I went to a website recently that had an advertisement for some dating site and on the advertisement it said "Find Singles In (My City)"? How did this website ad do this?
2007-02-11 15:19:40 · 7 answers · asked by h nitrogen 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
any site you visit can check your IP address. your IP is registered to the company you get your internet access from and you can look up their address online for free.
try it out -- go to
http://whatsmyip.org/
and get your IP, then go to
http://www.arin.net/whois/
and look up the registered owner's information.
basically, an advertising banner just grabs these two pieces of information and tells you to "find singles in blah-blah".
don't worry, they don't have any of your personal information.
2007-02-11 15:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by William 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The use your IP address to determine your country, state, and city.
2007-02-11 23:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by afreshpath_admin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IP address (like your identity card, but here we are in the computer world)
The website can track and record it ;)
2007-02-11 23:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by Paula 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can track your IP address to your ISPs office.
2007-02-11 23:22:39 · answer #4 · answered by Mason W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cookies, When you enter you city on to that website it well also leave a cookies on your hard drive.
2007-02-11 23:25:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a program called geoip, I think you can get it on sourceforge.net; I never tried it.
2007-02-11 23:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by The man in the back 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
omgosh ive always wondered that.
2007-02-11 23:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