Don't set the language of your website based on user location

Re:Don't set the language of your website based on user loca... by andrewstuart on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:12AM (#23218251)

Just this morning I was getting annoyed about exactly this.

If I want the Australian site I'll go to the .au domain name. If I go to .com then I want the global/USA site.

It is SO annoying when going to .com redirects to .au

Maybe this is what happens when companies stockpile so many developers that they have more than they need - everything that can be written does get written.

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Re:Don't set the language of your website based on user loca... by MattGaiser on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:35AM (#23218392)

But then what do you do for some of my relatives who are not making that decision based on the domain and then get made when they can't get the .com stuff in Canada?

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Re:Don't set the language of your website based on user loca... by bald42 on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:54AM (#23221198)

I think amazon makes this right. If you go to a amazon.com page it shows you the actual page but also asks you if you would rather go to your local amazom.whatever site.

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