Google: Incorrect language settings

[Giles Orr]

On 4/23/08, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 05:59:43PM -0400, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> > Had an interesting problem crop up with Google recently, seems they're
> > not totally on the ball when it comes to non-US networks and their
> > language redirection. Specifically, I've seen Teksavvy IP addresses in
> > the 69.196.138.0/24 range constantly being sent to google.es with all
> > results in Spanish.
> >
> > Hoping it doesn't take up to the month they say it might. Anyone else
> > seen this?
>
> Well normally if I type google.ca then I get google.ca.  If I type
> google.com I get google.com.  I have never seen google redirect to
> another domain that the one I typed.

If typing "www.google.com" actually gets you "www.google.com", you're
in a very small group in Canada.  I get redirected to "www.google.ca"
at home, at work, everywhere I've ever seen.  Check and see if it's
happening to you.  If it isn't, it may be that your hosting provider
has an American address?  Going to a country-specific google such as
"www.google.es" seems to work without redirections, but I think the
.com address always redirects.

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