2by4 - 1:23 am on Feb 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

Now that's some meaningful information. That fits exactly with what I've seen, it's IP based 100%, I did the same as you more or less, except using a european proxy, same results.

Wasn't sure where google was on that currently, but another poster here who I tend to pay more attention to than most assured us several months ago that geotargetting from european origin searches was definitely happening.

You have to eliminate all the variables however before you can make that statement, you just did, so we can now assume that this is still the case.

Since google tracks user click throughs on searches, it's clear that they've tried both geotargetted and non-geotargetted non USA based searches and have gone with the geotargetted ones. Which suggests that this fits with what average users actually tend to want or prefer. That's my guess anyway.

Thanks for actually presenting meaningful data though, that's refreshingly unusual.