From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R7Ogh-0005D2-7E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:38:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C3A321C6B1; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221B521C689 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:28:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so5559337wyf.40 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:28:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=CLUlu5cte2ncFYlhcKiV2BudSkGQEGc4RsaeWsltwGU=; b=mSEN8UWGVQYBMhPKIUp31q/9x0nBZiafS147+QBcwroy9lII5t+2qX5rVbPwePH+pO uKsE8u5cgolFtY4HbtqoWevajD3Ue8LxNtefOCaBZ8h0vteBIjyLDBJu1DUzNcPNSS+W T6LGRbZVSxVjZ4wsWXmw8vqSEP21UW5ElRkaQ= Received: by 10.216.154.206 with SMTP id h56mr3929954wek.32.1316856488186; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i11sm20300139wbn.25.2011.09.24.02.28.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:28:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: google search results (was: Modifying LiveCDs) Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:28:09 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110923164829.215695f8@toxic.dbnet> <201109231702.12777.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201109231702.12777.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart48779116.1Cf3IJiZLf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201109241028.11039.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: ca07a2682aa3c71bcf8b6738bb518054 --nextPart48779116.1Cf3IJiZLf Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 23 Sep 2011 17:02:03 Mick wrote: > On Friday 23 Sep 2011 15:48:29 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > >This is because Google uses geo-targeting to determine what results > > >you may be interested in (assuming your geo-location from your IP > > >address), and > >=20 > > are you sure google uses ip geo-location? the results change a lot if > > you just change the TLD or hl=3D >=20 > Yes it does. When you change the www.google.TLD you 'force' it to give y= ou > the results from the specific TLD location. The results can change a lot > if location is relevant. BTW, the hl=3D just specifies the 'host language' of your browser. Of cour= se if=20 you have set this to e.g. French, then (I think) that the results will be=20 listed with priority given to French sites if any are found. To obtain location specific results you can also use Google's advanced sear= ch: http://www.google.com/advanced_search and click to expand the link named "Date, usage rights, region, and more"=20 where you can choose a preferred country from the dropdown menu for 'Region= '. HTH. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart48779116.1Cf3IJiZLf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk59oqoACgkQVTDTR3kpaLbrlgCdH//tLcGAIy1I53QjTolUce9g eHwAoJEQ98zi3o7oVN4OZpba9adQj11c =WnCo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart48779116.1Cf3IJiZLf--