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IPv6 Adoption Impacts on Data Intelligence and Decision-Making

In today's fast-changing digital world, businesses need to keep up with technology to stay competitive. One such transition that warrants attention is the migration from IPv4 to IPv6. The transition to IPv6 is not frequently discussed in the news, but it has significant impacts on data intelligence and enrichment. This topic is worth considering and it's a topic worth thinking about. The shift to IPv6 address represents a fundamental change in how devices connect and communicate on the Interne

Jeff Pistone

Jeff Pistone

Internet Data Expert

IPv6 Adoption Impacts on Data Intelligence and Decision-Making

Mastering NGINX with IPinfo for Access Control and Privacy Policies

NGINX (pronounced "engine-x") is a popular open-source web server, reverse proxy server, and load balancer. It is known for its high performance, scalability, and efficiency, making it a popular choice for serving web content and optimizing resource utilization. In this tutorial, we will create an NGINX web server serving a static webpage and integrate IPinfo’s IP databases for IP-based intelligence capabilities. IPinfo’s IP database can provide an extended set of features and controls with NGI

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

Internet Data Expert

Mastering NGINX with IPinfo for Access Control and Privacy Policies

How To Get IP Data And IP Geolocation In C# With IPinfo

In this article, we will look into how to get started with getting IP address information (including IP geolocation) using the IPinfo C# / .NET SDK in a C# project. Whether it be a web application development using the ASP.NET framework, developing a backend service using the C# language or even in-game development using Unity, IPinfo’s IP address data is essential in IP data enrichment, cybersecurity, and fraud prevention. Installing the IPinfo Library If you want to integrate IPinfo’s API s

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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How To Get IP Data And IP Geolocation In C# With IPinfo

Introducing a Simpler Way to get IP Address Data in Snowflake

We’ve just launched a new way to access our data in Snowflake in a really quick and intuitive way, leveraging Snowflake’s powerful UDTFs. The backstory: Joining IPs to geolocation One of the challenges, when we launched our data on the Snowflake Marketplace, was to make the lookups of our data performant. Because our data maps to IP ranges, rather than specific IPs, range joins can be slow. That's why we created an optimized version. By splitting the data and creating a join key, you can now

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

Internet Data Expert

Introducing a Simpler Way to get IP Address Data in Snowflake

The impact of last-digit IP anonymization

Because of data protection regulations, most browsers (such as Safari and Firefox) currently block 3rd party cookies by default. And it’s also why Google Chrome plans to eliminate cookies by 2023 [https://ipinfo.io/blog/3rd-party-cookies-removal-data-collection/]. Just like 3rd party cookies, however, IPs can also be considered personal identifiers. That’s why many organizations choose to apply IP data in privacy-protected ways. For instance, some IPinfo users use last digit IP anonymization as

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

Internet Data Expert

The impact of last-digit IP anonymization

How To Use IP Address Data For Digital Media and Entertainment

Digital media continues to outpace traditional media, offering more opportunities for global expansion and revenue growth. Looking at digital media simply from an advertising perspective, CPM (cost-per-mille) averages around fifteen to thirty dollars cheaper on digital media as opposed to traditional media. The reality is that digital media is reaching more consumers faster than other forms of media. Consequently, the challenge for these organizations is to outpace other market competition whi

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IPinfo Team

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How many IPs changed geolocation over a year

Last year alone, IPinfo serviced 462 billion API requests for over 100,000 users. With this many loyal users, it’s not surprising that we also answer numerous questions related to each specific use case. As a result, our in-house data experts track insights such as these to help our customers develop better use cases. Here are our most recent findings. General findings for IP changes According to our data records, we’ve established that in general, IP address database changes with this estim

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IPinfo Team

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How many IPs changed geolocation over a year

How we keep our database clean and accurate

IP address data is known to shapeshift at a rapid-fire pace [https://ipinfo.io/blog/ip-geolocation-accuracy/]. The challenge for IP address providers like IPinfo is to keep databases clean and accurate. What’s at stake if we don’t keep up with IP information shifts? Governments, healthcare, cybersecurity, Fintech, and other industries can’t rely on this data. In other words, IP data is only as useful as it is accurate. That’s why one of our highest priorities at IPinfo is to keep our proprie

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IPinfo Team

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Introduction to the IPinfo CLI

Not long ago, we announced the launch of the official IPinfo Command Line Interface [https://ipinfo.io/blog/meet-the-official-ipinfo-cli/] (CLI). We’re thankful for all the support and comments you’ve sent our way about this new release. Many of you gave us some great feedback on platforms such as Twitter. Plus, some tweets even inspired some of the subcommands available in our CLI: To thank you for your support and to help all of our users use our new CLI to its full capacity, we’re releasing

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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Introduction to the IPinfo CLI

