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Asked: 2026-05-13T16:57:07+00:00

I would like to show a sidebar advert to users only in a specific

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I would like to show a sidebar advert to users only in a specific location (San Francisco). Would I sniff their IP, then if it fits in the San Fran IP area create an If/Else to show. If the IP != San Fran IP location then don’t show?

Or do I not use IP to track their location these days?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The answer is the whois database. Use the whois command on Linux, for example:

    $ host www.stackoverflow.com
www.stackoverflow.com is an alias for stackoverflow.com.
stackoverflow.com has address 69.59.196.211
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 40 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 50 aspmx3.googlemail.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx.l.google.com.
$ whois 69.59.196.211

OrgName:    Peak Inc.
OrgID:      PEAKIN-3
Address:    1600 SW Western Suite #180
City:       Corvallis
StateProv:  OR
PostalCode: 97333
Country:    US

...

    Use the first “County” or “country” field. You will get the country of the network block which contains the IP. Try it at http://whois.domaintools.com/

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