11-2009, 11:06 AM

Weather is nice today!

Monkeygunnagetchu · 05-11-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Is that like a default location when they can't figure it out? Greenwich UK is a 24 hour flight from here.

There is a Greenwich Australia

But if you give me your IP address and the cityname that you expect to be showing then we'll contact our database provider and have it corrected for you.

rowan · 05-11-2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkeygunnagetchu

There is a Greenwich Australia

But if you give me your IP address and the cityname that you expect to be showing then we'll contact our database provider and have it corrected for you.

As pussyluver said, fixing one block out of 16 million isn't going to make any difference. (More specifically because no one from my office - which has its own C class IP block - is ever going to sign up to AFF.

)

Thinks: someone could make a lot of money by creating a community that verifies geoIP.

rowan · 05-11-2009, 08:47 PM

BTW, Greenwich (Australia) appears to be in the state of New South Wales.

GeoIP usually thinks I'm in Queensland.

...but I'm actually in Victoria.

05-10-2009, 03:58 PM	#1
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	So AFF geoIP thinks I'm in Greenwich... Is that like a default location when they can't figure it out? Greenwich UK is a 24 hour flight from here.

05-10-2009, 10:51 PM	#7
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05-10-2009, 06:42 PM	#2
pussyluver Clueless OleMan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ICQ - 169903487 Posts: 11,009	Has me in Charleston, South Carolina. Oh, bout 800 miles off or so. It has been constant that way for awhile. Let' see, could it be the server? Nope, they're in NJ. Got me, they'll correct it sometime or maybe it is right for most others???

05-10-2009, 08:59 PM	#3
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	GeoIP will never be perfect, since it's based on the administrative mailing addresses for a block of IPs, but this one is WAY out. Might be because Greenwich is at longitude zero.

05-10-2009, 10:22 PM	#4
batts So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,266	So who gives a fuck.

05-11-2009, 12:18 AM	#10
voa Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 16,532	Ok its not so big mistake :D

05-11-2009, 06:56 AM	#11
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	I actually lived very close to Greenwich, UK and it usually places me in somewhere in the UK far away from me.

05-11-2009, 10:11 AM	#15
pussyluver Clueless OleMan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ICQ - 169903487 Posts: 11,009	I THINK the problem is localized to geo thumb ads. I think once inside a tour, the problem does not exist.

05-11-2009, 08:47 PM	#20
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	BTW, Greenwich (Australia) appears to be in the state of New South Wales. GeoIP usually thinks I'm in Queensland. ...but I'm actually in Victoria.