Mapping IPVM Members from 100+ Countries

In reply to John Honovich

Thanks, Was thinking of asking to correct mine, but in light of recent dicussions. Probably best to leave well enough alone. No need helping anyone to locate me. :-o

Jonathan Lawry

Trecerdo, LLC

Isn't it stange that there are IPVM members in Mauritius, but none in Madagascar, seemingly a much larger market.

John Honovich

IPVM

It's 1 person in Mauritius, like we have 1 person who is a member from Tahiti (the dot in the southern Pacific Ocean).

Since we don't 'market' to any specific area, it's somewhat random who finds us on the Internet via social media or Google, etc.

As for Madagascar, it is likely related to the low English speaking population percentage. This is the main barrier for IPVM for a global audience - being English only.

Tedor Gligorich

Hiphop, Hoohah! I am not regionally alone!

This is the main barrier for IPVM for a global audience - being English only.

If you are one of the 'silent serbs' that I see encroaching near my home dot, and you need to ask a question, you can send to me in serbian and i will email it back to you in english, mucho pronto! My email is tedorgligorich@gmail.com. Assuming this is ok with admins/lifeguards?

My english translations and writings are often 'spotty' or 'right off the money', but they get the point across.

Jim Hall

Why the near boycott of our amigos to the south, save those in Tiajuana, do you suppose John?

I read that the Mexico sister show to ISC west had some 12k people, and a few more cameras woudn't hurt 'em, right?

John Honovich

IPVM

In reply to Jim Hall

Less than 5% of Mexicans speak English. We have a few dozen Mexican members but to get any substantial numbers would likely require a Spanish version of IPVM.

Jonathan Lawry

Trecerdo, LLC

Que lástima. Sería mejor traducir los artículos más populares. A lo menos, los hispanohablantes podrian leerlos, sino comentar.

Jim Hall

Que lastima! a crying one at that... Maybe you could take the occasional Spanish question and translate 'em to gringo ala Tedor above. ;)

John Honovich

IPVM

We definitely could translate the most popular articles. First, though, we would need to internationalize the app / site and then localize the navigation in Spanish.

That's not terribly hard but we would need to dedicate some time to that. The languages that likely would be first are Spanish and Chinese.

Jonathan Lawry

In reply to John Honovich

Trecerdo, LLC

True, and that is probably enough. There are only 4 global languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. A majority of earth residents have a functional knowledge of at least one of those.

Rukmini Wilson

There are only 4 global languages:

I have not heard that before, are you quoting someone or is this an original epiphanic declaration?

"...[English] Spanish and Chinese." ...that is probably enough.

Easy for you to say, Si/No?

Jonathan Lawry

In reply to Rukmini Wilson

Trecerdo, LLC

It is becoming more and more apparent that these 4 languages are the only real international languages now. I'm not saying that other languages aren't worthwhile, but these are the languages that are spoken in mass beyond their home countries. People who do not speak these four languages natively, will choose one of these 4 as a 2nd language. If you don't have unlimited localization budgets, this matters.

Rukmini Wilson

Ok, that makes sense, I guess my anglo-centricity had me thinking that English would be everyones chosen second language, if it wasn't already their first...

John Honovich

In reply to Rukmini Wilson

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Either way, if you look at total number of native speakers, Chinese and Spanish comes in 1 and 2, ahead of English, so that it is a big draw in itself.

Rukmini Wilson

In reply to John Honovich

Yes, and Hindi 4th then Arabic 5th, which is the real reason I initially questioned Jonathan when he seemed to omit the language of the Indian Snub-Continent. But now I understand what he meant.

But even if you could translate reliably the tests and articles into Spanish and Chinese what would you do wih all the native language questions (maybe some native promos too!) it would generate?

Jonathan Lawry

In reply to Rukmini Wilson

Trecerdo, LLC

It is not anglo-centric at all, but rather the truth: If you don't already speak those 4 languages and you want to learn another, your overwhelmingly likely choice is English, because everyone else's is also (and you want to maximize the return on your efforts).

I'm not saying it's right, but the military and economic hegemony of the British Empire and the United States over the last couple of centuries have made English supremely successful, and it feeds on itself. Languages with large native speakers will always be a force, of course, and everyone should learn a 2nd language regardless.

jedrick de jesus

I think Im the only dot in the Philippines :)

John Honovich

In reply to jedrick de jesus

IPVM

Actually, we have a few dozen! Mostly concentrated in the Manilla area and the North though.

Jedrick, thanks for checking in and being a member from the Philippines!

J. A. 'Cal' Calcaterra

John, You offer:

"We analyzed IP addresses over time and picked a 'home' IP address that was most frequently used for each member. This was done to avoid the issue of someone going away on business for a few days and being recorded for a remote location."

So, you can follow any user anywhere? That is If you chose to. :-)

Is you billing database encrypted? Affected by the HeartBlead bug?

Some Andriod devices still at risk:

Search |Google Services Updated to Address OpenSSL CVE-2014-0160|

Brian Rhodes

In reply to J. A. 'Cal' Calcaterra

IPVMU Certified

Cal:

IPVM.com is not vulnerable. Heartbleed has nothing to do with 'billing database encryption'. (See a detailed discussion here.)

Please do not comment further on that topic in this thread. See the link if you have questions.

Juan Castaneda

John you left me out! :( Probably because I use a Corporate VPN that makes my IP from the US. You could post another map from your IPVM Professionals. BTW I'm from Guatemala, right in the belly of the Americas.

John Honovich

In reply to Juan Castaneda

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Juan, great to hear! Thanks!

Edgar Mora