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Re:Show HN: GeoScreenshot – Test your website from many loca... by zeta0134 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @05:54PM (#12475938)
That sounds like a good idea on paper, but I think rotating or animating content (especially advertising banners) would heavily complicate that strategy.
Re:Show HN: GeoScreenshot – Test your website from many loca... by kpsychwave on Sunday September 11, 2016 @06:57PM (#12476151)
There are also pop ups (like the EU cookie warning), self-triggering modals, A/B testing experiences, and newer patterns like feedback widgets that give false positives.

I am working on a visual diff engine that will account for all of these, you can sign up for updates here:

http://geodiff.launchrock.com/

Re:Show HN: GeoScreenshot – Test your website from many loca... by dbg31415 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @06:14PM (#12476017)
Fair point.

I don't deal with a lot of sites that serve ads, but I do deal with a lot of sites that are on CDNs. Was more my target user group.