Geo-targeting
Choosing where your proxy exits, from country level down to city or network in some services.
Geo-targeting is the ability to request an exit address in a particular place. Country-level selection is universal; city and ASN selection are premium features.
#How it is requested
Usually as a parameter inside the proxy username, or as a dedicated port. There is no cross-provider standard, so this is a detail to confirm before writing integration code.
#Why results disagree with expectations
Geolocation is inference, not fact. Databases map addresses to places using registration records, latency measurements and self-reported data, and they update at different rates. Two lookup services will regularly disagree on the city for the same address, and occasionally on the country.
Practical consequences:
- Country-level accuracy is generally good. City-level is approximate.
- The target site uses its own geolocation source, which may differ from yours.
- Narrow targeting shrinks the available pool, which can raise failure rates even when every request is technically in the right place.