US websites think I am in Europe. Is it because I use Opera?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

How can a site "guess" a wrong location (Europe) when my IP address clearly places me inside the US?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Because sites don't necessarily have a table with all IP ranges and from where in the world they are. They check with a geolocation service or just try to guess based on language chosen by users coming from a certain IP.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

When I check my geolocation it's always in Ashburn, VA. Always! Users who come from that location (like I am) should not be "guessed" as coming from any European country. Something with that darn Opera VPN is just plain wrong!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

It's a site issue.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

What is that supposed to mean?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

That the site should fix it.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

There are dozens and dozens of sites (practically all sites I open) that place me into Europe and show me Russian (Ukrainian) ads. So they are all screwed up?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Or the service they are consulting are considering that the IP address belongs to a different country.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Don't those services take the geolocation into consideration?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

I was talking about geolocation services.

Check https://www.iplocation.net/ with VPN on and you will probably see different sites giving different results.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Looks like the same IP address is shown in 4 different locations. How is that even possible? I always thought that IP addresses are unique.