IP addresses & Mixmap?



hotmama99
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Hey there fellow geeks...

 

Just had a few questions about mixmap. I'm fairly new to this tracking thing and I decided to go with mixmap. My question is how accurate are the ip addresses. I know that sometimes I get a hit from someone located in Washington, DC and one in Kansas. I dont know anyone in these areas at all.

My page is set to private so i do have my tracker on my headline and I understand that it could very well pick up hits from people just browsing by my page. I don't know much about Ip addresses at all. Dynamic vs .....the other one...can anyone help me out? Explain a little bit on this?

 

I would really appreciate it! I love GuG.

 

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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

gcat,

Thank you for your help!! It helped me out too! : )



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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

mary51shawn wrote:
gcat,

Thank you for your help!! It helped me out too! : )


No problem. I am a novice, but GuG has taught me so much.



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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

hotmama99 wrote:

Hey there fellow geeks...

 

Just had a few questions about mixmap. I'm fairly new to this tracking thing and I decided to go with mixmap. My question is how accurate are the ip addresses. I know that sometimes I get a hit from someone located in Washington, DC and one in Kansas. I dont know anyone in these areas at all.

My page is set to private so i do have my tracker on my headline and I understand that it could very well pick up hits from people just browsing by my page. I don't know much about Ip addresses at all. Dynamic vs .....the other one...can anyone help me out? Explain a little bit on this?

 

I would really appreciate it! I love GuG.

 


Dynamic ip addys change and static addys stay the same. IP addys are the physical location of the computer or more commonly, the internet service provider. It's difficult to trace ip addys to certian users, however, you can match hits with time of comments, etc...
I recommend hitslink.com, as it automatically tells the internet service provider's name. You can always do a google search on an ip addy, too. Try arin.net or google "latitude and longetude ip address." It will take to a number of sites where you can plug in the ip addy to find it's location. I will say, it is difficult to pinpoint WHO the ip addy belongs to, especially if your profiel gets hit alot. Go to the search box here at GuG and search "ip address." You will find alot of discussion about this. Keep searching here, too. You will find other and better ways to track who is checking you out.



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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

hey gcat...

 

i have one more question, if i have a hit from the person from a city, but not actually at that person's residence, does that mean it probably IS that person. 

 

I'm getting hit on my map from a city, but when i zoom in closer, it's not at it's exact location.  Where is this ip address coming from?  i just want to make sure that stalker is in fact the person who is hitting my page. 

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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

hotmama99 wrote:

hey gcat...

 

i have one more question, if i have a hit from the person from a city, but not actually at that person's residence, does that mean it probably IS that person. 

 

I'm getting hit on my map from a city, but when i zoom in closer, it's not at it's exact location.  Where is this ip address coming from?  i just want to make sure that stalker is in fact the person who is hitting my page. 


Unfortunately, there is truly no way to know if it is definitely that person. Unless that person is the only person living in that particular city, then you could assume it IS them. I recommend what the person below did, use the video code. I wish I could help you more!



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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

There's no way of knowing the exact location.* The city is about the best you can do. Installing the video tracker seems to be the best way to see what actual user hits your page.

*=Unless you are the govt., or have a court order to have the govt. get it for you. 



hotmama99
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Re: IP addresses & Mixmap?

Okay thanks for your help....

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