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by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
No, the www.answerbag.co.uk site is exactly the same database as the www.answerbag.com site. The IP addresses match and the map to the same physical application code.
by sm00z on December 18th, 2007
They invented the English language and gave us Shakespeare and Dickens--great sources for AB questions.
by Perryman on December 18th, 2007
This is strictly reserved for those who insist on spelling color as colour, and call the hood of the car the bonnet rather than the hood and other annoying little things like that.
by Mr n Mrs M... on December 18th, 2007
ooooh... ermmm lets think?
England, ruled half the world, discovered and populated America... invented the TV the Phone, the Jet Engine...
I could go on for hours...
grrrrrrr
by Brian I on December 18th, 2007
It doesn't have its own Answerbag. It's just a mirror site that contains exactly the same content as Answerbag.com. I'll ignore the last bit of your question.
by sweetielowe on August 7th, 2009
Because like a good mother empire we have to keep a spying eye on our rebelling offspring ;)
by Norman_Outside the lines on December 18th, 2007
It dosen t , I went there and it is here , this is it,
I had to resign in but I am here now and the bottom of my page has an answerbagUS instead. it is a mirror,
( And NOW Im stuck here..aren t I . hey nice place !!!) where is that damn worm hole to get back ?
by Anonymous on December 18th, 2007
They don't...all the same
Just curious. I saw in the answerbag subcategory " answerbag UK". Is there an actual office of AB in the UK ?
by shunyata on December 9th, 2011
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Does the 'keep me logged in' button actually work for anyone? Because it most definitely doesn't work for me!
by Simply Salsa... on December 13th, 2009
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is the bluetooth automatically on on the ps3 if not how do you turn it on cause i cant pair my bluetooth headset
by carney72 on December 22nd, 2009
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Why is there an Answerbag Uk on the bottom of this page? How is it different than regular answerbag q:)
by Po etry on June 16th, 2011
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How much does a Chanel Coco Cocoon Yen wallet A47423 Y01480 cost?
by chanty9 on December 17th, 2009
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You're reading Why does the UK have its own AnswerBag? (see the link at the bottom of the page) Other than the mousetrap and Keeley Hazell, what have they done to deserve the special distinction?
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So speaks teh l33t h4x0R!!!
by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on December 18th, 2007
So what's the point? Honest, not malicious question : )
by Barcaluv on December 18th, 2007
jst to get the co.uk? OK
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
I think they do that just to get the domain name secured for possible future needs, yes. Or perhaps to make it feel more UK-centric to the UK users? Dunno. I would ask Joel, but he's out of town :)
by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
Does it change the spelling of words like recognize to the formal "-ise"? It should.
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
I just viewed your last comment on the co.uk site and it still says "recognize" ;)
by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on December 18th, 2007
Having a .co.uk site increases Answerbag's rankings on Google UK, so we get more British users here and hopefully more people to click on ads. That's what Joel told me ages ago, or maybe it was Jon.
by Carmella on December 18th, 2007
i get that. Thanks. And when you see Keeley, thank her as well.
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
@Someguy: the site isn't going to dynamically respell content that's in the database, even if it knows you're in the UK -- that would be a very tricky bit of code. They COULD provide customization of the static content (fixed text on pages) or auto-generated content such as dates, etc., however that sort of adaptation isn't based on the URL, it's based on the "locale header" which is provided by the browser when requesting pages. If a site is designed with such pleasantries in mind, I can tell my computer that I'm in the U.K. locale, and go to the site, and be afforded the U.K. rendering of those bits.
by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
we do that with some software here at work - it detects the location of the IP and changes the static content or the site-delivered content to reflect local language
i was just playing around.
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
If you're detecting the IP to localize your site, you're going about it the hard (and slow) way! Just use the locale header, that's what it's for.
by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
we work with fraud software, we get the IP location anyway and they decided to that call instead of another - it keeps the decisions consistant
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
Ah, gotcha. Nevermind!
by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
no problem - i like the suggestion - i had to ask one of the programmers why we did not use the header locale - he looked at me funny and asked me who i'd been talking to!
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007
LOL. Just another geek.
by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
I am a geek who crossed over to the dark side into Sales! so every now and then i surprise them with actual knowledge of what i am selling
by Someguy on December 18th, 2007