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jebediah · 28-05-2008, 16:31

Hello everyone, newb here.

For about a week now when I've gone to google.com it has redirected me to the google.ie homepage. Now I'm used to being redirected to google.co.uk, which is fair enough, but I'm in Derby, England - not Non-Specific, Ireland. Many banner adverts have been coming up specific to Ireland (topgear.ie, in gmail, for instance). I like Ireland, and the Irish, but take my word for it, I don't live there.

Now, it would be a very minor annoyance that I could easily live with but it affects one other thing noticably. That is that bbc iplayer thinks it can't show me anything cos of territorial copyright reasons.

Has anyone any idea what has happened?

28-05-2008, 16:31	#1
jebediah Inactive Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Why does the whole internet think I'm in Ireland? Hello everyone, newb here. For about a week now when I've gone to google.com it has redirected me to the google.ie homepage. Now I'm used to being redirected to google.co.uk, which is fair enough, but I'm in Derby, England - not Non-Specific, Ireland. Many banner adverts have been coming up specific to Ireland (topgear.ie, in gmail, for instance). I like Ireland, and the Irish, but take my word for it, I don't live there. Now, it would be a very minor annoyance that I could easily live with but it affects one other thing noticably. That is that bbc iplayer thinks it can't show me anything cos of territorial copyright reasons. Has anyone any idea what has happened?