But where are they coming from?
Monday, April 3rd, 2006 | Nick Bugajski
When analyzing web data, it can be useful to map IP addresses back to a geographic location. Good for those of us that can’t afford to buy commercial databases with this information, there are public projects like Host IP picking up the slack.
One thing that makes Host IP particularly interesting is that you can download the whole IP database for your own use.
Certainly accuracy is a problem in a data set like this. But, so long as you account for that, you can still get a general idea of geographic distribution of requests. Perhaps the most useful information you can determine with certainty is which country traffic is coming from, which can help you with planning for site development.
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