>>>>> Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> writes:
[…]
> To the best of my knowledge Google use geolocation to rank the
> physical location of servers in the search results - but *not*
> language. Default language is determined by your choice of Iceweasel
> language packs, then by system language settings.
… And, sometimes, the browser's own language settings, which are
used to generate the Accept-Language: HTTP/1.1 header contents.
The situation is like the following here.
If I use http://ipv6.google.com/ (which, I assume, is always
served by the US Google servers), then the “Preferred document
language” Lynx option takes effect. (Examples are MIME'd.)
However, if I use http://www.google.com/ /and/ my preferred
document language is set to “en” (sic.), I get redirected to
http://www.google.ru/ instantly, which is in Russian!
I guess that it was made since the “majority” of users just
cannot be relied upon to configure their browsers properly.
Thus, Accept-Language: en is interpreted as a consuquence of
ignorance, not intent.
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Preferred document language : en ru
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Web Images Videos Maps News Shopping Gmail more »
iGoogle | Settings | Sign in
Google
--cut: http://ipv6.google.com/ --
Preferred document language : ru en
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Веб Картинки Видео Карты Новости Переводчик Gmail ещё »
Моя страница iGoogle | Настройки | Войти
на русском
--cut: http://ipv6.google.com/ --
Preferred document language : de en ru
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Web Bilder Videos Maps News Shopping Google Mail Mehr »
iGoogle | Einstellungen | Anmelden
Deutsch
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