Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip for 96.31.0.0/20 set correctly

On 03/01/09 07:31, Martin Hannigan wrote:

Overall, geo location has turned out to be a somewhat valuable tool in terms of language, fraud, and localization. I think that it's important to continue to urge improvements in this technology, not divestment.

Is it really that difficult to check the Accept-Language header for determining the language to use? This is particularly useful in countries that either have no official language, countries that have more than one official language, and tourists.