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Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly
From: "Martin Hannigan" <martin () theicelandguy com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:59:40 -0500
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Chris Hills <chaz () chaz6 com> wrote:
On 03/01/09 07:31, Martin Hannigan wrote: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.Is it really that difficult to check the Accept-Language header for determining the language to use? This is particularly useful in countries that either have no official language, countries that have more than one official language, and tourists.
What's the accuracy rate? Combined, it is probably higher for that specific use case. I digress, ask your favorite search engine. Perhaps they'll explain. It is certainly interesting. [I think that] Over the last year we're seeing an uptick in geo-location problems addressed on NANOG because it's becoming profitable (whether through ads or fraud correlation through ip reputation) and it's probably not going away. Personally, I'd be happier with the publicly available checker. *shrug* YMMV and Best, -M< -- Martin Hannigan martin () theicelandguy com p: +16178216079
Current thread:
- Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Frank Bulk - iName.com (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Martin Hannigan (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Mark Foster (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Neil (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Martin Hannigan (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Chris Hills (Jan 03)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Martin Hannigan (Jan 03)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Greg Skinner (Jan 04)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Mark Foster (Jan 02)
- Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly Martin Hannigan (Jan 02)