Redirect user by their location, not by their browser language

Question

I'm making a website for a company. I have it in 3 languages: English, Norway and Icelandic. I've found out javascripts that redirect user by the language of their browser. Is there any way that I can make the redirect by the location of the user? (like on the mtv.com website). Thank you!

Answer 1

grab this library http://www.localeplanet.com/

you can even use i18n with/without jQuery

Answer 2

You can use Geolocalisation, like using GeoDirection (doesn't require jQuery).

Here's an example of what you could do :

<script language="Javascript" src="http://gd.geobytes.com/gd?after=-1&variables=GeobytesLocationCode,GeobytesCode,GeobytesInternet"></script>
<script language="Javascript">
if(typeof(sGeobytesLocationCode)=="undefined"
   ||typeof(sGeobytesCode)=="undefined"
   ||typeof(sGeobytesInternet)=="undefined")
{
   // Something has gone wrong with the variables, so set them to some default value,
   // maybe set a error flag to check for later on.
   var sGeobytesLocationCode="unknown";
   var sGeobytesCode="unknown";
   var sGeobytesInternet="unknown";
}
if(sGeobytesLocationCode=="CAQCMONT")
{
   // Visitors from Montreal would go here
   window.open("enter Montreal URL here");
}else if(sGeobytesCode=="QC")
{
   // Visitors from Quebec would go here
   window.open("enter Quebec URL here");
}else if(sGeobytesInternet=="CA")
{
   // Visitors from Canada would go here
   window.open("enter Canada URL here");
}
</script>

Answer 3

I could also propose you Reverse Geocoding with the help of Google Geocoding API . It allow you to get a lot of information about the user localisation like is country. After with some condition you could redirect your user at the right page.