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CountryLocator V1.00
CountryLocator, another innovative product from ISAPILabs, provides valuable information about where your web site visitors are from.
People from all over the world are surfing the net. Normally, there's no way for you to know what country your web site visitors are from. The location of your visitors is valuable information because it can be used to: - Detect fraudulent credit card purchases.
- Redirect visitors to country specific web pages.
- Hide content from visitors from specific countries.
- Provide advertisers with geographical statistics.
- Display originiating country language, currency, and other country specific information
- Meet the needs of many other geographic specific locations.
CountryLocator is an easy-to-use Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) plugin that can be used with any web server running IIS. It uses your visitor's IP addresses to determine what country they are from and processes the information in a scripting language, such as PHP, ASP, NET, Perl, Cold Fusion, or CGI.
When your visitor's browser requests content from your web server running CountryLocator, CountryLocator retrieves the visitor's IP address and checks it against a database to determine the visitor's location. Based on the location, the visitor either receives the data or is redirected to the data specific to his or her location. Then, CountryLocator stores the country information as a server variable so that dynamic pages, such as PHP or ASP, can process it and use it to the benefit of the visitor.
Protect against fraud, control your content, provide advertisers with statistics, and much more using CountryLocator!
If your visitors purchase products from your site, CountryLocator can prevent fraudulent credit card purchases. Using CountryLocator, you can identify the country the visitor is located in and cross check it against the billing address.
You'll also be able to control the content your visitors see and show them only the content that applies to the country they are in. CountryLocator can identify the visitor's location and automatically redirect him or her to the appropriate web page. Or, CountryLocator can be used to successfully hide specified content from visitors in countries where the content may not apply.
Another great benefit of using CountryLocator is the ability to provide advertisers with geographical statistics. If your site generates revenue through advertisements, you can use CountryLocator to show advertisers where your site visitors are from and prove the worldwide appeal of your site.
On top of these great benefits, CountryLocator can be used to meet the needs of many other geographic specific applications.
Features
 Gets Country Information
CountryLocator makes it easy to collect country information from anyone visiting your web page. That information can be used to help benefit your visitors in several ways.
PHP and ASP Integration
CountryLocator integrates seamlessly into PHP and ASP using server headers. This allows you to easily incorporate country detection into already existing web sites. (See Documentation)
 Instantly Redirect Visitors based on their Country
CountryLocator includes a feature called Redirection Filters that allows website redirection based on the website visitor's country location.
Transparent to the User
CountryLocator works behind the scenes. Your visitors will never know they're being redirected, unless you choose to tell them.
Support for Proxy Servers
CountryLocator can decode an IP address from proxy server requests and retrieve the country in which the user is located.
Scriptable Statistics
With CountryLocator's scriptable statistics, you can easily script geographic statistics into a web page for easy viewing.
Support for Microsoft IIS 4, 5.X, & 6 on Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET
CountryLocator works on all Windows platforms that support IIS and ISAPI filter plugins. It works with the latest versions of Microsoft IIS and ensures compatibility with older versions of Microsoft IIS as well.
Easy Installation and Setup
CountryLocator comes with easy-to-use install and uninstall programs. The install program allows for maximum customization while maintaining an easy installation process. The uninstall application removes content that other ISAPI plugins might leave behind.
Change Settings Without Restarting
Unlike most ISAPI filters, CountryLocator incorporates the ability to change all related settings without having to restart the server. This allows for a much easier setup, installation, and configuration of all of CountryLocator's features.
Standalone GUI Interface
CountryLocator comes with a standalone GUI configuration tool that allows you to configure all of the application's many features. It's easy to use and has support for simple migration of settings from one server to another.
 MMC Free Zone
Forget about having problems with MMC snap-ins, which are often cumbersome and a hassle to deal with. All ISAPILabs plugins are self-contained and do not require MMC snap-ins to perform statistical analysis.
Logging
No ISAPI plugin would be complete without a logging feature. CountryLocator includes detailed messages about what is happening behind the scenes and gives you information that tells you exactly what CountryLocator is doing for you.
Compatible With All Browsers
CountryLocator supports all browsers including, but not limited to, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera.
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