Skip to main content
Start Your Free Trial
Welcome to the IPinfo Blog
How We Made Our MMDB Files a Third Smaller Without Changing a Byte of Data
IPinfo cut its MMDB database catalogue by 31%, with some files shrinking by up to 80%, without changing a single lookup result. Here’s how we eliminated duplicate search-tree data, proved the output was identical, and open sourced the tool that does it.
a minute ago by Tiago Martins & Silvano Cerza — 7 min read
Bad Traffic Brought Visitors to Our DMEXCO Booth, but Good Traffic Kept Them There
7 days ago by Fernanda Donnini — 3 min read
How IXP.GT Uses Internet Measurement to Improve Local Connectivity
14 days ago by Ross Lewis — 5 min read
The United States of Walmart, According to WiFi Data
16 days ago by João Tomé — 10 min read
Recent articles
- The Residential Proxy Gap: Ad Fraud Detection's Next Competitive Edge22 days ago by Augustin Ladar — 4 min read
- Venue Context in the Bid Request: IPinfo Places for AdTech23 days ago by Fernanda Donnini — 4 min read
- Inside IPinfo’s Probe Network: How Our View of the Internet Fuels Superior IP Data Accuracya month ago by Abdullah — 5 min read
- Meet IPinfo at DMEXCO 2026: More Detailed Context From the IP Layera month ago by Alexandra Lawless — 2 min read
Access IP Data today!
Enhance your cybersecurity, analytics, and customer insights with the most accurate IP data solutions
IP Data Fundamentals
How to Detect Datacenter Proxies
2 months ago by Meghan Prichard — 9 min read
IP Address Cleanliness: Protecting Your Business’s Reputation and Success
3 months ago by Guest Author — 5 min read
What Is IP Reputation and How To Check It
4 months ago by Guest Author — 5 min read
IP Data Accuracy
How IXP.GT Uses Internet Measurement to Improve Local Connectivity
14 days ago by Ross Lewis — 5 min read
Inside IPinfo’s Probe Network: How Our View of the Internet Fuels Superior IP Data Accuracy
a month ago by Abdullah — 5 min read
Solving Business Challenges
Bad Traffic Brought Visitors to Our DMEXCO Booth, but Good Traffic Kept Them There
7 days ago by Fernanda Donnini — 3 min read
The Residential Proxy Gap: Ad Fraud Detection's Next Competitive Edge
22 days ago by Augustin Ladar — 4 min read
Why Bidstream Geo Breaks and How to Fix It
2 months ago by Augustin Ladar — 5 min read
Getting Started
Redefining Automation With IPinfo and NimbleBrain
6 months ago by Ross Lewis — 3 min read
A New Documentation Experience Built for Developers and AI
6 months ago by Fernanda Donnini — 2 min read
From Fighting Infrastructure to Building Products with BigQuery
9 months ago by Fernanda Donnini — 7 min read
Optimizing and Scaling
How We Made Our MMDB Files a Third Smaller Without Changing a Byte of Data
a minute ago by Tiago Martins & Silvano Cerza — 7 min read
Venue Context in the Bid Request: IPinfo Places for AdTech
23 days ago by Fernanda Donnini — 4 min read
Your IPinfo Databases Just Shrank by Up to 81%
a month ago by Fernanda Donnini — 2 min read
Community and Thought Leadership
The United States of Walmart, According to WiFi Data
16 days ago by João Tomé — 10 min read
Meet IPinfo at DMEXCO 2026: More Detailed Context From the IP Layer
a month ago by Alexandra Lawless — 2 min read
What Black Hat 2026 Revealed About a More Complicated Security Landscape
2 months ago by Paul Heywood — 5 min read
Company News and Updates
Day in the Life of an IPinfo Research Intern: Santiago
2 months ago by Santiago Klein — 4 min read
Day in the Life of an IPinfo Research Intern: Augustin
2 months ago by Augustin Laouar — 4 min read
IPinfo Recognized in 2026 Snowflake Report Highlighting the Future of AI-Driven Marketing
4 months ago by Paul Heywood — 2 min read