If I enter http://www.google.com it is always in my language. How does google get the correct language? Do they check the IP or is the language of the browser?
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If I enter http://www.google.com it is always in my language. How does google get the correct language? Do they check the IP or is the language of the browser?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation_software
Google uses IP Geolocation to get information from what country you are browsing and tries to set you that language. Probably if it find other settings in the request header which also sends your browser language it will switch to it.