Monday, January 16, 2012

How come when I go to google it says 'pages from UK' instead of where i live, australia


How come when I go to google it says 'pages from UK' instead of where i live, australia?
I live in australia, and in google, it has 'pages from the UK' and when i search things it comes up with (sitname).CO.UK??? All websites at school have 'pages from australia'? and come up .com.au?
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Google tries to determine your location based on your IP address. You may be using an IP address of a company based in the UK. Look up your IP address http://www.myipaddress.com/show-my-ip-address/ Then put that IP address in a service that will tell you the owner and maybe even the location of that IP address. Not sure where UK or Australia would be looked up from but you can start by trying arin. http://www.arin.net/index.shtml Another reason is you could be using a UK proxy.
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