[Optimized] Free Geo-Target Redirect Code using MaxMind's JS API [Noob-Friendly]

Nexar · Nov 17, 2012

Hey people,

I know this kind of scripts/codes have been posted before, but i have seen many people (Specially newbies) struggling to get it working properly because of if/else statements confusing them.

So i decided to code an easier and more optimized version for y'all using MaxMind's JS API.

All you have to do is add your targeted country's "ISO 3166-1 - Alpha-2" code and redirect URL to the "target" array object. (Format: Country-Code = Redirect URL).
ISO 3166-1 - Alpha-2 Codes list can be found here (See Column: "Alpha-2 Code" for country code of the country you want to target).

So for this example, I'll target 3 countries, i.e. "US" (United States), "GB" (United Kingdom) and "CA" (Canada).

Alright, Now that we have the country codes of our targeted countries, We just have to specify the country code and the redirect URL to our "target" array object.

In this format:

Code:

target['CountryCode'] = "RedirectURL";

So for our targeted countries "US" (United States), "GB" (United Kingdom) and "CA" (Canada), The code will be:

Code:

    target['US'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-us-offer/";
    target['GB'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-uk-offer/"; 
    target['CA'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-ca-offer/";

And for non-targeted/other visitors, you have to specify the URL in "All" key.
That is:

Code:

target['All'] = "http://domain.tlds/non-targeted-visitors-page/";

Here's how the full code looks like:

Code:

<script src="//j.maxmind.com/app/country.js" charset="ISO-8859-1" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
    var target = new Array(); // Target Array, Don't remove this.
    
    // Here's an example which redirects visitors to your specified URL for your targeted country code:


    target['All'] = "http://domain.tlds/non-targeted-visitors-page/"; // Redirects non-targeted/other visitors to this URL.
    target['US'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-us-offer/"; // Redirects' "US" (United States) Visitors to this URL.
    target['GB'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-uk-offer/"; // Redirects' "GB" (United Kingdom) Visitors to this URL.
    target['CA'] = "http://domain.tlds/my-ca-offer/"; // Redirects' "CA" (Canada) Visitors to this URL.



    
    /* =============== DON'T EDIT THE BELOW CODE =============== */
        var visitorCountryCode = geoip_country_code();
        var redirectURL = target[visitorCountryCode];
        if(redirectURL == null) redirectURL = target['All'];
        if(redirectURL) window.top.location.href = redirectURL;
    /* =============== DON'T EDIT THE ABOVE CODE =============== */
</script>â€‹

So you can just copy-paste the above code in some html file and start driving targeted traffic to your offers/other pages.

I hope this helps you all. Any questions/help, post here and I'll try my best to help you out

Note: This code has been tested with latest versions of chrome and firefox, I don't use other browsers, So if it doesn't work, let me know.

P.S If you like the script, Please post so this thread can stay alive and others can benefit

Nexar · Nov 18, 2012

Hmm...No one likes this or is this in a wrong section

?
@Mods

lease move to appropriate section if required, I thought this will be useful as i see other scripts in this section. Thanks!

Nexar · Nov 18, 2012

Bump! Sorry but the thread got lost.

mmmwww · Nov 19, 2012

Cheers mate. Been looking for a JS version to test out at some stage. Will let you know how it goes

Nexar · Nov 21, 2012

mmmwww said:
Cheers mate. Been looking for a JS version to test out at some stage. Will let you know how it goes

Great, Looking forward to see your results

madfishstudio · Jan 16, 2013

awesome! exactly what i looking for.

doctorppi · Feb 8, 2013

Will this work in Wordpress and if so how do I enable it?

At the moment just using the script in a post isn't working for me - it doesn't redirect but rather just goes to the page the code is on.

Nexar · Feb 8, 2013

doctorppi said:
Will this work in Wordpress and if so how do I enable it?

At the moment just using the script in a post isn't working for me - it doesn't redirect but rather just goes to the page the code is on.

Yes, it should work with Wordpress. I think you need to create a custom page template with this geo code and then select that template as your post/page template and when someone visits that page it'll auto execute and redirect to the page you want them to go.

If you want to add this for the main page, then add this code in your theme header.php file.

Hope that's clear, let me know if you didn't get anything or need help with anything, feel free to PM me or post here

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Nexar · Mar 7, 2013

If anyone needs any help or have any sort of script requirement or an idea that could help the community, Feel free to suggest or PM me. I'm willing to code and share if its worth and useful for everyone

ucozer · Mar 24, 2013

Many thanks for this great script

, do you think is work 100% on all brownser

Nexar · Mar 24, 2013

ucozer said:
Many thanks for this great script , do you think is work 100% on all brownser

My pleasure mate.

AFAIK it should work fine and I have been using this on multiple projects without any issues. If JS is blocked then obviously it won't work, in fact many sites will stop working as these days JS is heavily used. And if there is some issue from the API providers end, then it won't work. But that's hardly a case.

Hope it clears your doubt.

If you find any bugs or it doesn't work on some browser, do let me know and I'll try to fix that for you.

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Nexar · Apr 20, 2013

I was thinking of creating a tutorial for PHP geo target script with of course the wrapper or the simple function. If anyone is interested in this, let me know and I'll work on it.

P.S If anyone needs any help with any stuff, let me know and I'll do my best to help you out

ChapoGuzman · Jul 22, 2013

OP thanks man your script worked perfectly, just what I was looking for.

Nexar · Jul 22, 2013

ChapoGuzman said:
OP thanks man your script worked perfectly, just what I was looking for.

Cool, You're most welcome. Let me know if you need any help anytime

Thanks for posting!

livecity · Oct 31, 2013

thanks for the great script. i've been using it for a month and it works great and the geotargeting is very accurate.

my only question, is there any way you can modify the way the redirect works in the script so that it does a DMR ?
I see the referrer leaks through this and i was wondering is there any way you can modify the script so it makes sure that doesn't happen? If so that would be awesome and make this script even better.

thank you.

Nexar · Mar 23, 2014

livecity said:
thanks for the great script. i've been using it for a month and it works great and the geotargeting is very accurate.

my only question, is there any way you can modify the way the redirect works in the script so that it does a DMR ?
I see the referrer leaks through this and i was wondering is there any way you can modify the script so it makes sure that doesn't happen? If so that would be awesome and make this script even better.

thank you.

Great, Glad it works good for you.

You can easily implement the DMR feature. Not all want it, So i didn't add to this as the primary goal was just to handle Geo redirection.

And I've updated with the maxmind URL as the previous one seems to be removed by them.

Nexar · Mar 23, 2014

Use the following maxmind script as the previous one is removed or dead for some reason. Update your codes to this one:

Code:

<script src="//j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js"></script>

Instead of (Remove this):

Code:

<script src="//j.maxmind.com/app/country.js" charset="ISO-8859-1" type="text/javascript"></script>

Sopor · Aug 14, 2014

Hi, if i want to redirect 3 country to only one URL, can i put it all in 1 line?

target['US', 'CA', 'GB'] = "domain.tlds/my-us-offer/"; (THIS DOESN'T WORK)

Thanks!

Sopor · Aug 14, 2014

any help !
Are you using a better GEO redirect method ?
thanks!

royserpa · Aug 17, 2014

I had a geotargetting script but somehow sometimes it didnt get the job done.
I will try this one and many others to see what works best

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