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// Solutions for QAing Geo-Targeted Experiences //

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Hi Adobe Team,

 

What solutions currently exist within Adobe Target that would give users the ability to QA an experience that has geo-targeted audiences?

 

Outside of users having to use their own VPN to spoof the location, is there any tool that Adobe can develop to help QA experiences with geo-targeted audiences to ensure they are working properly?

 

Please let me know - thanks for your time.

 

Ryan

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There absolutely is - mboxoverride url parameter is one option: https://helpx.adobe.com/target/kb/preview_an_experiment_for_a_visitor_from_an_specific_IP.html

 

and then use a site like this: https://www.xmyip.com/ip-blocks-countries to find an IP that matches the required location.

 

Or you can change the X-Forwarded-For header to spoof different geo's IP addresses to QA your Target activities using geo targeting. You can find extensions for Firefox or Chrome to allow you to easily apply this header to your page requests. Here's one I've tried: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/x-forwarded-for-injector/

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June 14, 2024

There absolutely is - mboxoverride url parameter is one option: https://helpx.adobe.com/target/kb/preview_an_experiment_for_a_visitor_from_an_specific_IP.html

 

and then use a site like this: https://www.xmyip.com/ip-blocks-countries to find an IP that matches the required location.

 

Or you can change the X-Forwarded-For header to spoof different geo's IP addresses to QA your Target activities using geo targeting. You can find extensions for Firefox or Chrome to allow you to easily apply this header to your page requests. Here's one I've tried: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/x-forwarded-for-injector/

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    June 14, 2024

    Hi Kanderson,

     

    Thanks for your response. I did not realize you could override your IP address through the use of that mboxOverride.browserIp parameter, that is fantastic (and noted that you have to set up QA to launch activity live with QA parameter).

     

    I have actually just tried spoofing my location to check on some content we are running for a geo-targeted area and was able to get the content to show just fine. This is fricken awesome!!!!

     

    Final note - not sure if it was just my employers internet security or what, but the site you listed that has IP address info was giving me trouble loading (incredibly slow, then stuck). So as an alternative, i just googled "IP addresses for quebec canada" and was able to pull one. There must be other sites/tools that list them too. In any case, just wanted to note that down if anyone else sees this and has trouble with that site to try and google another.

     

    Thanks again for your help!

    Ryan

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      June 14, 2024

      @kandersen-1 Apologies - one additional follow up.

       

      One of my colleagues mentioned that mBoxOverride has been deprecated. Is there any concern about its deprecation and future use as a tool for helping QA geo-targeted content?

       

      I was still able to use it, so it seems to be working still in some capacity.

       

      Thanks

      Ryan

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