At GeoSurf, we currently have over 110 locations for our proxies. There are several criteria that must be met by each of these gateways:
- Desirable Location: We constantly monitor the online advertising landscape for trending markets. When we notice geotargeting options in a new area, we begin assessing our ability to add one of our proxies there. Also, if one of our customers requests a location that is of particular interest to them, we get started on it right away.
- Available Resources: All of our proxy servers are hosted in Tier 1 backbone data centers. Once we establish a location for a new gateway, we source the right data center.
- Speed, Availability, Reliability, and Redundancy: Any new proxies we establish must be able to adhere to our strict guidelines for the highest quality, speed, and full redundancy.
Once all of these criteria have been met, our technical team establishes the gateway. After thorough testing by our QA Department, we release the new location to our customers and prospects.
With this policy, we avoid establishing proxies in unnecessary locations, thereby avoiding unnecessary costs. At the same time, we make sure that we offer all of the locations that are desired by true marketing professionals.
Why do you need a web proxy? Well, anyone who serious about earning profits from online promotion must be using geotargeting for their ads. To show the same ads to all users regardless of their physical location is simply a waste. Displaying ads that are targeted and relevant to the user is the quickest way to maximize ROI.
When starting to geotarget, some processes become a bit more complex. One important process is QA. When verifying that ads are displaying properly, it is impossible to validate how ads appear that are targeted to an area besides your own. For example, if you work in New York and target ads to European, Asian, and South American countries, you have no way to see if the ads are displaying in the right language for users from France, China, or Brazil.
In order to properly QA, you need to empower yourself with a high quality web proxy. Using a web proxy service that offers gateways in all of your target locations is the only sure-fire way to properly validate that your geotargeted ads are displaying correctly in each region.
With your web proxy, you can (from your office in New York) access a secure connection through a French proxy and experience the internet like a real user in France. Then you can instantly switch to a Brazilian proxy and validate that ad as it is seen there.
What does being smart mean? Clever, intelligent, bright, brainy – the list can go on. This is definitely an attribute we all want to associate with ourselves and in the business world a must if we want to be successful.
The online media world is filled with obstacles that can trip up the blind man. Using GeoSurf the smart way can not only reveal these obstacles but also help you get rid of them completely!
So here are a few tips on how using GeoSurf can help you to be smart.
Did you know, that not too long ago you were able to find more active volcanoes in Ecuador than internet service providers? While you’ll probably want to steer clear of a bursting volcano, the explosion of internet in Ecuador is a trend not to be missed. With a population of 8.12 million, this rapidly developing country which has achieved a GDP real growth rate of 7.8% in 2011, is home to approximately 3.3 million internet users- 22.3% of the population.
Ecuadorians embrace the internet in all forms, as more and more websites continue to emerge, including B2B sites that play an important role in creating and enhancing business opportunities with corporations from all around the world. If you account for such a company and take part in business interactions such as these with Ecuadorians, you’ll be delighted to hear that geosurf now provides a new Ecuador proxy service. This means that with the help of our proxy toolbar, you’ll be able to check the flow of your site by viewing it just as an Ecuadorian user would. Also, geosurf’s premium proxy services include API proxy service which can come in handy if you’re interested in downloading geo-targeted content into your internal servers and data-mining.
And if you’re after those individual consumers viewing your content or purchasing your goods from within the breathtaking landscape of Ecuador? Well you can simply buy a proxy service- it doesn’t simply end with the proxy toolbar or API, as you can also buy our Mobile proxy to keep track of your mobile oriented activities and apps, or VPN proxy solution for following your funnels and geo-targeted content. The Ecuador proxy service, in all its available forms, is a great way for you to increase your familiarity not only with Ecuador, but with the hot and booming Latin American market.
Although Denmark is a rather small country in size, it is a leader in innovation and is ranked by the OECD as having one of the top 10 highest qualities of life in the world. As such, its population of approximately 5.5 million, out of which 85.3% (4.75 million) are internet users, have an increasing disposable income. Moreover, with an internet advertising market estimated at $677 million, it’s safe to say that Denmark’s online market might be of interest to you.
So how do you keep track of what your target audience is viewing online and if the money you spent to make sure your ads reach those Danish users is being well-spent? Simple- if you want to feel local, surf as the Danish do, and in order to do so you need to buy the Denmark proxy from GeoSurf.
What will this proxy service mean for you?
Since geotargeting has become so common and prevalent, users living in different locations often experience the internet differently. For instance, a user from Denmark surfing visiting yahoo will be exposed to different ads than a user from Costa Rica. However, once you buy the Denmark proxy, the proxy server will allow you to experience the web exactly as a Danish user would, just as if you buy Italy proxy you’ll view the web like an Italian. The GeoSurf premium proxy can take many forms according to your need, varying from a browser fitting proxy toolbar to VPN proxy service or mobile proxy, that allow you to view the internet through local eyes or even API proxy service..
So what are you waiting for?
Ever wondered how the internet appears to users from Costa Rica?
The truth is, the internet displays differently to users from each location. An internet user from China sees completely different ads and content than a user from New York or Costa Rica. Some of the differences may be:
- Search Engine Rankings – When users from different locations search Google or Yahoo for the same search terms, they see different results. For example, a user from Costa Rica who searches for “online casino” will get different top listings than a user from France who searches for “online casino.”
- Sponsored Results – The advertising on search engines is also geotargeted by location. The sponsored results seen in Costa Rica are different from the sponsored results in Australia or Mexico.
