Why are so many scripts mistaking Australian traffic for Mobile?

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  • CunningStunt
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2006
    • 5594
    #1

    Why are so many scripts mistaking Australian traffic for Mobile?

    I've been getting served up effing mobile versions of sites more and more recently, by default.

    I'm in Sydney, Australia.

    Why? Do American sites think that all traffic outside of the US must be from people using their mobiles?
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    • bl4h
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2006
      • 1282
      #2
      I didn't even know they had internet

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        • SmokeyTheBear
          ►SouthOfHeaven
          • Jun 2004
          • 28609
          #3
          example site ?
          hatisblack at yahoo.com

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            • Agent 488
              Registered User
              • Feb 2006
              • 22511
              #4
              why do you think it's just aus traffic? could be happening to everyone?

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                • bl4h
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 1282
                  #5
                  Does anyone use wurfl ? any reason why not ? I've read topics about people asking about silly htaccess ways of redirecting mobile traffic, so im thinkin theres a logical reason for this

                  I haven't delved into mobile yet but wurfl is a part of the gameplan ive laid out

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                    • MaDalton
                      I am Amazing Content!
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 39861
                      #6
                      any similarities in IP blocks?
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                        • CunningStunt
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 5594
                          #7
                          Example sites - I was pointing out to someone yesterday that there are already illegal tube site lists available, as an example, I sent them to http://www.ovguide.com/ - it redirected me to http://m.ovguide.com/.

                          One of the biggest Aussie electronic retailers even does it - jbhifi.com.au redirects me to http://m.jbhifi.com.au/ and I'm with the largest ISP in the country, so you'd think they'd at least get that right, especially being an Australian country.

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                            • TeenCat
                              Too lazy to set a koala
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 16139
                              #8
                              its because of the kangaroos

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                                • u-Bob
                                  there's no $$$ in porn
                                  • Jul 2005
                                  • 33063
                                  #9
                                  Do you have the same problem if you use different bowser?

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                                    • ottopottomouse
                                      She is ugly, bad luck.
                                      • Jan 2010
                                      • 13177
                                      #10
                                      http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
                                      ↑ see post ↑
                                      13101

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                                        • CunningStunt
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2006
                                          • 5594
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by u-Bob
                                          Do you have the same problem if you use different bowser?
                                          You could be on to something, in Firefox, jbhifi loads the standard site.

                                          I use both IE8 and FF, have to test how sites look in both of course.

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                                            • FlexxAeon
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • May 2003
                                              • 3765
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by ottopottomouse
                                              http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
                                              flexx [dot] aeon [at] gmail

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                                                • Chezter
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Apr 2008
                                                  • 565
                                                  #13
                                                  Because Australia is in movement a well as its money.

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                                                    • baddog
                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                      • 107089
                                                      #14
                                                      Because it is an island that is constantly moving. Everything is mobile there.

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                                                        • Jack Sparrow
                                                          Almost goners..
                                                          • May 2008
                                                          • 11420
                                                          #15
                                                          because you are an imbecile, they confuse it with the word mobile in your case..

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                                                            • alf6300
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Sep 2007
                                                              • 765
                                                              #16
                                                              Do you have any addon or privacy tool that hides your browser?
                                                              Some sites, if they can't recognize what browser you're using, will assume it's mobile.
                                                              --

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                                                                • CunningStunt
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Aug 2006
                                                                  • 5594
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by alf6300
                                                                  Do you have any addon or privacy tool that hides your browser?
                                                                  Some sites, if they can't recognize what browser you're using, will assume it's mobile.
                                                                  It's definitely a browser issue, IE (of course).

                                                                  Jack Sparrow is funny, I wish we were close friends.

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                                                                    • Jack Sparrow
                                                                      Almost goners..
                                                                      • May 2008
                                                                      • 11420
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by CunningStunt
                                                                      It's definitely a browser issue, IE (of course).

                                                                      Jack Sparrow is funny, I wish we were close friends.
                                                                      Sorry i dont befriend imbeciles.

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                                                                        • Django
                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                          • Jul 2010
                                                                          • 2578
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by TeenCat
                                                                          its because of the kangaroos

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                                                                            • Chosen
                                                                              VIPPay.com | AdultWebSponsors.com
                                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                                              • 63151
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by bl4h
                                                                              I didn't even know they had internet

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                                                                                • SCORE Ralph
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                                                  • 2090
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Their mobile detection script is faulty. Some mobile user agents include 'au-m', 'aur ', and 'aus '... country locale is also part of the string so those scripts are picking up the locale portion and using it to redirect.

                                                                                  http://www-archive.mozilla.org/build...t-strings.html
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