Why are so many scripts mistaking Australian traffic for Mobile? - GoFuckYourself.com

CunningStunt · 12-26-2010, 03:30 AM

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?

bl4h · 12-26-2010, 03:59 AM

I didn't even know they had internet

SmokeyTheBear · 12-26-2010, 11:10 AM

example site ?

Agent 488 · 12-26-2010, 11:13 AM

why do you think it's just aus traffic? could be happening to everyone?

bl4h · 12-26-2010, 11:18 AM

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

MaDalton · 12-26-2010, 11:49 AM

any similarities in IP blocks?

CunningStunt · 12-26-2010, 12:08 PM

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.

TeenCat · 12-26-2010, 12:10 PM

its because of the kangaroos

u-Bob · 12-26-2010, 12:13 PM

Do you have the same problem if you use different bowser?

ottopottomouse · 12-26-2010, 12:23 PM

http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

CunningStunt · 12-26-2010, 12:39 PM

Quote:

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.

FlexxAeon · 12-26-2010, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

Chezter · 12-26-2010, 01:37 PM

Because Australia is in movement a well as its money.

baddog · 12-26-2010, 02:28 PM

Because it is an island that is constantly moving. Everything is mobile there.

Jack Sparrow · 12-26-2010, 02:32 PM

because you are an imbecile, they confuse it with the word mobile in your case..

alf6300 · 12-26-2010, 05:06 PM

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.

CunningStunt · 12-27-2010, 03:48 AM

Quote:

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.

Jack Sparrow · 12-27-2010, 03:53 AM

Quote:

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.

Django · 12-27-2010, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeenCat

its because of the kangaroos

Chosen · 12-27-2010, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bl4h

I didn't even know they had internet

SCORE Ralph · 12-27-2010, 05:00 PM

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

12-26-2010, 03:30 AM	#1
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	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 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,282	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

12-26-2010, 12:08 PM	#7
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	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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