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AJ28 emailed me from Japan, wondering why when he opens Google (or most any website), it automatically loads the Japanese page. He wonders if the browser automatically recognizes what IP he is connecting from and then determines the language to display.

Aj, you are sort of correct. You’re just a bit backwards in putting things together. Google (and other sites) look at the IP address you are connecting from, and then realizes your location based on that information. They will then serve up your site content in the native language of the country or area you are located. It’s web pages itself… not your browser… that is doing this.

Unfortunately, there really isn’t a way you can change things so that every site will automatically direct you to your native language, regardless of where in the world you happen to be at the time. Trying to do so could actually get you Swahili text when you’re in Taiwan, or German when you’re in the United States. There is a simple way to change the language preferences by site, especially for Google. Many sites may not have this function, though. According to Google themselves:

If you want to change your Google interface language without changing your browser’s accept-language preferences, you can set your Google language preferences manually on our “Language Options” page. However, setting language preferences this way does require that cookies be enabled.

And there you have it. I wish there were a better answer for you as far as making your computer automatically connect to pages in the one language you prefer. As far as I know, there is not. If anyone out there does know of such a way, please let me know!

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lol. Lawl. This is a nice vid.

4 takes later and he finally got it. Was late at night, so we could excuse him.

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It is possible to get a generic version of Google from any location by
typing in the following URL:

http://www.google.com/ncr

Or, from my country, Japan, for example, I can access the Dutch version by
typing:

http://www.google.com/nl

I haven’t tried it, but wonder if the problem as a whole could be solved by using a proxy service.

Er, not to sound too technical, but there IS a way, as your computer sends an Accept-Language header to the remote site with the list of languages it accepts.

To change which languages are sent:
– IE: Change your language in the international settings in Control Panel.
– Firefox: Preferences > Advanced > General (at the bottom of the window)
– Safari (Mac): Change your language in System Preferences > International (the preference order is sent to the web site, too).

I watched your video on Ron Paul and the internet explosion. It was very insightful

I do have one comment. I do believe Ron Paul is religious, this word means a WAY OF life. I think the ‘religious ‘ term here your afraid of are those in the world who claim presense of ‘religious’ but truly are not. I feel the world is more comparable to re- ligion they are aligned to something other than it’s origin. Religion defined in the BIBLE says this James Ch1 V7 Pure religion anda undefined before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless nd widows in theiraffliction, and to keep himself unspoted from the world. How could you have a problem with that kind of conviction?

Have you ever taken the time to consider how old the BIBLE is. Have you considered how it never changes and remains a constant. This is where Ron Paul’s heart lies. he believes the written WORD and uses it as his personel lifestyle. He is living the example set by YAHWEH. Constant.never changing honest and true.

Google has Elmer fudd and pig latin. I think they used to have jive, too.

Yeah, I live in Canada, and it keeps opening in Spanish! Thanks for the video, but please help me.

I live in frickin america and youtube is showing me spanish what the HELL?

Mexico, and it shows me France xDD funny I understand most of it.

You should really think shit out before hitting the record button. The constant stuttering is more than annoying and comletely distracting from the subject matter. Try ‘Public Speaking 101′ at your nearest vocational school.

I been having the problem of firefox/google coming up in Spanish for a while now……I have checked every setting and they all say English. I have looked everywhere for help, and found none.

Any suggestions ?

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