O/T Countering Internet Geographic Location

Dave Korn dave.korn@artimi.com
Fri Dec 28 17:42:00 GMT 2007


On 28 December 2007 16:05, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 28 December 2007 15:01, zzapper wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I'm currently in France and when I Google I'm getting French based results.
>> Back in the UK I sometimes want US based results, not UK. I notice from
>> dating-adverts that they know I live in the Oxford region.
>> 
>> I guess they pick up environmental variables from my PC, and make guesses
>> from my IP. 
>> 
>> How can I make my location more anonymous,Is there any hippothetique way
>> round this?
> 
>   Proxy in the desired country of choice?


  Hmm, actually it looks easier than that.  Follow the "Language tools" link next to
the search box on the google front page.  Choose "English" from the language
section; that redirects to international google, or the CC TLD googles are available
from below that.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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