Re: [vox] [ot] Banners on Slashdot in Japanese!

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Subject: Re: [vox] [ot] Banners on Slashdot in Japanese!
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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 12:21:18 -0700
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On Friday 05 July 2002 05:51 am, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> I just noticed the Slashdot banners are in Japanese.  That's because I'm
> accessing it from Japan, and not just some weird coincidence, right?
>
> -Mark (waaaaaay behind on slashdot)

They do geotargeting, by attempting to resolve the location of your ISP.

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