Comments on: Googling Sex in Two Countries http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/ An inchoate upside-down perspective Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Stewart http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Jim Stewart Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:06:08 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1902 @Omegatron TLDs (.au .nz .com .biz) don't really come in to it. Our site is a .biz yet we are setup so Google knows we're an Australian site. You can configure this in Google Webmaster tools yourself. @Omegatron TLDs (.au .nz .com .biz) don’t really come in to it. Our site is a .biz yet we are setup so Google knows we’re an Australian site. You can configure this in Google Webmaster tools yourself.

]]> By: Alan J Lee http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Alan J Lee Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:28:30 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1891 Probably a better example would be doing the same query with google.com.au and google.co.nz and maybe even chuck in a few others? Re porn in Australia... I do know of one site in Australia that is hosted by a national ISP. The same ISP has been in trouble prior for unrelated things. Don't really want to name them but! Probably a better example would be doing the same query with google.com.au and google.co.nz and maybe even chuck in a few others?

Re porn in Australia… I do know of one site in Australia that is hosted by a national ISP. The same ISP has been in trouble prior for unrelated things. Don’t really want to name them but!

]]> By: Chris http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1886 Chris Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:57:05 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1886 @Alan J Lee, @Omegatron: You’re right, and I forgot to mention this in the description. The point was to compare the types of US (or worldwide) sites that come up for the query against the types of Australian sites that come up for the query (not to imply that Google Australia was censoring its results, etc). But I had also forgotten that hosting pornography in Australia is at least impractical, as <a href="http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/04/20/why-acma-probably-won%e2%80%99t-fine-you-11000-a-day/" rel="nofollow">ACMA can issue a take-down notice</a> that requires the host to remove such content by 6:00 pm the next business day or face $11,000 per day fines. So, it’s not at all surprising that far fewer pornographic sites would come up when searching only Australian sites. @Jim Stewart: You’re right. I don’t know whether the main results were affected by my location at all, but the ads picked up that I’m in Adelaide. @Alan J Lee, @Omegatron: You’re right, and I forgot to mention this in the description. The point was to compare the types of US (or worldwide) sites that come up for the query against the types of Australian sites that come up for the query (not to imply that Google Australia was censoring its results, etc).

But I had also forgotten that hosting pornography in Australia is at least impractical, as ACMA can issue a take-down notice that requires the host to remove such content by 6:00 pm the next business day or face $11,000 per day fines.

So, it’s not at all surprising that far fewer pornographic sites would come up when searching only Australian sites.

@Jim Stewart: You’re right. I don’t know whether the main results were affected by my location at all, but the ads picked up that I’m in Adelaide.

]]> By: Jim Stewart http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Jim Stewart Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:12:41 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1883 I have a bit of exp in this area :) Your results will depend on most of the things you listed above but also on locality. Not only will results vary depending on your phrase, (long tail phrases will not vary as much) but also on your locality. The more relevant & closest results will be returned 1st. Locality is based on IP and to some extent local settings. How Google decides relevancy is a whole other story. Results will vary less when there is less global competition for the phrase. I have a bit of exp in this area :) Your results will depend on most of the things you listed above but also on locality. Not only will results vary depending on your phrase, (long tail phrases will not vary as much) but also on your locality. The more relevant & closest results will be returned 1st. Locality is based on IP and to some extent local settings. How Google decides relevancy is a whole other story. Results will vary less when there is less global competition for the phrase.

]]> By: Omegatron http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Omegatron Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:19:36 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1882 As mentioned above, the test is flawed as the results you're looking at are "Only australian sites" which means any thing without a .au on the end is filtered out. As mentioned above, the test is flawed as the results you’re looking at are “Only australian sites” which means any thing without a .au on the end is filtered out.

]]> By: Alan J Lee http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/08/24/googling-sex-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 Alan J Lee Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:52:56 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=846#comment-1881 The 'pages from Australia' radio button is not ticked by default... which of course does that when it is ticked --- presents pages from Australia. If I goto www.google.com.au and using the default which is 'the web' I get the same results (expect, the wikipedia page is 2nd). The ‘pages from Australia’ radio button is not ticked by default… which of course does that when it is ticked — presents pages from Australia. If I goto http://www.google.com.au and using the default which is ‘the web’ I get the same results (expect, the wikipedia page is 2nd).

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