▁to ▁email ▁prov iders ▁and ▁software ▁vend ors ▁and ▁form ▁a ▁growing ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁business . ▁ ▁Technology ▁over view ▁▁ ▁Ge oby tes ' ▁techn ologies ▁fall ▁into ▁two ▁main ▁groups ; ▁ge ol ocation ▁services ▁and ▁anti - sp am ▁techn ologies . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁overlap ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁groups , ▁however ▁- ▁Sp amb order ▁util izes ▁ge ol ocation ▁technology ▁to ▁detect ▁the ▁ge ographic ▁orig ins ▁of ▁emails . ▁ ▁Ge ol ocation ▁software ▁▁ ▁Ge oby tes ' ▁principal ▁ge ol ocation ▁tool ▁is ▁Ge o Select . ▁This ▁provides ▁a ▁ge ol ocation ▁service , ▁ident ifying ▁users ' ▁locations ▁by ▁their ▁IP ▁addresses . ▁At ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁Ge o Select ▁is ▁the ▁Ge o Net Map ▁data ▁component , ▁which ▁contains ▁the ▁data ▁rel ating ▁IP ▁address ▁sub net s ▁to ▁ge ographic ▁locations . ▁ ▁The ▁data ▁used ▁to ▁compile ▁the ▁Ge o Net Map ▁database ▁is ▁gathered ▁from ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁websites ▁that ▁require ▁users ▁to ▁enter ▁their ▁location ▁information . ▁This ▁is ▁then ▁processed ▁by ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁algorithms ▁that ▁overlay ▁this ▁data ▁onto ▁Ge oby tes ' ▁infrastr ucture ▁map ▁of ▁the ▁Internet ▁- ▁creating ▁a ▁global ▁database ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁map ▁IP ▁addresses ▁to ▁ge ographical ▁locations . ▁ ▁The ▁Ge o Net Map ▁system ▁does ▁not ▁use ▁W HO IS ▁data , ▁DNS ▁reverse - look ups ▁or ▁cookies ; ▁it ▁re lies ▁totally ▁on ▁its ▁own ▁propriet ary ▁IP