[Sussex] Google and GeoIP'ing

[Andrew Guard]

2009/9/2 Dominic Humphries <linux at oneandoneis2.org>:
> Jon Fautley wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:05:49 +0100
>> Andrew Guard <andrew09 at andrewguard.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Google is GeoIP'ing now I can now prove it
>
> Well, I searched for "registered address" and it returned a bunch of UK
> sites.. and I'm in California at the moment!
>
>> I'm not aware they've ever hidden this fact? What's the problem with it?
>
> It was a frustration when I went around Europe - every time I went to
> Google.com, it redirected me so I got Google in German, French, Italian...
>

Are you using a proxy or VPN?



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