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Google doing regional preferencing on results?
From: Avleen Vig <lists-nanog () silverwraith com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:36:30 +0100 (BST)
Slightly off topic, maybe. It could certainly have an impact on Admins/Engs trying to gather data to fix a problem. Google is probably (imo) the most popular search engine (including things like being used by yahoo). Today I noticed it doing something rather strange.. it gives you different results depending on where in the world you search from. I've not seen this documented anywhere or heard of it before. If this was a known fact please feel free to shoot me out of the waters :) Example: Search for "Michael Coppins" (a friend of mine). If you search from a box in the UK, you get 'Michael Coppin's CV' (his resume). If you search from a box in any other country, you don't get it at all! Hmmm what's going on here? I certainly didn't go to www.google.co.uk to search. Even going to www.google.co.uk and searching for it doesn't bring up that link! Ok, so this isn't the North American Google Operator's Group, but still.. couldn't this potentially cause problems for everyone, especially us poor SA's trying to find the answers to problems. Has nayone else seen this 'google effect' ? -- Avleen Vig Work Time: Unix Systems Administrator Play Time: Network Security Officer Smurf Amplifier Finding Executive: http://www.ircnetops.org/smurf
Current thread:
- Google doing regional preferencing on results? Avleen Vig (Apr 26)
- Re: Google doing regional preferencing on results? Steve Goldstein (Apr 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Google doing regional preferencing on results? Randy Neals (Apr 26)
- Re: Google doing regional preferencing on results? Hank Nussbacher (Apr 28)
- Re: Google doing regional preferencing on results? senthil ayyasamy (Apr 28)