Google "Pages from <Countryname>" search changed

Criteria has changed

[anallawalla]

I can't find any prior discussion of this in the past 200 threads, so forgive me if this has been discussed to death.

In the olden days, the definition of an "<insert country name> site" was EITHER:

* the IP address resolves to that country
or
* the ccTLD is of that country.

Today, try using google.com.au/google.co.uk or some regional Google that gives a "Pages from" option and try a site command for some other ccTLD that might be hosted in the first country. e.g. there are lots of NZ pages hosted on Australian IP addresses:
[google.com.au...]

Only site:.com gives results.

[activeco]

Actualy all non-cctld are returned, including .com, .net, .info, .org, .edu., (and probably other, thus: .aero, .arpa, .biz, .cat, .coop, .int, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .pro, and .travel).
There is logic in that.

However, what I found interesting is that Google considers e.g. .tv and .bz (maybe a few more) as non-cctld too.