But it has energy-saving mode! :) (leave the page up for 15-30 seconds)
Funny thing is, the page sets a locale cookie, which (correctly) IDs
me as being in the US. They're just not using it for some reason?
On Jun 28, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Alexander Baxevanis wrote:
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
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worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please.
someone introduce them to the idea of ip snipping.worst site for
tonight:
bmw.com -- please.
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You can do it!
~ will
"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"
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