On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Neil <[email protected]> wrote: > Or maybe they just shouldn't rely on it so much. > > It annoys me at the hoops I have to jump through to change the > language on Google-owned properties when they think I'm coming from > Czechoslovakia or Malaysia or some such... Some, like Blogger, still > don't do it right... > > [ clip ]
> > > > http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/products/personalization.html > > > Like what? I have found that interacting with your favorite search engine is generally easy and interactive as long as you know where to look. I think that's really the problem at hand, the interaction and where you actually do it. 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. NoSoObOp: Renesys ought to be playing in this space. :-) Best, Martin -- Martin Hannigan [email protected] p: +16178216079
