All 1 entries tagged <em>Internet Service Provider</em>Robert McGonigleRob McGonigle's WebLog. This blog records my research and thoughts on search marketing. Many entries contain stuff removed to re-focus my OU project, "Identify the enduring concepts of Internet Search for SMEs".https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/tag/internet_service_provider/?atom=atomWarwick Blogs, University of Warwick(C) 2024 Robert McGonigle2024-03-28T11:14:22ZA Virtual Location Move with my ISP Switch by Robert McGonigleRobert McGoniglehttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/a_virtual_location/2013-12-13T11:59:03Z2013-12-12T17:22:55Z<p class="answer">Follow-up to <a href="https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/locations_provided_for/" title="Related blog entry">Locations provided for DSL visitors are much better but still flawed.</a> from <a href="https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle">Rob McGonigle on Internet Search & SMEs</a></p>
<p><img style="float:right;padding-left:5px;" src="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/robmcgonigle/2013/12/12/new-virtual-location.jpg?maxWidth=500" alt="virtual location of by IP address" title="virtual location of by IP address" border="0" />Searching for a local service with <a href="http://www.ace-drains.co.uk/solihull/">blocked drains Solihull</a> I noted that I saw some Oxford company Ads and local listings.</p>
<p>I had just changed my Internet Service Provider from PlusNet to BT. For years my fixed IP address resolved to London. When I repeated the trace my virtual location had moved west up the <span class="caps">M40</span> / <span class="caps">A40</span> to Cowley, outside Oxford.</p>
<p>I have blogged before about how the <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/locations_provided_for">fixed wire UK broadband services were catching up slowly</a> in their ability to detect location information from a very poor base. Many may say this is a good thing in the light of Edward Snowden’s revelations and today’s announcement that the <span class="caps">NSA</span> used Google’s search preferences cookies to track people.</p>
<p>On the other hand it can be easier to search for local services when the search engine knows where you are. I saw a student using a bleeding-edge gaming PC turn to his android phone to search for ‘taxi’. It produced the best results.<br />
So location-based search in the UK has moved to moblies. A restaurant search in a new city is the classic application as well as location-triggered vouchers and offers.</p>
<p>Its surprising that BT can’t resolve my IP address to the new box in a green in Whitley, Coventry, after rollout of their new fibre-based network!</p><p class="answer">Follow-up to <a href="https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/locations_provided_for/" title="Related blog entry">Locations provided for DSL visitors are much better but still flawed.</a> from <a href="https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle">Rob McGonigle on Internet Search & SMEs</a></p>
<p><img style="float:right;padding-left:5px;" src="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/robmcgonigle/2013/12/12/new-virtual-location.jpg?maxWidth=500" alt="virtual location of by IP address" title="virtual location of by IP address" border="0" />Searching for a local service with <a href="http://www.ace-drains.co.uk/solihull/">blocked drains Solihull</a> I noted that I saw some Oxford company Ads and local listings.</p>
<p>I had just changed my Internet Service Provider from PlusNet to BT. For years my fixed IP address resolved to London. When I repeated the trace my virtual location had moved west up the <span class="caps">M40</span> / <span class="caps">A40</span> to Cowley, outside Oxford.</p>
<p>I have blogged before about how the <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/locations_provided_for">fixed wire UK broadband services were catching up slowly</a> in their ability to detect location information from a very poor base. Many may say this is a good thing in the light of Edward Snowden’s revelations and today’s announcement that the <span class="caps">NSA</span> used Google’s search preferences cookies to track people.</p>
<p>On the other hand it can be easier to search for local services when the search engine knows where you are. I saw a student using a bleeding-edge gaming PC turn to his android phone to search for ‘taxi’. It produced the best results.<br />
So location-based search in the UK has moved to moblies. A restaurant search in a new city is the classic application as well as location-triggered vouchers and offers.</p>
<p>Its surprising that BT can’t resolve my IP address to the new box in a green in Whitley, Coventry, after rollout of their new fibre-based network!</p>0