my ip geo-location tool is acting a bit... drunk?

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Arjun Gupta Author
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hey folks, my ip geo-location tool is acting weird, giving inconsistent data. for the same ip address lookup, i'm seeing totally different cities, sometimes even countries. check this:
> lookup 8.8.8.8
{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "city": "mountain view", "country": "united states" }
> lookup 8.8.8.8
{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "city": "london", "country": "united kingdom" }
any ideas why an ip address lookup would be so wildly inconsistent? caching issues, maybe? help a brother out please...
ip geo-location webtool debugging

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Aiko Zhang
Answered 21 hours ago
Hello Arjun Gupta,

why an ip address lookup would be so wildly inconsistent?
I've definitely seen this cause issues with geo-targeting. This behavior, especially for IPs like 8.8.8.8, is common with Anycast IP addresses, which are routed from multiple global data centers, causing different IP geolocation API queries to resolve to varied physical locations depending on your lookup service and its network routing data. Hope this helps your conversions!

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