How the travel industry can use IP address data to save money

In 2019, travel and tourism accounted for over 10 percent of global GDP. However, these industries suffered losses of nearly $4.5 trillion in 2020, ultimately contributing less than 4 percent to the worldwide GDP. Needless to say, from airlines to booking platforms to hotels, 2020 was a challenging year, and the economic rebound for travel-focused industries is going to take time. What many of these companies now need is to conserve revenue while reaching more customers. The good news is that

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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How the travel industry can use IP address data to save money

Getting started: a step-by-step guide for IPinfo users

Ever since 2013, IPinfo has been empowering industry-leading companies with accurate IP address data. Our goal is to give you all the IP information you need without any of the headache. So if you’re new to IPinfo or simply curious about what the user experience looks like, then you’ve come to the right place. This simple, step-by-step guide makes our features accessible to all users. 1. Visit the dashboard For first-time users, the dashboard is a must-visit page, and here’s why: 1. You ca

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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Getting started: a step-by-step guide for IPinfo users

How modern governments benefit from IP address data

Governments in this modern age increasingly rely on both online presence and a myriad of assets or infrastructure that are connected to the internet in some form. This often causes a scramble within these organizations to not only manage these systems but to also stay ahead of the game. In other words, an online presence means they need to detect threats or security breaches right away and one way to do this is by enriching all the data they have. Consider the response to COVID-19. Governments

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IPinfo Team

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What firmographics can be gathered from IP address data

Within ABM and other B2B inbound strategies, researching and identifying high value accounts is a top priority. Interestingly, nearly every company has anonymous website visitors who leave a trail of firmographic insights. But what if some of this tedious market research was automated for these teams? A little behind the scenes digging by IP address providers is one way to pinpoint firmographics… simply by leveraging the site traffic data you already have. 1. Geolocation IP addresses leave lot

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IPinfo Team

Internet Data Expert

What firmographics can be gathered from IP address data

The future of 3rd party cookies and data collection

Now more than ever before, businesses need personalized engagement strategies to reach the right buyers. Especially in B2B industries, account-based marketing [https://ipinfo.io/use-cases/ip-data-for-abm] creates meaningful engagement on a one-to-one basis with high-value accounts. To personalize and increase engagement, many strategic advertisers and marketers use third-party cookies, gathering business intelligence and personalized data sets to target the right buyers. That is, until now. W

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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The future of 3rd party cookies and data collection

How much should you be spending on geolocation services?

For anyone who’s ever tried to decipher pricing for geolocation services, it can be a monumental task. Some providers are free. Others charge per request. Still others hide their prices until you’re ready to talk to a sales representative. Simply narrowing down how much to pay for geolocation data [https://ipinfo.io/products/ip-geolocation-api] can be an overwhelming undertaking. Not only do decision makers need to weigh the values coming from developers and other team members, but they also ha

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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How much should you be spending on geolocation services?

Top ways to use IP geolocation data

Over the years, we’ve witnessed many exciting innovations fueled by location data. In fact, one of the best parts of being an IP geolocation provider [https://ipinfo.io/products/ip-geolocation-api] is interacting with future-oriented industry leaders. As geolocation data continues to develop and expand, so do its possible uses. Here are some exciting ways we’ve seen geolocation data implemented. 1. Low latency experiences Every game designer wants frictionless experiences for users. However,

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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Top ways to use IP geolocation data

IP data for investigators and journalists

To the average computer user, IP address numbers may seem a little disconnected from reality. But for investigators and journalists, IP data tells stories that can’t be found anywhere else. Sound a little like magic? Well, it’s not. We’ve seen IP data used around the globe to protect human rights organizations, expose online fraud, and reveal how regimes restrict freedom of speech or controversial opinions. In this article, we want to take a look inside IP address information as used by invest

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

Internet Data Expert

IP data for investigators and journalists

IPinfo partners with Datarade to connect users worldwide with fastest-available IP address data

Seattle, WA, US / Berlin, Germany, Feb. 2, 2021 - Globally-trusted IP address and geolocation data provider IPinfo announced today that their IP data will now be available on Datarade, the fastest-growing global e-commerce platform for commercial datasets. IPinfo’s data products [https://datarade.ai/data-providers/ipinfo-io/profile] can now be leveraged by Datarade’s tens of thousands of data buyers from every industry. “We are very excited to partner with Datarade in their mission to make dat

IPinfo Team

IPinfo Team

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IPinfo partners with Datarade to connect users worldwide with fastest-available IP address data

How to know if you need better IP address information

In this consumer-driven era, generalized content is no longer enough to ensure brand loyalty. Personalizing buyer experiences, whether B2B or B2C, is now a must for brands who want to optimize sales funnels and drive more conversions. And since websites (just like storefront windows) create first impressions, they’re an important facet of any customized strategy. In the past, websites could only go so far when personalizing user experiences. They were typically designed to connect with genera

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IPinfo Team

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How to know if you need better IP address information