yes you have a point there davenaff, also note that many top sites actually use dns referrer targeting which countries servers you get directed too. e.g. if your sending a request from a server that is obviously in canada, then likely send you the.ca server locations etc.
Lots of geo location information is often based on the requesting DNS server. The popular webpage does a geo-location lookup of your DNS server location.
A way around this is to use Open DNS or request your ISP offer an alternative DNS server based entirely, in your country & ensure that all geo data would point to the same country, e.g. United states, IP Allocation, RADB/RSPL/ARIN information etc etc.
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yes you have a point there davenaff, also note that many top sites actually use dns referrer targeting which countries servers you get directed too. e.g. if your sending a request from a server that is obviously in canada, then likely send you the .ca server locations etc.
Lots of geo location information is often based on the requesting DNS server. The popular webpage does a geo-location lookup of your DNS server location. A way around this is to use Open DNS or request your ISP offer an alternative DNS server based entirely, in your country & ensure that all geo data would point to the same country, e.g. United states, IP Allocation, RADB/RSPL/ARIN information etc etc.