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The link links to the us site at https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books . But the site sn

The link links to the us site at https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books . But the site sniffs my IP, rewrites the URL to a different country ( https://usborne.com/nl/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/nl/books/computer-and-coding-books ), and then 404s on that. Even if I explicitly go to the /us/ url, it still rewrites the URL and makes it impossible for me to read the content. I literally can't look at the same content as someone from a different country, and there is thus no way for me to compare. Don't do that! IP sniffing is a terrible idea on a good day, but this is the worst. How is returning 404 ever the best choice here?

adrian_b 4y ago
When clicking that link from another country of the European Union, I got a dialog box prompting me to select a country, with the country for my IP selected by default, but I was able to choose USA instead of the default. Then I could see the expected content. Maybe whether that dialog box is seen or not depends on the browser used and on its settings.
- Kim_Bruning 4y ago
  That could be it. I'll try some different browsers and see.
  - adrian_b 4y ago
    I got that dialog box (having the "Welcome to Usborne" title) with both Chromium and Firefox, on Linux, but without having any ad blocker or script disabling, which could prevent the appearance of a dialog box.
    - gpvos 4y ago
      For me that happened only when I went to the home page and turned off uBlock Origin for the domain (on latest Firefox).
- wslh 4y ago
  It works but there is another detail. If you came from a country with a different language (e.g. Spanish) you should choose first the language and just then can select "United States".
kragen 4y ago
Yeah, here in Argentina I also get a 404 error.
julianz 4y ago
Mine redirects to their NZ site which still has the page, maybe try that one: https://usborne.com/nz/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/nz/books/computer-and-coding-books

adrian_b 4y ago

When clicking that link from another country of the European Union, I got a dialog box prompting me to select a country, with the country for my IP selected by default, but I was able to choose USA instead of the default. Then I could see the expected content. Maybe whether that dialog box is seen or not depends on the browser used and on its settings.

Kim_Bruning 4y ago
That could be it. I'll try some different browsers and see.
- adrian_b 4y ago
  I got that dialog box (having the "Welcome to Usborne" title) with both Chromium and Firefox, on Linux, but without having any ad blocker or script disabling, which could prevent the appearance of a dialog box.
  - gpvos 4y ago
    For me that happened only when I went to the home page and turned off uBlock Origin for the domain (on latest Firefox).
wslh 4y ago
It works but there is another detail. If you came from a country with a different language (e.g. Spanish) you should choose first the language and just then can select "United States".

kragen 4y ago

Yeah, here in Argentina I also get a 404 error.

julianz 4y ago

Mine redirects to their NZ site which still has the page, maybe try that one: https://usborne.com/nz/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/nz/books/computer-and-coding-books