Interesting. Because here the ipv6.google.com recognizes that we are coming from Saudi Arabian IPv6 network. Although the local is not in Arabic but there is a "Go to Google Saudi Arabia" link on the page.
Regards, Bilal On Jun 8, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Ahmed Abu-Abed wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Here are a few World IPv6 Day observations. > > Arabic localizations for Google, Yahoo and Bing are not working today if I > run an IPv6 connection. Google thinks I am in Holland, Bing thinks I am in > Canada and Yahoo doesn't default to the maktoob.yahoo.com portal used in the > Arab world. This could be explained that I am on a public IPv6 address that > uses the Freenet6 IPv6 server in Amsterdam and a Canadian ISP assigned block > of IPv6 addresses. > > This means Middle East ISPs should give IPv6 access to their subscribers over > their own IPv6 assigned address blocks to get web page localizations to work. > > Otherwise things are running smoothly as standard pings to the regular > web'pages of Facebook, Bing, Yahoo, CNN and Google are all defaulting to IPv6 > addresses and responses without the brute force of "ping -6". And running in > IPv4 only mode has no issues as well. > > All the best, > -Ahmed > _______________________________________________ > Menog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog
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