Redirect Based On IP Address - SEO

Redirecting To Relevant Country Site Based On IP Address

[caragh]

A client has 23 areas within their site each intended for visitors from a different country.

Based on the country associated with the user's IP address they want to redirect them to the relevant section within their site. For example, if someone from the uk enters [example.com...] they should be redirected to [example.com...]

-Would this have any SEO implications?
-Would problems arise where someone's ISP server is located in another country?

Thanks a lot

[edited by: mack at 8:52 pm (utc) on Nov. 17, 2004]
[edit reason] Used example.com thanks. [/edit]

[webboy1]

I understand what you are trying to do, and although im sure I have seen examples of this before, i do not know exactly how to do it. However:

1) We have stats from several of our sites that claim that our biggest audience is in Canada / North America. We know this is not true as our product is not even sold there. However, I have since found out that one of AOL's biggest servers is over there. Meaning anyone anywhere in the world accessing the web through this server will look as though they are canadian or north american.

2) To make the task easier for you, you could simply have 1 homepage which has a "Please choose your country from the dropdown" option. Then redirect the user according to which country they choose.

Hope this helps,
Webboy