- Website Content – Some sites even geotarget their content based on location. News sites like CNN, for example, will show Costa Ricans relevant news for their area and show different relevant news to users from Chicago.
- Online Advertising – Ads seen on websites and in applications also vary by location. When surfing a travel site like expedia, for example, Costa Rican users may be shown ads for vacation spots that are closer to them while users from Japan will see their top destinations in ads.
But if you want to experience the internet like a Costa Rican does, there is an easy solution: simply buy the Costa Rican proxy. Using a proxy in your web browser, or a proxy VPN connection will enable you to experience the internet like a Costa Rican no matter where you are! By selecting a proxy network with many locations, you can surf locally from any location. The GeoSurf proxy network includes 90+ gateways; some of the most popular are the Argentina proxy, Italy proxy, and UK proxy.
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Tough it is relatively a small South American country (as shown on the map above), Uruguay is home to over three million people. About a third of the population, over a million people, are active internet users. If a million potential customers from Uruguay interest your company, then you must start geotargeting to this location.
Geotargeting has been proven to result in higher ROI of advertising budgets. Users simply respond better when languages, currencies, offers, and content is directed toward them. Whether it is through an ad network, on social media like LinkedIn or Facebook, or on search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing, your geotargeting options should always be used to maximize your returns.
Once you properly set up your targeted ads, you always need to make sure to verify that they are displayed properly. It may not be your fault that ads shown to Uruguay users are in French with US dollar discounts – but you will be paying the price, so it is your responsibility to check. Monitoring these ads does not mean you need to take a trip to Uruguay to see the ads the way local users see them. There is a much better options. Simply try or buy an Uruguay proxy. Through this proxy, you can easily check your ads, scope out your competitors, and hunt for new prospects in the Uruguay area.
The GeoSurf premium proxy toolbar can help you with all of your proxy needs. We offer the toolbar with over 90 locations – you can try our Los Angeles proxy, Spain proxy, Germany proxy, South Africa proxy, or virtually anywhere in between! You can also use our services as a VPN proxy, smartphone proxy, PlayStation proxy, or Direct Connect API.
The Central American country of Honduras is becoming an online advertising target market. This map from the World Bank illustrates the growth of popularity of internet usage in Honduras in recent years:
Noticing the steep upwards trend, online advertisers around the world have taken note and begun geotargeting their advertising to local users in Honduras.
Are you targeting to Hondurans?
If you are, you have probably come across a common challenge that plagues online advertisers, publishers, and ad networks around the world. How do you keep track of geotargeted advertising and web content if you are not located in the area you are targeting. For example, if you live and work in London, but want to target users from Honduras, how do you check that your ads and funnels are displaying properly? Many online professionals have struggles with this issue and have found the answer: simply buy a Honduras proxy.
But what does this mean? In simple terms, a proxy is just a computer that is located somewhere else (in this case, in Honduras) and allows users to access the internet through its connection. By accessing the internet through a Honduras proxy (or a Chinese proxy or a French proxy, etc), it no longer matters where you are physically located when you initiate access. The internet and your target sites think that you are located wherever your proxy is. This way, you can view local results for SERPs, check your own geotargeted ads and content, scope out your competitors in different regions, and much more.
You don’t have to invest a lot of time and money setting up your own proxy in Honduras. You can simply buy the Honduras proxy provided by the GeoSurf Premium Proxy Network and get started surfing locally from Honduras right away!
When our customers told us that they do targeted online advertising to web surfers from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we knew we had to take action. Because there are well over two million residents in this third-largest Canadian metropolitan area, and 79.2% of Canadians nationwide are internet users, we took rapid action to make sure that our customers can surf the internet like Vancouver residents do through our Vancouver Proxy.
Customers have already started using the full GeoSurf suite of products with the new western Canadian proxy. The proxy toolbar seems to be the most popular interface – with its easy-to-use “switch with a click” location selector and its helpful mobile emulator feature. Using the GeoSurf proxy toolbar uncovers web results for SERPs, apps, targeted content and advertising – just like it is shown to a resident of Vancouver. Not far behind is the Vancouver Proxy VPN, which changes the computer’s IP address to a local Vancouver IP. Accessing desktop apps (like Forex, Casino, Chat, etc) with the VPN enabled provides Vancouver user access no matter where you are really surfing from. Also available is the PlayStation Proxy, which enables you to play PS3 games like a Canadian does and the Direct Connect API which provides advanced server-to-server proxy communications.
Check out all of our Vancouver Proxy Solutions today!
The GeoSurf product suite – browser toolbars, VPN connections, proxy for mobile solution, PS3 proxy, and Direct Connect proxy API – are now available with our newest location: proxy from Toronto, Ontario, Canada!
Almost 6 million people reside in the Toronto metro area, and if your website, internet advertising, online application, mobile media, or playstation game is not geotargeting to them, you are missing out!
Before you start to customize your content to Toronto users, you may want to sneak a peek at how your competitors do it. If you are not physically located in Toronto yourself, this may be a difficult and expensive proposition! But don’t worry, you don’t have to travel to Toronto every time you want to emulate the internet user experience, simply start a free trial or buy the Toronto Proxy to experience ads, content, sites, apps, and games like Torontonians do!
The GeoSurf products are available with over 90 locations, including various Canadian cities, that will help you take the guesswork out of your geotargeting. With GeoSurf, you can easily research your competitors’ local activities or test, validate, and monitor your own content and campaigns. You can surf locally without being local . . . in Toronto, San Francisco, France, Italy, China, Australia, and many more!