Mobile Country Detection
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We have a mobile version of our site for English and Japanese visitors. Is there a way to automatically detect whether a visitor is from Japan and direct users to the Japanese mobile site?
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There is a geolocation method/API in HTML5, but you won't be allowed to automatically get it, due to privacy issues - read here: http://diveintohtml5.info/geolocation.html. Don't let that put you off though, offering location-specific services is an incentive for people to let their location be revealed.
All the best with your international project
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