Re: [OT] Google search default lang.

[he who <hewho7@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>
>> On 20/06/11 18:35, Dave Sherohman wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 01:14:11PM -0300, Leandro DUTRA wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2011/6/19 Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Google -> language tools (under "advanced") -> preferences
>>>>
>>>> Even better, set the system???s or the user account???s language.
>>>
>>> Oh, if only it were that simple...  Most internationalized websites
>>> (including Google) seem to have completely given up on Accept-Language
>>> headers[1] in favor of relying on IP geolocation.  I'm an American expat
>>> living in Sweden, so my browsers are set to send
>>>
>>> Accept-Language: en-us, en, sv-se
>>>
>>> Despite this, every time my Google cookie expires, it sends me the
>>> Swedish version of the page.  Setting language preferences on the client
>>> side does *not* work[2] for Google or most other sites.
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] apparently on the theory that "most users don't know how to set
>>> their preferred lanuages, so the header specifies the browser's default
>>> instead of the user's preference"
>>>
>>> [2] even though it damn well should
>>>
>>
>> Are you sure this is not also Google's geolocation feature?
>> Firefox/Iceweasel => about:config => geo.enabled (double-click to disable)
>>
>> Chrome => spanner_thingie => Options => Under the hood => Location => Do
>> not allow any site to track my physical location
>>
>> You can test here:-
>> http://benwerd.com/lab/geo.php
>>
>> There used to be are Google url that did the same thing
>> (www.google.com/nl or similar) I cant' remember the what it was - and
>> whether it still works.
>>
>
> Good clues. But google search still shows up in Spanish :-(
>

Not a technical solution, but what happens if you use scroogle?

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Freeman