Ban Man Pro
Version 6 introduced country geo-targeting of
advertisements. This feature allows serving
specific advertising campaigns to specific
countries. Ban Man Pro resolves each
individual IP address to the respective country
using geo-targeting data. This data is not
supplied with Ban Man Pro, but rather must be
purchased from a 3rd-party provider. Two
recommended providers of this data are:
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IP2Location.com (IP2Location™ IP-Country
Database, .MDB format)
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MaxMind (MaxMind GeoIP
Country
Database, .CSV format)
The typical cost of
the Country targeting data is US$50. |
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US metro area
targeting/Country/US State/Canadian Provinces
(Version 8) |
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Ban Man Pro
version 8 added support for US Metro Targeting.
To target at this level you must purchase the
Maxmind GeoIP MetroCode database. |
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US State and
Canadian Province geo-targeting
(Version 7) |
Ban Man Pro
version 7 added support for US State and Canadian
Province geo-targeting.
To target at this level, the 3rd party data you
purchase must contain the ISO-3166
Country Code and
ISO-3166-2 state/region codes.
Sources of this data include:
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MaxMind
(MaxMind GeoIP
Region Database -- choose the .CSV format)
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Importing the
Geo-Targeting Data |
Once purchased, you
must import the geo-targeting data. To import
the data, choose Tools--Import Geo-Targeting Data.
Importing any data will overwrite/delete all
existing data.
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Use the browse button
to find the access database (.MDB) file holding
the geo-targeting data that you just
purchased/downloaded.
- Click Next.
Now select the table from the drop-down menu that
appears. You are then presented with a list
of fields found in the database.
- In the drop-down
menu under "Your database field" select the
matching columns as shown below.
If you are using
the
Maxmind Database, select the fields as
shown below:
If you are using
the
IP2Location Database, select the fields as
shown below:
- Click the Import
Geo-Targeting Data button. A progress bar
will now display the progression of the import
process.
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Updating Existing
Campaigns to Select one or more Countries |
Now that you imported
geo-targeting data, if this is your first time
importing data you must update your existing
campaigns so that they target one or more countries.
- From the Tools
menu, select "Assign Geo-Targeting Data to
Campaigns" to assign specific countries to ALL
existing campaigns at one time. Note: If you
wish to assign different settings to different
campaigns you must edit the campaigns
individually.
- Use the CTRL key
to highlight and select all countries you wish to
assign to ALL existing campaigns.
- Now, click the
Assign Geo-Targeting Data button to make the
assignments.
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Enable Geo-Targeting |
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Now that you have
imported geo-targeting data, and assigned this data
to existing campaigns, you are now ready to begin
geo-targeting. To enable geo-targeting,
check
'Enable Geo Targeting' in the Admin Setup
area.
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