| You probably know exactly how many visitors | | | | search engines like Overture or Google |
| you get to your website and to individual | | | | AdWords. They notice their links are getting |
| pages on your site. You probably know which | | | | abnormal numbers of clicks, eating up their |
| are new visitors and which are those | | | | advertising budget with few if any sales. |
| returning several times per day. And I'm sure | | | | Frequently Geo Detection will reveal the |
| you would agree it's important to know those | | | | clicks are coming from one of several |
| kinds of statistics. | | | | countries where almost all the traffic is |
| | | | fraudulent, pointing to the possibility |
| Now it's becoming increasingly important to | | | | crooks are using software to click through |
| know WHICH COUNTRIES your website visitors | | | | your pay-per-click links automatically |
| are coming from. This kind of | | | | throughout the day. It's a common and growing |
| country-tracking technology has been done | | | | problem. |
| privately by major corporations for years. | | | | |
| Only recently has Geo Detection become easily | | | | Geo Detection can also be used to BAN lists |
| available to small businesses and individual | | | | of countries from access to your site. You |
| website owners. | | | | might ban all countries known to be havens |
| | | | for criminals and con artists. This can |
| In today's global Internet economy, Geo | | | | dramatically cut down on fraudulent orders |
| Detection is gaining dominant importance. | | | | and is actively being used by many major |
| Here are a few reasons why: | | | | sites today. |
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| Some recording artists don't do especially | | | | If your product, service, or opportunity is |
| well in their home United States, but may | | | | only offered in the U.S. or the U.S. and |
| rocket to number one in Brazil or | | | | Canada, Geo Detection can insure only those |
| Scandinavia. Likewise, you have a product or | | | | residents are allowed to view your site. This |
| service that you think isn't selling even | | | | instantly solves the problem of unqualified |
| though you're getting plenty of hits to your | | | | buyers purchasing from you. You spend less |
| site. The problem is often that your product | | | | time solving problems and more time making |
| or service is wildly popular, but only in a | | | | money. |
| few countries who can't use your payment and | | | | |
| shipping methods. Knowing which countries | | | | Look into the ways Geo Detection can improve |
| your visitors are coming from could help you | | | | your site's sales and eliminate management |
| zero in on sales. | | | | headaches. It's an idea whose time has come |
| | | | for small businesses and website owners. |
| Often sites will advertise on pay-per-click | | | | |