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We have a website where different versions are served to readers based on the country they are from (using IP geo-location).

Is there a web app that would allow us to test how the website looks like to a user from a particular country? I have tried using proxies, but most proxies come with a limited set of countries and half of them don't work.

For example: A poll shown just to visitors from Brazil.

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There are some list of proxies available:

Except using proxies there is only the option to let the website overwrite the country by an URL parameter (for testing purposes). You can have the following url:

http://example.com/poll

Then you can add an parameter (which has to be of course being coded) to the url:

http://example.com/poll?country=brazil

Alternatively (to test the geolocation) you could also set the ip address (which of course needs also to be supported by the software):

http://example.com/poll?ip=1.2.3.4
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This is in essence what we are doing right now. Was wondering if there was a web app that would take the URL and the list of countries to be tested against and produce screenshots (like browsershots). – Krosmos Aug 8 '10 at 10:43
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