[110333] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Sat Jan 3 01:33:06 2009
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:31:28 -0500
From: "Martin Hannigan" <martin@theicelandguy.com>
To: Neil <kngspook@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <77e4079b0901021530l4c22a28fv392d87cf9c21e644@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Neil <kngspook@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or maybe they just shouldn't rely on it so much.
>
> It annoys me at the hoops I have to jump through to change the
> language on Google-owned properties when they think I'm coming from
> Czechoslovakia or Malaysia or some such... Some, like Blogger, still
> don't do it right...
>
>
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> >
> > http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/products/personalization.html
> >
>
Like what? I have found that interacting with your favorite search engine is
generally easy and interactive as long as you know where to look. I think
that's really the problem at hand, the interaction and where you actually do
it.
Overall, geo location has turned out to be a somewhat valuable tool in terms
of language, fraud, and localization. I think that it's important to
continue to urge improvements in this technology, not divestment.
NoSoObOp: Renesys ought to be playing in this space. :-)
Best,
Martin
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