 Google In Your Local Language, fantastic or funny side |
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 Jan 27 2005, 03:08 AM
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Ordinary mAn  Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 3-September 04 From: ID Member No.: 990  |
early moth in this year, january 2005. it was surprised me when i browsing internet. i open google.com as usually, the page shown is directed to google.co.id, mean they know where i came from (maybe from my ip), in my national language. what i surprised is there is a link for "boso jowo" too, my local/region laguage.
 .Is that - google in your country, also available for your local/region laguage instead of national language? |
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Jan 27 2005, 03:14 AM
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Moderator  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,327 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,940 |
I live in Canada, and google always directs me to google ca. Actually, I don't think they know it from your ip address, but from a cookie. We all know that google has a 37 year cookie stored on your computer and records all your search terms and sites you went to from the google website. Do not worry! Delete your cookies and this won't happen (although it's not anything bad... just a small fact!)
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Jan 27 2005, 11:54 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 8-January 05 Member No.: 3,174 |
Google checks where you are browsing from by checking your IP. Then if it has a page for your country you get redirected to that page. The cookie overrides the IP check as far as I know. So if you have a cookie for Germany and you browse from France, you'll get to the German site (or so I've been told, I haven't tested this myself).
Anyway, you can set the language to any of the available no matter where you are. Try out Elmer Fudd, hacker or bork. They're funny  There are lots of languages on the Preferences page, even Klingon.
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Jan 27 2005, 04:57 PM
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Ancient Enigma Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,753 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 |
same here, but i am used to google search in english so what i bookmark is the english/international page.
bjrn, those examples you gave are hilarious! maybe i'll change my bookmark to one of those.
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Jan 28 2005, 12:26 AM
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Ordinary mAn Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 3-September 04 From: ID Member No.: 990 |
btw, nowadays i cant browse google.com again.
it always directed to google.co.id, even if i choose english lang, the address just moved to google.co.id/en/ instead of google.com. i've ever try some month ago to change in some languages, the result of searching is differnt rank with the same kayword. how could it be? seems they use different directory database. |
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Jan 28 2005, 12:38 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 26-January 05 Member No.: 3,447 |
if you go to google.uz you can see uzbek(that's uzbekistan)
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Jan 28 2005, 03:24 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 8-January 05 Member No.: 3,174 |
I have switched my preferences to Elmer Fudd, so I get "Youw seawch - searchthatdoesntmatchanydocuments - did not match any documents. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!" when I search for something with no search results.
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Nov 5 2005, 03:10 PM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-November 05 Member No.: 13,844 |
i live from spain and if you go to google.es you can see google spain, is very complete and have automatic translation of english unless to this forum
 ,but so i learn more english that i have.this forum is that english class in my school, but i go to university i´m a bit old person,but well i have young soul.  |
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Nov 8 2005, 06:43 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 469 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Manila, Philippines Member No.: 1,349 |
There are times when Google redirects me to the local Google, I appreciate thier effort but most of the terms and sentences were literally translated as if they were making fun of our local language. I don't know how they came with those translations, but they are obviously grammatically wrong. :\
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