[Sussex] Google and GeoIP'ing

Dominic Humphries linux at oneandoneis2.org
Thu Sep 3 16:37:36 UTC 2009


Andrew Guard wrote:
> 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?

Nope.



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