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LOL. How? By geolocation? Geolocation is exceptionally annoying and inaccurate. I am near Marseille but geolocation has me in Corsica and sometimes Malta. With
by briandear 9y ago
LOL. How? By geolocation? Geolocation is exceptionally annoying and inaccurate. I am near Marseille but geolocation has me in Corsica and sometimes Malta. With VPN, I can instantly be anywhere I want.
Google.com should be google.com — everyone that visits should see the same thing regardless of location.
If I visit a shop in downtown Mountain View, they don’t re-arrange the shop because I am resident of France do they?
Then why the hell do websites do that?
If I want the French location of the Google “shop,” I will visit the shop in France — google.fr.
Of course, Google France would need to follow French law, but why Google Mountain View would need to — it makes no sense.
The consumer is choosing to visit the website. The consumer should have the choice if they want to visit California or Lyon.
- simias 9y agoThey do all these things, I'm not sure what's your point. Of course google must abide by local jurisdiction if they want to make business here. Your search results and the ads your shown are tailored to your profile and your geolocation is part of your profile. It's completely irrelevant to the problem at hand however, it's their service and if they decide they don't want to advertise strawberry yogurt or brands containing the letter 'w' anymore then they can.