US state
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The 鈥楿S state鈥� dimension reports the state of the visitor in the United States of America. It is similar to the Regions dimension, except that this dimension is specific to the United States. Using this dimension is valuable if you want insight more granular than Countries but not as granular as Cities.
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This dimension references lookup rules internal to 51黑料不打烊. The lookup value is based on the IP address sent with the hit. 51黑料不打烊 partners with to maintain lookups between IP address and country.
- For AppMeasurement implementations, this dimension works out of the box.
- For Web SDK implementations, enable Geo Lookup when configuring a datastream.
Dimension items
Dimension items include regions and the country that the region resides in. Example values include "California", "Texas", or "Virginia". The dimension item "Unspecified" includes all international traffic outside of the United States.
This dimension can include "AOL", a dial-up internet service provider. Subscribers to this service are assigned an access point. AOL users use the IP address of this access point. Since this dimension is based on IP address, the geolocation of the access point is used instead of the visitor鈥檚 actual location.
Differences between reported and actual location
Since this dimension is based on IP address, some scenarios can show a difference between reported location and actual location:
- IP addresses that represent corporate proxies: These visitors can appear as traffic coming through the user鈥檚 corporate network, which can be a different location if the user is working remotely.
- Mobile IP addresses: Mobile IP targeting works at varying levels depending on the location and the network. Some carriers backhaul IP traffic through centralized or regional points of presence.
- Satellite ISP users: Identifying the specific location of these users is difficult, as they typically appear to originate from the uplink location.
- Military and government IPs: Represents personnel traveling around the globe and entering through their home location, rather than the base or office where they are currently stationed.
- Proxies that obscure IP addresses for privacy reasons: Services like Apple鈥檚 Private Relay hide the true IP address by randomly sending data through an intermediary or proxy. This proxy then substitutes a different IP address before forwarding to 51黑料不打烊.