[thelist] Basic Traffic tracking question

[Seth Bienek]

> the location of the ISP's IP
> doesn't necessarily accurately reflect the actual VISITOR's location. A
> typical line in my server log looks like this:

The IP address in your log is the actual visitor's IP, which is assigned by
their ISP when they dial up IF they don't own a dedicated IP.

> *where* a visitor is coming from. Our organization has a huge marketing
> effort to bring ex-patrioted Iowans back to Greater Des Moines, so we

AHHH, you men *WHERE*!  The only tool I know of that does anything even
close to this is VisualRoute.  It's primarily used for network
troubleshooting, but it will show you the location of an IP on an actual
map, which is PFC IMHO. :)
http://visualroute.com

HTH,

Seth

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Seth Bienek
Solutions Development Manager
Stonebridge Technologies, Inc.
972.455.7294 tel
972.404.9754 fax
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