Comments on: Forced Localization http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/ Soapboxing every damn day Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kyle Else http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-29150 Kyle Else Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:18:09 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-29150 Social Bookmarking sites like Stumbleupon link directly to the Google.com.co - It's possible that using IP targeting to redirect traffic could hurt page views. Social Bookmarking sites like Stumbleupon link directly to the Google.com.co - It’s possible that using IP targeting to redirect traffic could hurt page views.

]]> By: Domainspace http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-28914 Domainspace Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:18:39 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-28914 So true! I've lived and travelled in various countries and it never ceases to amaze me how many of the internet's big sites continue to do this, especially the travel ones. What they think is a help turns into a hindrance. Even the ones that do allow you to manually change the language sometimes show the link as anglais, inglês, 英語, etc... I'm sure it's even worse for non-English speakers though. So true! I’ve lived and travelled in various countries and it never ceases to amaze me how many of the internet’s big sites continue to do this, especially the travel ones. What they think is a help turns into a hindrance.

Even the ones that do allow you to manually change the language sometimes show the link as anglais, inglês, 英語, etc… I’m sure it’s even worse for non-English speakers though.

]]> By: Dmytro Mulyava http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-28839 Dmytro Mulyava Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:39:33 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/forced-localization/#comment-28839 I can't believe anybody other than Google did not think through this. I can’t believe anybody other than Google did not think through this.

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