I'm curious how many people will actually land on this page. I'd think that lots of people nowadays would just type 'bmw' on Google, and from the UK version of Google this leads me to the UK version of the BMW website. And if you're looking for a specific car and you type something like 'bmw x5' you will land on the main page for that car.
IP-based geolocation is great when it works, and crap when it doesn't, i.e. for those who access the net through some corporate firewall which is located in a different country. When I was working for Motorola in the UK, I was regularly getting redirected through some proxy in Germany (!) and I got various websites thinking I'm German. I friend of mine working for Nokia in the UK regularly gets Finnish versions of websites, for the same reason. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't tweak this page a bit to allow for easier country selection. I particularly like what SonyEricsson has done at: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws Cheers, Alex On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. > > someone introduce them to the idea of ip snipping.worst site for tonight: > bmw.com -- please. > -- > > You can do it! > > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
