The World Wide Web lets you access information from all over the world. You can access web pages stored in various servers across the globe.

However, you will not know how your website appears at various geographical locations. In order to address this issue, you should want to deploy an efficient proxy network.

GeoEdge comes to internet marketers’ rescue by offering web proxy solutions through which a website’s performance can be assessed in more than 100 different spots on the globe.

GeoEdge for local perspective

GeoEdge is meant to give you local perspective of your website. You will find how your website appears in another geographical location by using the GeoEdge application. This is a great bonanza for web publishers, affiliate marketers, ad networks, SEO professionals and search engine marketers.

It is not only for increasing the promotional chances but also to find how a website fares in another location, the facility can be utilized by any web user. By using GeoEdge tools, it is also possible to monitor and analyze the results of targeted content and targeted ads.

GeoEdge resources

In order to provide proxy service to web users, GeoEdge maintains its own network servers. By implementing the advanced redundancy mechanisms, the service lets you get highly reliable and quicker results. In order to access GeoEdge, the easiest method is either the installation of FireFox Add-On toolbar or Google Chrome extension.

If you go for GeoVPN clients, it is possible to test ads within those applications. These clients can be installed on either Windows OS or Mac. You can restrict the access of applications to GeoEdge proxy network by installing the Geoproxy advanced client for Windows.

What are the proxy locations that you can access?

If you install the Chrome extension, a small icon will be placed on the right side of the address bar. This is the location where you will find other applications’ icons like Skype and weather. If you install the GeoEdge Chrome extension for the first time, you should want to register with username and password.

Proxies are categorized as per the continent and country. If you select Europe, you will find countries present in Europe such as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland and Slovenia.

You will be able to select US, UK and Canada directly. You should select respective city after selecting these countries so that you will get results as expected from these cities.

Emulation of mobile devices

Web content access through mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones is on the rise on a continuous basis. For advertisers, it is a great asset if they can figure out the performance of their website across various mobile devices.

By using the ‘mobile emulator’ option in GeoEdge tool, it is possible to test the performance on various mobile OS including iOS, Windows Phone 7, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia Symbian. The extension will also facilitate the emulation of desktop browsers, spiders and bots.

GeoEdge advantages

• Ability to view geo-restricted content
• You can view mobile themes on your desktop’s Chrome browser
• Seamless and speedy access of content
• GeoEdge delivers consistent results with most of the cable and broadband connections used for web access throughout the world.
• Ad campaigns can be validated and managed in an efficient manner
• Helps you to make smarter decisions after analyzing local competitions
• Assists you in targeting new prospects
• Publishers (and bloggers) can reach targeted audiences located at various geographical locations
• local business can make global presence
• Cost-effective process to expand business by improving the reach
• Internet marketers can promote a website to top search listings in various countries and cities
• Bloggers can make money through various online endeavors

GeoEdge negatives

• In some instances GeoEdge login dialog box will appear when you try to access web pages. This kind of issue can be ignored as it will happen with any other proxy services
• The price of the product is high. Even though the price is high, it can be ignored for the fact that the promotional chances the tool offers are very high.

GeoEdge plans

GeoEdge offers 4 different plans. They are BASIC, START, GROW and CONNECT. You can also opt for ‘INTEGRATE’ which lets you strike a custom package as per your needs.

If you subscribe to BASIC plan, it gives you access to 1 location with 200 MB bandwidth access. It is a $29 per month package. If you opt for START plan, you will want to pay $59 for access to 3 locations and 500 MB of monthly bandwidth.

GROW plan gives you access to 6 locations and 1 GB of bandwidth per month at $99 per month. Similarly, if you go for CONNECT plan, you can access 15 locations with a monthly bandwidth limit of 2GB at $169 per month. While CONNECT plan gives access to 2 users, other plans give access to only 1 user. For those who are not sure about the performance of these plans can opt for free trials. 5 days free trial option can be availed by professionals.

GeoEdge Vs. GeoSurf

GeoEdge and GeoSurf are tools used to access websites (as you view on other locations) on a proxy basis. Both can be installed on Firefox as well as Chrome.

• While GeoEdge gives you access to 100+ geographical locations, you will get access to 80+ geographical locations through GeoSurf.
• GeoEdge offers a cleaner interface than GeoSurf
• GeoEdge presents ‘Snap-it’ button through which you will get a website’s consolidated view at various geographical locations
• Using GeoEdge, publishers can assess real-time performance so that appearance of ads and content on various geographical locations can be assessed.
• GeoEdge offers three different premium plans in addition to a free plan.
• The features presented by GeoEdge are worth its price. You should want to pay higher than GeoSurf.

Testing GeoEdge

By using the proxy test connection page, you will be able to verify the results indicated by the VPN. In this process, you will obtain the IP address, location and browser language of the current location.

Conclusion

For passionate internet marketers, the dream has come true with the availability of proxy tools. By getting your website’s outlook at various locations of the earth and having access to vital statistics, it is possible to carry out great marketing activities.

It is your chance to spread your business at your targeted destinations. Small and local businesses can turn into large and global businesses with the lowest possible investment.

Large businesses can dramatically improve their ROIs. The needs of targeted customers can be fulfilled very quickly. GeoEdge gives great opportunity to find new avenues of business by streamlining web activities as per various location based customers.