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It's redirecting me to google.com (from Germany) ZDXI.OnCountryRedirect("DE", "http://www.google.com"); and http://static.ziffdavis.com/js/zdcc/1.0.0/zdcc

It's redirecting me to google.com (from Germany) ZDXI.OnCountryRedirect("DE", "http://www.google.com"); and http://static.ziffdavis.com/js/zdcc/1.0.0/zdcc.js http://static.ziffdavis.com/js/zdcc/1.0.0/zdcc.js Deactivate JS or googlecache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iZmzpFT7cIkJ:www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403746,00.asp&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iZmzpFT...

sparkinson 14y ago
Now what's the reasoning for doing something like that?
- rplnt 14y ago
  My guess would be that the ad network they are using doesn't give anything for German views/hits. So they are saving on traffic costs. If it were the case that they have some local brand (as is the case when you can't buy music/games/etc online), it would probably redirect somewhere else as Google.
  - Roelven 14y ago
    That's possibly the lamest and poorest user experience I've ever come across.
  - ovi256 14y ago
    It looks like they redirect in JS. That's after most page assests are loaded, so it won't save much bandwidth.
    - rplnt 14y ago
      Huh, that's true. Maybe they just don't like Germans then.
gadders 14y ago
You also get some popups when you try and back out of the page. They should make them x10 ones for early naughties nostalgia.
Uchikoma 14y ago
Me too.
jabiko 14y ago
It seems like you can override the IP check by using a GET parameter. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403746,00.asp?ip=this-is-idiotic http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403746,00.asp?ip=this-...
- lucaspiller 14y ago
  Careful, you might be arrested.