Re: Fixing Google geolocation screwups

[Blair Trosper <blair.trosper () gmail com>]

It wouldn't hurt to correct it with MaxMind (a great product), but you'd
probably have better results dealing with Google directly.   If you have
Google Apps, you've got support, and that would be one way to go about
getting it addressed.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <aaron () heyaaron com>
wrote:

> I figure they all collaborate.  I updated one of our IPs with MaxMind
> and a few weeks later Google was fixed.
>
> Of course that could be because half the staff here carry tiny
> GPS-enabled Google location reporting devices in their pocket too...
>
> -A
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Blair Trosper <blair.trosper () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > No, Google has their own internal system.  Doubt MaxMind will help out.
> >
> > This discussions and others like it may lead you in the right direction:
> > https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/fkyem9xUKOQ
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <aaron () heyaaron com>
> > wrote:
> > > You might try here: https://www.maxmind.com/en/correction
> > >
> > > -A
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Fred Hollis <fred () web2objects com>
> wrote:
> > > > Thanks for sending this to the list: We have the very same issue as
> well
> > > > (both IPv4+IPv6). If someone knows the magic button to solve this,
> > > > please
> > > > contact me as well.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 08.04.2015 at 00:26 John Levine wrote:
> > > > > A friend of mine lives in Alabama and has business service from at&t.
> > > > > But Google thinks he's in France.  We've checked for various
> > > > > possibilities of VPNs and proxies and such, and it's pretty clear
> that
> > > > > the Goog's geolocation for addresses around 99.106.185.0/24 is
> screwed
> > > > > up.  Bing and other services correctly find him in Alabama.
> > > > >
> > > > > Poking around I see lots of advice about how to use Google's
> > > > > geolocation data, but nothing on how to update it.  Anyone
> > > > > know the secret?  TIA
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet
> for
> > > > > Dummies",
> > > > > Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail.
> > > > > http://jl.ly